Short Take: Novell plans LDAP developer kit

Network software provider Novell announced plans to release a software developer kit for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) technology, a key component of its NDS directory software. The "open source" kit is based on code from the OpenLDAP public license and will be released as part of Novell's overarching developer kit. The company also announced a technology and marketing alliance with middleware software maker Talarian.