Method for converting directory data, and program and device therefor

A system for converting directory data, for reflecting a content of directory data onto application data, comprising:

• a searching unit for searching data of a directory entry specified by a filtering rule corresponding to application data;
• a schema-converting unit for schema-converting said searched directory entry data on the basis of a schema conversion rule compatible with said filtering rule for converting data based on the schema of said directory data into data based on the schema of said application data;
• and
• a reflecting unit for reflecting said schema-converted searched directory entry data onto said application data.

A method for converting directory data, for reflecting a content of directory data onto application data, comprising the steps of:

• searching data of a directory entry specified by a filtering rule corresponding to said application data;
• schema-converting said searched directory entry data according to a schema conversion rule for converting the data based on the schema of the directory data into the data based on the schema of said application data, said schema conversion rule compatible with the filtering rule used for searching said data;
• and
• reflecting said schema-converted searched data of said directory entry onto said application data.

A server for converting directory data, for reflecting a content of said directory data onto at least one piece of application data, comprising:

• means for storing at least one of filtering rules for searching data of a given directory entry from said directory data, said filtering rules corresponding to said application data on which the content of said directory data is to be reflected;
• means for storing a schema conversion rule for converting data based on the schema of said directory data into data based on the schema of said application data, said schema conversion rule compatible with said filtering rule stored in said filtering rule storing means;
• filtering means for searching data of said directory entry from said directory data according to said filtering rule stored in said filtering rule storing means;
• means for schema-converting said searched directory entry data according to the schema conversion rule compatible with said filtering rule used for searching said directory entry data, said schema conversion rule being stored in said schema conversion storing means;
• and
• means for updating said application data, for reflecting said schema-converted directory entry data onto the content of said directory data.

A program having codes to be read in a server system for converting directory data, for reflecting a content of the directory data onto application data, said codes comprising code sections for program steps of:

• searching data of the directory entry specified by a filtering rule corresponding to the application data;
• schema-converting said searched directory entry data according to a schema conversion rule compatible with said filtering rule for converting the data based on the schema of the directory data into the data based on the schema of said application data;
• and
• reflecting said schema-converted searched data of said directory entry onto said application data.