The document discusses whether LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is dead. It outlines that LDAP has been around since 1993 and defines an ecosystem of vendors and open source projects supporting LDAP servers and services. However, newer technologies using RESTful APIs and JSON are gaining popularity for cloud services. While LDAP is not yet dead, its future is uncertain as these newer standards and protocols become more widely adopted unless the LDAP community takes action to remain relevant.