LDAP v. web services

[Mark]

What are the simularities and differences between LDAP and Web Services?
(And not .NET specific Web Services)

Thanks in advance!

Mark

[Marc Scheuner [MVP ADSI]]

>What are the simularities and differences between LDAP and Web Services?

(And not .NET specific Web Services)

LDAP is a directory service, like your phone book. Web Services is a
mechanism for invoking functions on a remote machine.

I don't see any similarities between the two - they're totally
different things, really.

Marc

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[ericm]

Outside of both being used to transport information, they are not really
related. LDAP is a network protocol used to retrieve and manage directory
information.

"Web Services" tends to refer to a number of different technologies
surrounding RPC (remote procedure call) over HTTP using the SOAP protocol.
Soap is used to call functions or procedures remotely over the Internet.

For more information about LDAP read RFC 1777: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1777.html

- Eric
www.nsoftware.com

What are the simularities and differences between LDAP and Web Services?
(And not .NET specific Web Services)

Thanks in advance!

Mark

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