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Named Subordinate References in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Directories

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Network Working Group                                        K. Zeilenga
Request for Comments: 3296                           OpenLDAP Foundation
Category: Standards Track                                      July 2002


                    Named Subordinate References in
        Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Directories

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This document details schema and protocol elements for representing
   and managing named subordinate references in Lightweight Directory
   Access Protocol (LDAP) Directories.

Conventions

   Schema definitions are provided using LDAPv3 description formats
   [RFC 2252].  Definitions provided here are formatted (line wrapped)
   for readability.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" used in
   this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC 2119].

1.  Background and Intended Usage

   The broadening of interest in LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access
   Protocol) [RFC 2251] directories beyond their use as front ends to
   X.500 [X.500] directories has created a need to represent knowledge
   information in a more general way.  Knowledge information is
   information about one or more servers maintained in another server,
   used to link servers and services together.

   This document details schema and protocol elements for representing
   and manipulating named subordinate references in LDAP directories.  A
   referral object is used to hold subordinate reference information in



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