>>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)iskon.hr&gt; writes: >> Perhaps, but I think that the code to do anything ldap-ish would >> still look very ldap-ish as opposed to abstract-database-ish. Hrvoje> I agree with Bill. Abstract interfaces are a nice thing up to Hrvoje> a point, i.e. as long as they serve to us and not the other way Hrvoje> around. Hrvoje> If LDAP serves a purpose totally different than a flat Hrvoje> database, it's quite fine to have a different interface for the Hrvoje> two. Just to add my 2 cts, I also like abstraction and uniform interfaces (after all EUDC is a simple attempt at that) but I agree 200% with Bill and Hrvoje. The LDAP APIs are still evolving, adhering to them is the simple way to go. Even if we devised a good interface above the current API now, nothing guarantees we could easily fit forthcoming evolutions into it. I, for one, won't go that way but I won't discourage anyone that would like to implement such an interface.