[enum-wg] ENUM contact info should show up in LDAP

Returning the LDAP response for the ENUM query in a JSON string will also increase adoption among web developers. No pun intended.

Adrian

On Mar 18, 2013, at 7:39 PM, Rick van Rein (OpenFortress) wrote:

> Hi,
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> Thanks for the candid opinion.
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>> I don't understand how or why LDAP could be better than DNS for publishing or updating contact data.
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> LDAP is reasonably well-integrated with clients all over the place, ENUM is not.  It's a matter of bringing the information to the end users who can see its utility.
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>> t's not clear to me why someone would choose to use a heavyweight LDAP transaction instead of a lightweight DNS lookup or dynamic update.
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> Technically, you are probably right.  Except that LDAP is not heavy at all.
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>> User ENUM-based applications and services using DNS have pretty much flopped. How would new stuff based on LDAP change that?
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> Getting users to easily fetch the contact data…  and for the publisher, it has the advantage of updating the primal data and all users would automatically update.  A great saving on updating contact lists.
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> -Rick
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