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The CFLDAP tag extends ColdFusion's query capabilities to TCP network directory services. CFLDAP offers developers significant opportunities in several areas:
- Create Internet White Pages for users to easily locate people and resources and to receive information about them. Selected ODBC data (names, contact information, etc.) can be copied to an LDAP server.
- Provide a front end to manage and update directory entries.
- Build applications that incorporate data from directory queries in their processes.
As its name implies, LDAP is the lightweight version of the X.500 Directory Access Protocol. It fills a need for access to directory structures that is less complex and demanding of system resources than DAP. The development of an LDAP server in the Internet environment enables direct access to directories without the requirement to query X.500 servers, though this remains an option. LDAP retains the majority of DAP functionality and is a major step forward in the evolution of the global directory service envisioned by X.500.
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