The DSML effort was announced by creator Bowstreet on July 12, 1999. Initiative supporters include AOL-Netscape, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Novell, Microsoft, and IBM.

Official DSML Web Site 
Provides information on DSML, DSML participant registration, and DSML announcements.

The XML Cover Pages: Directory Services Markup Language
Paper by Robin Cover that describes DSML and provides a timeline of events relating to DSML's progress.