DAP
E233828
DAP (Directory Access Protocol) is an early X.500 directory service protocol that provided a complex, OSI-based method for accessing and managing directory information before being largely replaced by LDAP.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DAP canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2114401 — 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: DAP Context triple: [LDAP, supersededProtocol, DAP]
-
A.
DPP
DPP (Device Provisioning Protocol) is a Wi‑Fi Alliance standard that simplifies and secures the process of adding new devices to a Wi‑Fi network without requiring traditional passwords.
-
B.
DBAP
DBAP is the commonly used abbreviation for Durham Bulls Athletic Park, a minor league baseball stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
-
C.
DPA
DPA is the FAA location identifier for DuPage Airport, a general aviation airport serving the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
-
D.
DPPA
DPPA is the United Nations department responsible for conflict prevention, peacemaking, and supporting political and peacebuilding efforts worldwide.
-
E.
DOP
DOP is the common abbreviation for the Daughters of Penelope, a women’s organization affiliated with the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association that promotes Hellenic ideals, philanthropy, and civic responsibility.
- 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: DAP Target entity description: DAP (Directory Access Protocol) is an early X.500 directory service protocol that provided a complex, OSI-based method for accessing and managing directory information before being largely replaced by LDAP.
-
A.
DPP
DPP (Device Provisioning Protocol) is a Wi‑Fi Alliance standard that simplifies and secures the process of adding new devices to a Wi‑Fi network without requiring traditional passwords.
-
B.
DBAP
DBAP is the commonly used abbreviation for Durham Bulls Athletic Park, a minor league baseball stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
-
C.
DPA
DPA is the FAA location identifier for DuPage Airport, a general aviation airport serving the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
-
D.
DPPA
DPPA is the United Nations department responsible for conflict prevention, peacemaking, and supporting political and peacebuilding efforts worldwide.
-
E.
DOP
DOP is the common abbreviation for the Daughters of Penelope, a women’s organization affiliated with the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association that promotes Hellenic ideals, philanthropy, and civic responsibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
directory access protocol
ⓘ
network protocol ⓘ |
| basedOnStandard | X.500 ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily |
X.500 protocols
ⓘ
linked to:
X.500
|
| category | directory service protocol ⓘ |
| characteristic |
OSI-based protocol
ⓘ
complex protocol ⓘ stateful operations ⓘ |
| communicationModel | client-server ⓘ |
| comparedWith | LDAP ⓘ |
| dataModel | entries with attributes ⓘ |
| definedInContext |
X.500 directory service
ⓘ
linked to:
X.500
|
| designGoal | global directory service ⓘ |
| documentation |
ITU-T X.500 series recommendations
ⓘ
linked to:
X.500
|
| era | late 1980s ⓘ |
| fullName | Directory Access Protocol ⓘ |
| influenced | LDAP ⓘ |
| layer | application layer ⓘ |
| namingModel | distinguished names (DNs) ⓘ |
| networkRole | directory client access protocol ⓘ |
| purpose |
access directory information
ⓘ
manage directory information ⓘ |
| relativeComplexity | more complex than LDAP ⓘ |
| relativeResourceUsage | heavier than LDAP ⓘ |
| replacedBy | LDAP ⓘ |
| requires | full OSI stack ⓘ |
| scope |
enterprise directory services
ⓘ
telecommunications directory services ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
access control mechanisms
ⓘ
authentication mechanisms ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
ISO
ⓘ
ITU-T ⓘ
linked to:
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
|
| status | largely obsolete ⓘ |
| supports |
distributed directory information trees (DITs)
ⓘ
hierarchical directory structure ⓘ rich attribute schemas ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
add directory entries
ⓘ
compare directory attributes ⓘ delete directory entries ⓘ modify directory entries ⓘ read directory entries ⓘ search directory entries ⓘ |
| transportDependency | OSI transport protocols ⓘ |
| useContext | early X.500 deployments ⓘ |
| usesEncoding |
ASN.1
ⓘ
BER ⓘ |
| usesModel | OSI model ⓘ |
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: DAP Description of subject: DAP (Directory Access Protocol) is an early X.500 directory service protocol that provided a complex, OSI-based method for accessing and managing directory information before being largely replaced by LDAP.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.