<s>
Directory	B-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
Markup	I-General_Concept
Language	I-General_Concept
(	O
DSML	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
representation	O
of	O
directory	O
service	O
information	O
in	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initiative	O
supporters	O
include	O
AOL-Netscape	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
Novell	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
Document	B-Language
Type	I-Language
Definition	I-Language
for	O
a	O
file	O
containing	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
representation	O
of	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
data	O
model	O
,	O
similar	O
in	O
spirit	O
to	O
LDIF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
resulted	O
in	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
for	O
the	O
representation	O
of	O
directory	O
access	O
operations	O
based	O
on	O
that	O
of	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
,	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
carried	O
in	O
SOAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Service	O
Provisioning	O
Markup	O
Language	O
(	O
SPML	O
)	O
also	O
from	O
OASIS	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
concepts	O
of	O
DSMLv2	B-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
such	O
a	O
tight	O
coupling	O
to	O
the	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
information	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
