This Generic Requirements document (GR) contains the Telcordia view of
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Interface Specification for Line
Information Database (LIDB). With its current data on the majority of the
working telephone lines, LIDB is a valuable database and resource for a number
of diverse industries.

This GR allows an LDAP Client to understand the available/supported
capabilities in a LIDB for LDAP requests. Certain LDAP operations, such as
DELETE, are not supported by this interface, due to strict administrative
requirements and expectations of LIDB.

This LDAP LIDB interface offers Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and
Application Service Providers (ASPs) the opportunity to increase their service
offerings and their service value to the customer by complementing their
offerings with a broader customer profile.

The interface specifications allow for mutual authentication between the
Client and the LDAP 'server' at LIDB, using digital certificates and Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) to ensure the necessary confidentiality and privacy of the
data. LDAP Clients are expected to set up business agreements with the LIDB
owner(s) to define access and administration procedures up front. LIDB is not a
free-web-site. The integrity and freshness of its data is important and must be
maintained on an ongoing basis (each LIDB contains millions of customers'
records). This GR does not include the specifics on each LIDB. The LDAP Client
must consult the LIDB owner for the applicable data schema and available data
elements.

This document is being reissued to incorporate: