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LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is designed to provide access to the X.500 Directory while not incurring the resource requirements of the Directory Access Protocol (DAP). LDAP is specifically targeted at simple management applications and browser applications that provide simple read/write interactive access to the X.500 Directory and is intended to be a complement to the DAP itself.

Standard Organization

IETF

Related Document

RFC 3377