LDAP 令人熟视无睹，那么它到底对行业的信息化有何作用呢？

其一，可用于公共术语服务，如HL7的CTS（请参见US Mayo Clinic的 LexGrid 项目）。

http://informatics.mayo.edu/LexGrid/index.php?page=

还有其他用处吗？

感觉ldap作为一种数据库技术，应该可用的地方多着把

LXI. LDAP Functions

简介

LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, and is a protocol used to access "Directory Servers". The Directory is a special kind of database that holds information in a tree structure.

The concept is similar to your hard disk directory structure, except that in this context, the root directory is "The world" and the first level subdirectories are "countries". Lower levels of the directory structure contain entries for companies, organisations or places, while yet lower still we find directory entries for people, and perhaps equipment or documents.

不知道国内的术语系统（不仅仅是医疗卫生领域）有没有采用术语服务的？