On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Patrick K. O'Brien wrote: > Cool. Could you comment on the appropriateness of LDAP for things like a > sales & marketing application? I'm wondering how far LDAP can be extended > beyond the internal contact list. Does it really make sense to use LDAP to > keep track of external contacts for more than just an email address? Or > would it be better to keep that contact information in some other storage, > like a MySQL database?
Well, I mean, really, LDAP's just a protocol for finding and transferring vaguely object-oriented datums, with some snazzy replication and auto-referral stuff thrown in. So you can pretty much do anything you want with it. Really, the place to start is by looking at existing, standardized schemas, and how they meet your needs. If they don't meet your needs, take a pass at writing your own schema. If it's a major PITA, then it might be worthwhile to look elsewhere. You also have to ask yourself what the benefits are that you expect from LDAP. Is it client freedom? Data exchange protocol interop? Buzzword compliance? _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
