Comment by pseudohadamard
14 hours ago
X.500 was stripped down to form LDAP
No, LDAP was a student project from UMich that somehow gained mindshare because (a) it wasn't ISO, and (b) it cleverly had an 'L' in front of it. It's now more complex and heavyweight than the original DAP, but people think it isn't because of that original clever bit of marketing.
Well, it started off simpler, but, yes.
It's still lightweight. I implemented a working implementation on a literal weekend.