Directory Service for a Metacomputing Infrastructure 2.1 Initialization 2.2 Population 2.3 Querying 2.4 Application Interfaces 3. To describe the role of LDAP in the Globus metacomputing toolkit, we must first define the necessary terminology. It is important to understand what a directory , a directory service , and LDAP are. Directories are used to store and retrieve information. Thus, directories are similar to databases.
Directories offer a static view of the data.
Updates in directories are simple without transactions. A Directory Service provides a directory that can be accessed via a network protocol. Often, directory services include mechanisms for replication and data distribution. The abbreviation LDAP stands for lightweight directory access protocol . A network protocol for accessing information in the directory.