





INTERNET-DRAFT                              Editor: Kurt D. Zeilenga
Intended Category: Standard Track                OpenLDAP Foundation
Expires in six months                               15 February 2004
Obsoletes: RFC 2251-2256, 2829-2830, 3377



              Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):
                     Technical Specification Road Map
                   <draft-ietf-ldapbis-roadmap-04.txt>


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Abstract

  The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an Internet
  protocol for accessing distributed directory services which act in
  accordance with X.500 data and service models.  This document provides
  a roadmap of the LDAP Technical Specification.



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Conventions

  The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
  "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
  document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119].


1. The LDAP Technical Specification

  The technical specification detailing version 3 of the Lightweight
  Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), an Internet Protocol, consists of
  this document and the following documents:

      LDAP: The Protocol [Protocol],
      LDAP: Directory Information Models [Models],
      LDAP: Authentication Methods and Connection Level Security
            Mechanisms [AuthMeth],
      LDAP: String Representation of Distinguished Names [LDAPDN],
      LDAP: String Representation of Search Filters [Filters],
      LDAP: Uniform Resource Locator [LDAPURL],
      LDAP: Syntaxes and Matching Rules [Syntaxes],
      LDAP: Internationalized String Preparation [LDAPprep], and
      LDAP: User Schema [Schema].

  The terms "LDAP" and "LDAPv3" are commonly used to informally refer to
  the protocol specified by this technical specification.  The LDAP
  suite, as defined here, should be formally identified in other
  documents by a normative reference to this document.

  Extensions to LDAP may be specified in other documents.  Nomenclature
  denoting such combinations of LDAP-plus-extension(s) is not defined by
  this document but may be defined in some future document(s).

  IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) considerations for LDAP
  described in BCP 64 [BCP64bis] apply fully to this revision of the
  LDAP technical specification.


2. Relationship to X.500

  This technical specification defines LDAP in terms of [X.500] as an
  X.500 access mechanism.  An LDAP server MUST act in accordance with
  X.500(1993) series of International Telecommunication Union - Telecom
  Standardization (ITU-T) Recommendations when providing the service.
  However, it is not required that an LDAP server make use of any X.500
  protocols in providing this service, e.g. LDAP can be mapped onto any
  other directory system so long as the X.500 data and service models
  [X.501][X.511] as used in LDAP is not violated in the LDAP interface.



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  This technical specification explicitly incorporates portions of
  X.500(93).  Later revisions of X.500 do not automatically apply.


3. Security Considerations

  LDAP security considerations are discussed in each document comprising
  the technical specification.


4. Relationship to Obsolete Specifications

  This technical specification, as defined in Section 1, obsoletes
  entirely the previously defined LDAP technical specification [RFC3377]
  (which consists of RFC 2251-2256, RFC 2829-2830 and RFC 3377 itself).
  The technical specification was significantly reorganized.

  This document replaces RFC 3377 as well as Section 3.3 of RFC 2251.
  [Models] replaces portions of RFC 2251, RFC 2252 and RFC 2256.
  [Protocol] replaces the majority RFC 2251 and portions of RFC 2252.
  [AuthMeth] replaces RFC 2829, RFC 2830, and portions of RFC 2251.
  [Syntaxes] replaces the majority of RFC 2252 and portions of RFC 2256.
  [Schema] replaces the majority of RFC 2256.  [LDAPDN] replaces RFC
  2253.  [Filters] replaces RFC 2254.  [LDAPURL] replaces RFC 2255.

  [LDAPprep] is new to this revision of the LDAP technical
  specification.

  Each document of this specification contains appendices summarizing
  changes to all sections of the specifications they replace.  Appendix
  A.1 of this document details changes made to RFC 3377.  Appendix A.2
  of this document details changes made to Section 3.3 of RFC 2251.

  Additionally, portions of this technical specification update and/or
  replace documents not listed above.  These relationships are discussed
  in the documents detailings these portions of this technical
  specification.


5. Acknowledgments

  This document is based largely on RFC 3377 by J. Hodges and R.
  Morgan, a product of the LDAPBIS and LDAPEXT Working Groups.  The
  document also borrows from RFC 2251 by M. Wahl, T. Howes, and S.
  Kille, a product of the ASID Working Group.

  This document is a product of the IETF LDAPBIS Working Group.




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6. Author's Address

  Kurt Zeilenga
  E-mail: <kurt@openldap.org>


7. References

7.1. Normative References

  [RFC2119]     Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
                Requirement Levels", BCP 14 (also RFC 2119), March 1997.

  [BCP64bis]    Zeilenga, K., "IANA Considerations for LDAP", draft-
                ietf-ldapbis-bcp64-xx.txt, a work in progress.

  [Protocol]    Sermersheim, J. (editor), "LDAP: The Protocol",
                draft-ietf-ldapbis-protocol-xx.txt, a work in progress.

  [Models]      Zeilenga, K. (editor), "LDAP: Directory Information
                Models", draft-ietf-ldapbis-models-xx.txt, a work in
                progress.

  [AuthMeth]    Harrison, R. (editor), "LDAP: Authentication Methods and
                Connection Level Security Mechanisms",
                draft-ietf-ldapbis-authmeth-xx.txt, a work in progress.

  [LDAPDN]      Zeilenga, K. (editor), "LDAP: String Representation of
                Distinguished Names", draft-ietf-ldapbis-dn-xx.txt, a
                work in progress.

  [Filters]     Smith, M. (editor), LDAPbis WG, "LDAP: String
                Representation of Search Filters",
                draft-ietf-ldapbis-filter-xx.txt, a work in progress.

  [LDAPURL]     Smith, M. (editor), "LDAP: Uniform Resource Locator",
                draft-ietf-ldapbis-url-xx.txt, a work in progress.

  [Syntaxes]    Legg, S. (editor), "LDAP: Syntaxes and Matching Rules",
                draft-ietf-ldapbis-syntaxes-xx.txt, a work in progress.

  [LDAPprep]    Zeilenga, K., "LDAP: Internationalized String
                Preparation", draft-ietf-ldapbis-strprep-xx.txt, a work
                in progress.

  [Schema]      Dally, K. (editor), "LDAP: User Schema",
                draft-ietf-ldapbis-user-schema-xx.txt, a work in
                progress.



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  [X.500]       International Telecommunication Union -
                Telecommunication Standardization Sector, "The Directory
                -- Overview of concepts, models and services,"
                X.500(1993) (also ISO/IEC 9594-1:1994).

  [X.501]       International Telecommunication Union -
                Telecommunication Standardization Sector, "The Directory
                -- Models," X.501(1993) (also ISO/IEC 9594-2:1994).

  [X.511]       International Telecommunication Union -
                Telecommunication Standardization Sector, "The
                Directory: Abstract Service Definition", X.511(1993).


7.2. Informative References

  None.


Appendix A.  Changes to Previous Documents

  This appendix outlines changes this document makes relative to the
  documents it replaces (in whole or in part).


Appendix A.1. Changes to RFC 3377

  This document is nearly a complete rewrite of RFC 3377 as much of the
  material of RFC 3377 is no longer applicable.  The changes include
  redefining the terms "LDAP" and "LDAPv3" to refer to this revision of
  the technical specification.


Appendix A.2. Changes to Section 3.3 of RFC 2251

  The section was modified slightly (the word "document" was replaced
  with "technical specification") to clarify that it applies to the
  entire LDAP technical specification.



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