Definition: LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) [Web and XML Glossary]

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

LDAP was defined in order to encourage adoption of X.500 directories. DAP was regarded as being too complex for simple Internet Clients to use. LDAP defines a relatively simple Protocol for updating and searching directories running over TCP.

Type Associations

Topic(s) from which this Topic is derived:
- Protocol

Associations

LDAP is used as a base by
- CLDAP · DSML · JNDI · LDIF
LDAP has been standardized by
- IETF

Mentioned in...

Cocoon · DAP · LDIF

Bibliographic References

Mark Wahl, Tim Howes, Steven Kille: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3) [1]
Mark Wahl, Andy Coulbeck, Tim Howes, Steven Kille: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions [1]
Wengyik Yeong, Tim Howes, Steven Kille: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [1]
Tim Howes, Steven Kille, Wengyik Yeong, Colin Robbins: The String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes [1]
Wengyik Yeong, Tim Howes, Steven Kille: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [1]
Tim Howes, Steven Kille, Wengyik Yeong, Colin Robbins: The X.500 String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes [1]
Richard Megginson, Olga Natkovich, Mark Smith, Jeff Parham: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client Update Protocol (LCUP) [0.9]
Rob Weltman, Mark Smith, Mark Wahl: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Authorization Identity Request and Response Controls [0.9]
Pat Fleming, Ira McDonald: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Schema for Printer Services [0.9]
Mark Wahl, Steven Kille, Tim Howes: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names [0.9]
Tim Howes, Mark Smith: The LDAP URL Format [0.9]
Tim Howes, Mark Smith: An LDAP URL Format [0.9]
Steven Kille: A String Representation of Distinguished Names [0.9]
Kurt D. Zeilenga: Language Tags and Ranges in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [0.8]
Andrew L. Newton: Domain Administrative Data in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [0.8]
Kurt D. Zeilenga: Collective Attributes in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [0.8]
Kurt D. Zeilenga, Steven Legg: Subentries in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [0.8]
Kurt D. Zeilenga: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol version 3 (LDAPv3): All Operational Attributes [0.8]
Kurt D. Zeilenga: Feature Discovery in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [0.8]
Steven Legg: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and X.500 Component Matching Rules [0.7]

Additional Information

Topic Creation: 2000-06-14; HTML Creation: 2012-01-22, 07:00:09
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