Glossary
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An X.500-related Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocol that clients can use to read and write Directory information. LDAP is used to publish Directory information such as telephone numbers and e-mail addresses. The Directory features available to LDAP clients are dependent upon the features built into the LDAP server and the LDAP client; some clients have the ability to read and write data; others can only read Directory data.Web browsers and email programs can query an LDAP-compliant directory (for example, Novell eDirectory).
