RFC 4516 on Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Uniform Resource Locator

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        RFC 4516

        Title:      Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): 
                    Uniform Resource Locator 
        Author:     M. Smith, Ed., T. Howes
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       June 2006
        Mailbox:    mcs@pearlcrescent.com, 
                    howes@opsware.com
        Pages:      15
        Characters: 30562
        Obsoletes:  RFC2255
        See-Also:   

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-ldapbis-url-09.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4516.txt

This document describes a format for a Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP) Uniform Resource Locator (URL).  An LDAP URL
describes an LDAP search operation that is used to retrieve
information from an LDAP directory, or, in the context of an LDAP
referral or reference, an LDAP URL describes a service where an LDAP
operation may be progressed.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the LDAP (v3) Revision
Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and 
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