H.350
A new standard from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to centralize and integrate voice over IP and video endpoint directories, making it easier for users to find and connect to each other.
The H.350 standard, developed by the Internet2 Middleware Initiative Video Working Group and the Video Development Initiative (ViDE), is a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) object class specification designed to store information related to SIP, H.323 and H.320 voice and video endpoints. Such information includes their IP addresses, aliases and other connection related details.
Because the information is LDAP-based it can be combined with a traditional corporate directory to give employees a single place to look up co-worker information and connect to them, be it via the telephone or video endpoint.
H.350 could also ease the management aspect of running a videoconferencing network by centralizing all the configuration data for each endpoint and user.
From H.350 standard centralizes video, SIP endpoint directories, Network World, 09/03/03.
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