Common schema support

The IBM Directory supports standard directory schema as defined in the following:

• The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) LDAP Version 3 RFCs, such as RFC 2252 and 2256.
• The Directory Enabled Network (DEN)
• The Common Information Model (CIM) from the Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF)
• The Lightweight Internet Person Schema (LIPS) from the Network Application Consortium

This version of LDAP includes the LDAP Version 3 defined schema in the default schema configuration. It also includes the DEN schema definitions.

IBM also provides a set of extended common schema definitions that other IBM products share when they exploit the LDAP directory. They include:

• Objects for white page applications such as eperson, group, country, organization, organization unit and role, locality, state, and so forth
• Objects for other subsystems such as accounts, services and access points, authorization, authentication, security policy, and so forth.