Editing Directory Services Markup Language

'''Directory Services Markup Language''' ('''DSML''') is a representation of [[directory service]] information in an [[XML]] syntax.  

The DSML version 1 effort was announced on July 12, 1999 by creator [[Bowstreet]] (subsequently acquired by [[IBM]] in 2005). Initiative supporters include [[AOL-Netscape]], [[Sun Microsystems]], [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]], [[Novell]], [[Microsoft]], and IBM.  It resulted in a [[Document Type Definition]] for a file containing the XML representation of entries in the [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol|LDAP]] data model, similar in spirit to [[LDAP Data Interchange Format|LDIF]]. The DSML version 2 effort was promulgated in [[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]] in 2001.  It resulted in an XML schema for the representation of directory access operations based on that of LDAP, that could be carried in [[SOAP]].   

The [[Service Provisioning Markup Language|Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML)]] also from OASIS is based on the concepts of DSMLv2, but does not have such a tight coupling to the LDAP information model.

DSML is often pronounced "dismal".

== Example of DSML result from requesting an LDAP directory ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<batchResponse xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:DSML:2:0:core">
  <searchResponse>
      <searchResultEntry dn="uid=misterX,ou=People,dc=dsml,dc=sample">
      <attr name="objectClass">
        <value>person</value>
        <value>organizationalPerson</value>
        <value>inetOrgPerson</value>
        <value>top</value>
      </attr>
      <attr name="givenName">        <value>X</value></attr>
      <attr name="title">            <value>Mr</value></attr>
      <attr name="uid">              <value>misterX</value></attr>
      <attr name="cn">               <value>X</value></attr>
      <attr name="sn">               <value>Mister</value></attr>
      <attr name="mail">             <value>misterx@...</value></attr>
      <attr name="ou">               <value>People</value></attr>
    </searchResultEntry>
    <searchResultDone>
      <resultCode code="0"/>
    </searchResultDone>
  </searchResponse>
</batchResponse>
</syntaxhighlight>

==External links==
* [https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dsml/docs/DSMLv2.doc DSML v2.0 Specification]
* [https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dsml/errata/DSMLv2errata.doc DSML v2.0 Specification errata]
* [https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dsml/docs/DSMLv2.xsd DSML v2.0 Schema]
* [https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/dsml/faq.php DSML V2 FAQ]
* [http://xml.coverpages.org/dsml.html Coverpages on DSML]
* {{cite web |last1=Poe |first1=Lanette |last2=Ball |first2=Michael |date=2000-11-01 |df=mdy |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2076231/dsml-gives-you-the-power-to-access-your-ldap-information-as-xml.html |title=DSML gives you the power to access your LDAP information as XML |work=[[JavaWorld]] |accessdate=2020-07-18}}
* {{cite web |last1=O'Neill |first1=Mark |date=2001-12-03 |df=mdy |url=http://xml.sys-con.com/node/40290 |title=XML and Security |work=XML-Journal |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508055239/http://xml.sys-con.com/node/40290 |archivedate=2012-05-08}}

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