Author: Umakant Mishra
Abstract:
Thus the LDAP architecture allows multiple LDAP servers work
together on the same directory tree or multiple directory trees. Besides, LDAP
being built on an open architecture, it is quite possible to integrate with
other directory servers. LDAP can be mapped onto any other directory system so
long as the X.500 data and service model as used in LDAP is not violated in
LDAP interface.
LDAP server may store data in a Flat file, in RDBMS or in
any other database. The LDAP client applications can use LDAP directory
interface without having knowledge on the underlying data storage mechanism.
However, there are some issues and concerns in integrating
multiple LDAP servers or Integrating LDAP directories with other directories.
Different directories may use different schema for their directory objects. It
is not possible to integrating database of one schema directly with database
having another schema.
This article is a TRIZ based study of patents on integrating
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) with other directories. The
objective of this article is to find the major concerns in integrating LDAP
with other directories, find the IFR and trends of evolution in LDAP
integration and predict the future lines of inventions on integrating LDAP with
other directories.
Keywords: LDAP directory, Directory Protocol,
Inventions, Software Inventions, LDAP inventions, Software Patents, LDAP data
access, LDAP data storage, Data Protection, Data Management, LDAP
administration, LDAP Integration
Umakant
Mishra, Inventions on Integrating LDAP with Other Directories - A TRIZ Based
Analysis of US Patents (August 2006). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=925943 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.925943
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