LDAP (1)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- network directory service used for storing, retrieving and searching network information
- components, resources, services and users are defined as objects using a hierarchical database model
- in several aspects LDAP can be treated as a special purpose DBMS. LDAP is NOT and inexpensive DBMS
- developed by University of Michigan in conjunction with IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
- technology is relatively young; till 1996 treated as a research project