LDAP is the C language application programming interface (API)
    for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This
    API supports Version 3 of the LDAP API (LDAPv3), and includes
    support for controls, information hiding, and thread safety. It
    is available on OpenVMS Alpha only.

  Additional Information (explode) :

• Introduction
• Data Structures
• Error Codes
• Initializing
• Session Handles
• Controls
• Authenticating
• Closing
• Searching
• Attribute Value
• Modifying Entry
• Modifying Name
• Adding Entry
• Deleting Entry
• Extensions
• Abandoning
• Results
• Errors
• Search Results
• Encoded ASN.1
• Using SSL