OpenLDAP
E233826
OpenLDAP is a widely used open-source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, providing directory services for authentication, authorization, and centralized user management.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OpenLDAP Project | 2 |
| Open Lightweight Directory Access Protocol | 1 |
| OpenLDAP canonical | 1 |
| slapd | 1 |
| slapd.conf | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2114389 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenLDAP Context triple: [LDAP, commonlyImplementedBy, OpenLDAP]
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A.
Netscape Directory Server
Netscape Directory Server is an LDAP-based directory service software that provides centralized, scalable management of user and resource information for enterprise networks.
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B.
Oracle Internet Directory
Oracle Internet Directory is an LDAP-based directory service from Oracle that provides centralized user identity management and authentication for enterprise applications.
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C.
LDAP
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an open, standards-based protocol used to access and manage distributed directory information services over an IP network.
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D.
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services is a flexible, standalone LDAP directory service from Microsoft that provides directory capabilities without requiring full Active Directory domain infrastructure.
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E.
Active Directory
Active Directory is Microsoft's centralized directory and identity management service used to authenticate and authorize users, computers, and resources in Windows-based networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenLDAP Target entity description: OpenLDAP is a widely used open-source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, providing directory services for authentication, authorization, and centralized user management.
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A.
Netscape Directory Server
Netscape Directory Server is an LDAP-based directory service software that provides centralized, scalable management of user and resource information for enterprise networks.
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B.
Oracle Internet Directory
Oracle Internet Directory is an LDAP-based directory service from Oracle that provides centralized user identity management and authentication for enterprise applications.
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C.
LDAP
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an open, standards-based protocol used to access and manage distributed directory information services over an IP network.
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D.
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services is a flexible, standalone LDAP directory service from Microsoft that provides directory capabilities without requiring full Active Directory domain infrastructure.
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E.
Active Directory
Active Directory is Microsoft's centralized directory and identity management service used to authenticate and authorize users, computers, and resources in Windows-based networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
LDAP implementation
ⓘ
directory server software ⓘ free and open-source software ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
OpenLDAP
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Open Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
|
| category |
identity management software
ⓘ
system software ⓘ |
| component |
ldapadd
ⓘ
ldapcompare ⓘ ldapdelete ⓘ ldapmodify ⓘ ldapmodrdn ⓘ ldapsearch ⓘ ldapwhoami ⓘ OpenLDAP self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
slapd
slurpd ⓘ |
| configurationFile |
OpenLDAP
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
slapd.conf
slapd.d directory ⓘ |
| developedBy |
OpenLDAP
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
OpenLDAP Project
|
| implementsProtocol | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol ⓘ |
| license | OpenLDAP Public License ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
OpenLDAP
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
OpenLDAP Project
|
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form:
Solaris
Unix-like ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| provides |
authentication services
ⓘ
authorization services ⓘ centralized user management ⓘ directory services ⓘ |
| supportsAuthenticationMechanism |
SASL
ⓘ
surface form:
SASL DIGEST-MD5
Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface ⓘ
surface form:
SASL GSSAPI
simple bind ⓘ |
| supportsBackend |
BDB backend
ⓘ
HDB backend ⓘ LDAP proxy backend ⓘ MDB backend ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
LDIF import and export
ⓘ
SASL authentication ⓘ TLS encryption ⓘ access control ⓘ referrals ⓘ replication ⓘ schema management ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| supportsProtocol |
LDAP
ⓘ
surface form:
LDAPv3
StartTLS ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
RFC 4510
ⓘ
RFC 4511 ⓘ RFC 4512 ⓘ RFC 4513 ⓘ RFC 4514 ⓘ RFC 4515 ⓘ RFC 4516 ⓘ RFC 4517 ⓘ RFC 4518 ⓘ RFC 4519 ⓘ |
| useCase |
centralized address book
ⓘ
enterprise identity management ⓘ single sign-on infrastructure ⓘ |
| website | https://www.openldap.org/ ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | C ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OpenLDAP Description of subject: OpenLDAP is a widely used open-source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, providing directory services for authentication, authorization, and centralized user management.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Open Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
this entity surface form:
OpenLDAP Project
this entity surface form:
OpenLDAP Project
this entity surface form:
slapd.conf