Considerations for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Extensions
RFC 4521, “Considerations for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Extensions”, is a Best Current Practice document published in June 2006 by K. Zeilenga. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is extensible. It provides mechanisms for adding new operations, extending existing operations, and expanding user and system schemas. This document discusses considerations for designers of LDAP extensions. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
What “Best Current Practice” means
Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.
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- RFC 4520 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority Considerations for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- RFC 4522 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol : The Binary Encoding Option
- RFC 4519 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol : Schema for User Applications
- RFC 4523 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Schema Definitions for X.509 Certificates
- RFC 4518 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol : Internationalized String Preparation
- RFC 4524 COSINE LDAP/X.500 Schema
- RFC 4517 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol : Syntaxes and Matching Rules
- RFC 4525 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Modify-Increment Extension