Methods and apparatuses for interaction between schemata
AssigneeNovell, Inc.
InventorsLakshmi Ramachandran, Kompella Anasuya Devi, Vipul Arunkant Modi, Anurag Srivastava
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing and updating distributed directory objects is disclosed. The object oriented directory has a schema which has a first and second class. The schema has a schema engine which contains the method for managing and updating the distributed directory objects utilizing semantic and structural comparisons. The schema engine utilizes and updates the first and second classes of the object oriented directory.
Claims24
In a computer readable medium, an object oriented directory for use with a computer network, comprising:
- (a) a first class one object instantiated from a first class of a first schema from a first directory, wherein said first class one object represents an entity;
- (b) a first class two object instantiated from a second class of the first schema from the first directory, wherein the first class two object is a first attribute of said first class one object;
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- (c) a first reference associated with said class one object of the first directory which refers to a first class one object instantiated from a first class of a second schema from a second directory, wherein the second schema is distinct from the first schema and wherein the first class one object of the second directory is related to the first class one object of the first directory.
In a computer system, a method for interacting between a first directory having a first schema and a second directory having a second schema, comprising the steps of:
- (a) instantiating a first object from a first class of a first schema from a first directory;
- (b) instantiating a first object from a first class of a second schema from a second directory, wherein the second schema is distinct from the first schema;
- (c) determining whether said first objects are equivalent;
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- (d) associating said first objects if said first objects are equivalent.
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