LTAP Trigger Gateway for LDAP Directories
25 July 2000
LDAP directories do not have active database functionality (i.e., triggers). However, triggers are necessary for monitoring changes to directories and taking appropriate actions, just as they are for databases. Such functionality is crucial to take full advantage of proposals like the Directory Enabled Network (DEN) initiative. Currently, trigger functionality is non-standardized for LDAP and each vendor's solution is non-portable. We built the Lightweight Trigger Access Process (LTAP) gateway to provide a portable way to add triggers to a LDAP directory. It is currently being used in several projects.