Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
To understand Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) you must first understand directory services. This article defines directory services and how LDAP structures the entries in a directory service. Pay attention to the basic LDAP components such as attributes, entries, and data information trees (DITs). How does LDAP organize data, and what is LDAP inheritance? Note that there are some variations in LDAP protocols.
Data Organization
We've covered the common elements that are used to construct entries within an LDAP system and talked about how these building blocks are defined within the system. However, we haven't talked much about how the information itself is organized and structured within an LDAP DIT yet.