Map Development Area (MDA)
Location:
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internet
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ldap
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directory-service
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Comment:
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designed for reading more than writing
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example
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X.500, LDAP, Microsoft's Active Directory, Novell's NDS...
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history
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early times proprietary directories -> little or no incentive to work with any other system
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Comment:
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special purpose databases designed to assist in locating organizations, people, and other entities (servers, printers, databases, groups, applications, etc)
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Comment:
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used for e-mail addressing, user authentication (e.g., logins and passwords), or network security (e.g., user-access rights)
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Comment:
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organizations and other entities are linked together using a hierarchical tree structure
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