Glossary

indirect CoS

An indirect CoS identifies the template entry using the value of

 

one of the target entry's attributes.

international index

Speeds up searches for information in international directories.

International Standards

See ISO.

Organization

 

IP address

Also Internet Protocol address. A set of numbers, separated by

 

dots, that specifies the actual location of a machine on the

 

Internet (for example, 198.93.93.10).

ISO

International Standards Organization.

K

knowledge reference

Pointers to directory information stored in different databases.

L

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Directory service

 

protocol designed to run over TCP/IP and across multiple

 

platforms.

LDAPv3

Version 3 of the LDAP protocol, upon which Directory Server

 

bases its schema format.

LDAP client

Software used to request and view LDAP entries from an LDAP

 

Directory Server.

 

See Also browser.

LDAP Data Interchange

See LDAP Data Interchange Format.

Format

 

LDAP URL

Provides the means of locating Directory Servers using DNS

 

and then completing the query via LDAP. A sample LDAP URL

 

is ldap://ldap.example.com.

LDBM database

A high-performance, disk-based database consisting of a set of

 

large files that contain all of the data assigned to it. The primary

 

data store in Directory Server.

LDIF

LDAP Data Interchange Format. Format used to represent

 

Directory Server entries in text form.

leaf entry

An entry under which there are no other entries. A leaf entry

 

cannot be a branch point in a directory tree.

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