Frank W. Zammetti wrote:
Not sure I have an answer for that :) My guess would be because of the first letter in the acronynm: Lightweight. Otherwise, your question seems reasonable to me.
Yep, the 'lightweight' is certainly a key factor. LDAP is optimized toward high read volume, low write volume applications so directories can genereally serve queries faster than RDBMSs at the expense of slower updates. In practice, though, LDAP is non-transactional and a poor substitute for a database if you need to do more than provide a repository for user profile information.
LDAP directories are typically used for identity management solutions, for centralizing user profile data and for 'white pages' type contact databases.
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