Registry/Directory InfrastructureOverall Problem Statement, cont’d
Directories, as a class, are subtly different than general-purpose relational databases (RDBMSs)
RDBMS properties
- strongly typed data
- can represent complex relationships
- transaction support
- support on-the-fly data view generation
- “find all the people whose managers are located in New York”
- no open “on the wire” protocol standard