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        RFC 1564:

        Title:      DSA Metrics (OSI-DS 34 (v3))
        Author:     P. Barker & R. Hedberg
        Mailbox:    P.Barker@cs.ucl.ac.uk,
                    Roland.Hedberg@rc.tudelft.nl 
        Pages:      21
        Characters: 46,205
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none


This document defines a set of criteria by which a DSA implementation
may be judged.  Particular issues covered include conformance to
standards; performance; demonstrated interoperability.  The intention
is that the replies to the questions posed provide a fairly full
description of a DSA. Some of the questions will yield answers which
are purely descriptive; others, however, are intended to elicit
answers which give some measure of the utility of the DSA. The marks
awarded for a DSA in each particular area should give a good
indication of the DSA's capabilities, and its suitability for
particular uses.  This RFC is a product of the OSI Directory Services
Working Group.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
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