Building

How to get the source and build the server is described in detail here

Coding standards

The applicable coding standards for ADS 1.0 are described in Coding standards

Ldap RFCs

The list of Ldap related RFCs can be found here : Ldap related RFCs

Apache Directory Server internals

The following page contains a lot of documentation about the current ADS-1.0 architecture and code. This is the best place to put all code related information, technical choices, specifications... : ADS-1.0 internals

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