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 |
| 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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