The ApacheDS LDAP provider implements RFC 2251, the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. The purpose of LDAP is to provide access to directories supporting X.500 models. LDAP is specifically targeted at provided centralized highly available access to common data accessed by many applications.
The LDAP provider, in conjunction with MINA and the Apache Directory JNDI store provides an easy to-use yet fully-featured lightweight directory access service. As implemented within the Apache Directory, it will provide: