DISQUS

Phil Dawes' Stuff: One symbol, multiple meanings

  • Marty Heyman · 4 years ago
    slapd type directoryServer
    slapd hasDeveloper SunMicrosystems
    slapd hasDeveloper OpenLDAP
    slapd hasDeveloper Novell
    slapd hadDeveloper RedHat

    OpenLDAP type :-)

    Is OpenLDAP slapd? Is OpenLDAP the Foundation? Fun.
  • PhilDawes · 4 years ago
    Is OpenLDAP slapd? Is OpenLDAP the Foundation?

    As the author of the graph you get to pick this. However, each reader will have their own interpretation and so if you want readers to understand your semantics you need to be sufficiently verbose