# $OpenLDAP$
-# Copyright 1999-2000, The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 1999-2003, The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
# COPYING RESTRICTIONS APPLY, see COPYRIGHT.
H1: Constructing a Distributed Directory Service
and {{superior}} knowledge information.
!else
{{slapd}} supports {{subordinate}} and {{superior}} knowledge information.
+Subordinate knowledge information is held in {{EX:referral}}
+objects ({{REF:RFC3296}}).
!endif
H2: Superior Knowledge Information
-Superior knowledge information may be specified using the
-{{EX:referral}} directive. The value is a list of {{TERM:URI}}s
-referring to superior directory services. For servers without
-immediate superiors, such as for {{EX:a.example.net}} in the example
-above, the server can be configured to use a directory service with
-{{global knowledge}}, such as the {{OpenLDAP Root Service}}
+Superior knowledge information may be specified using the {{EX:referral}}
+directive. The value is a list of {{TERM:URI}}s referring to
+superior directory services. For servers without immediate superiors,
+such as for {{EX:a.example.net}} in the example above, the server
+can be configured to use a directory service with {{global knowledge}},
+such as the {{OpenLDAP Root Service}}
({{URL:http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=393}}).
> referral ldap://root.openldap.org/