LDIF

File Format
Name	LDIF
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Address books and contacts LDIF
Extension(s)	.ldif
PRONOM	fmt/611

LDIF (LDAP Data Interchange Format) is a format for exporting and interchanging address book data. It dates to the early 1990s and now has a Standards Track Proposed Standard RFC documenting it. LDIF is a text-based data format overlayed on the binary LDAP protocol.

References

• LDAP Data Interchange Format (Wikipedia)
• RFC 2849 — The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) - Technical Specification
• RFC 4510 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map
• RFC 4525 — LDAP Modify-Increment Extension