<s>
DIXIE	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
obsolete	O
protocol	O
for	O
accessing	O
X.500	B-Protocol
directory	I-Protocol
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
means	O
for	O
clients	O
to	O
access	O
X.500	B-Protocol
directory	I-Protocol
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIXIE	B-Protocol
allowed	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
clients	O
to	O
connect	O
a	O
DIXIE-to-DAP	O
gateway	O
which	O
would	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
X.500	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIXIE	B-Protocol
was	O
created	O
in	O
1990	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Michigan	O
by	O
Tim	O
Howes	O
,	O
Mark	O
Smith	O
,	O
and	O
Bryan	O
Beecher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DIXIE	B-Protocol
was	O
formally	O
specified	O
in	O
RFC	O
1249	O
,	O
published	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
university	O
offered	O
a	O
completed	O
UNIX	B-Application
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
protocol	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
DIXIE	B-Protocol
server	O
,	O
an	O
application	O
development	O
library	O
,	O
and	O
DIXIE	B-Protocol
clients	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
DIXIE	B-Protocol
client	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
was	O
also	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
efforts	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Lightweight	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
Access	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
LDAP	B-Protocol
replaced	O
DIXIE	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
created	O
,	O
the	O
acronym	O
DIXIE	B-Protocol
did	O
not	O
stand	O
for	O
anything	O
,	O
however	O
later	O
it	O
became	O
known	O
to	O
stand	O
for	O
Directory	O
Interface	O
to	O
X.500	B-Protocol
Implemented	O
Efficiently	O
.	O
</s>
