• Frontmatter
  • Preface
    • The Open Group
    • The Development of Product Standards
    • Open Group Publications
    • Versions and Issues of Specifications
    • Corrigenda
    • Ordering Information
    • About This Document
    • Structure
    • Intended Audience
    • Typographical Conventions
  • Trademarks
  • Referenced Documents
• Part 1
  • Introduction
• Information Model
  • Names and Identifiers
  • Name Spaces
    • Global Name Space
    • Cell Name Space
      • Next Naming System Pointers
      • DCE Cell
    • Other Composite Name Spaces
  • Name Syntax
    • DCE Name Syntax
      • Backus-Naur Format (BNF) of DCE Name Syntax
    • DCE Composite Names
      • Canonicalisation of Names
    • Global Name Space Name Syntax
      • X.500 Typed Names
      • DNS Names
    • Cell Name Space Name Syntax
      • Hierarchical Cell Names
      • Cell Aliases
  • Conformance Requirements
    • Footnotes
• Inter-cell Operation
  • Global Directory System Organization
  • Global Directory Agent
    • Hierarchical Cells
  • Cell Registration in Global Name Space
    • Cell Registration in X.500
    • Cell Registration in DNS
    • Footnotes
• Part 2
  • Application Programming Interfaces
• The Open Group Directory Service API (XDS)
  • XDS Conformance
  • XDS Functions
    • ds_abandon()
    • ds_add_entry()
    • ds_bind()
    • ds_compare()
    • ds_initialize()
    • ds_list()
    • ds_modify_entry()
    • ds_modify_rdn()
    • ds_read()
    • ds_receive_result()
    • ds_remove_entry()
    • ds_search()
    • ds_shutdown()
    • ds_unbind()
    • ds_version()
  • XDS Function Call Results
    • invoke_id_return Parameter
  • Synchronous Operations
  • Security and XDS
  • Automatic Connection Management
  • Global Directory Service Package
    • GDSP Attribute Types
      • Descriptions of GDSP Attribute Types
    • GDSP Object Classes
    • GDS OM Class Hierarchy
      • DSX_C_GDS_ACL
      • DSX_C_GDS_ACL_ITEM
      • DSX_C_GDS_CONTEXT
      • DSX_C_GDS_SESSION
• The Open Group OSI-Abstract-Data Manipulation (XOM)
  • XOM Conformance
  • XOM Functions
    • om_copy()
    • om_copy_value()
    • om_create()
    • om_delete()
    • om_get()
    • om_instance()
    • om_put()
    • om_read()
    • om_remove()
    • om_write()
• XDS/XOM Convenience Functions
  • String Handling
  • Convenience Functions
    • dsX_extract_attr_values()
    • omX_extract()
    • omX_fill()
    • omX_fill_oid()
    • omX_object_to_string()
    • omX_string_to_object()
• Name Service Independent Interface (NSI)
  • Interface Functions
• Part 3
  • Global Directory Service
• X.500 Services and Protocols
• Conformance Statement for GDS
  • Notations and Abbreviations
  • Directory Protocol Implementation Conformance
    • Support of Attribute Syntaxes, Attribute Types and Object Classes
    • DAP Protocol Implementation Conformance
      • Directory Operations
      • Common Elements
    • DSP Protocol Implementation Conformance
    • ACSE Protocol Implementation Conformance
    • ROSE Protocol Implementation Conformance
    • Presentation Service Elements Protocol Implementation Conformance
    • Session Service Elements Protocol Implementation Conformance
• Part 4
  • Cell Directory Service
• CDS Service Definition
  • Name Syntax
    • Filters for Enumerate Operations
  • Functional Model
    • CDS Client and Clerk
    • CDS Server
    • Global Directory Agent
    • Requirements on Components Specified Elsewhere
      • Remote Procedure Call
      • Time
      • Security
    • Facilities and Features Excluded from the CDS Architecture
    • Access Control and Protection Model
      • ACL Manager Types Supported by CDS
      • ACL Types
      • ACL Entry Types
      • Permissions Supported by CDS
      • CDS Servers Authorisation Group and Cell Creation
  • Architected Default Attributes
    • CDS_CTS Attribute
    • CDS_UTS Attribute
    • CDS_Class Attribute
    • CDS_ClassVersion Attribute
    • CDS_ObjectUUID Attribute
    • CDS_Replicas Attribute
    • CDS_AllUpTo Attribute
    • CDS_Convergence Attribute
    • CDS_InCHName Attribute
    • CDS_ParentPointer Attribute
    • CDS_DirectoryVersion Attribute
    • CDS_UpgradeTo Attribute
    • CDS_LinkTarget Attribute
    • CDS_LinkTimeout Attribute
    • CDS_Towers Attribute
    • CDS_CHName Attribute
    • CDS_CHLastAddress Attribute
    • CDS_CHState Attribute
    • CDS_CHDirectories Attribute
    • CDS_ReplicaState Attribute
    • CDS_ReplicaType Attribute
    • CDS_LastSkulk Attribute
    • CDS_LastUpdate Attribute
    • CDS_RingPointer Attribute
    • CDS_Epoch Attribute
    • CDS_ReplicaVersion Attribute
    • CDS_NSCellname Attribute
    • CDS_GDAPointers Attribute
    • CDS_CellAliases Attribute
    • CDS_ParentCellPointers Attribute
    • RPC_ClassVersion Attribute
    • RPC_ObjectUUIDs Attribute
    • RPC_Group Attribute
    • RPC_Profile Attribute
    • RPC_Codesets Attribute
    • SEC_RepUUID Attribute
  • Abstract Definitions of CDS Service Primitives
    • Service Primitives for Manipulating Attributes
      • Enumerate Attribute
      • Modify Attribute
      • Read Attribute
      • Test Attribute
    • Service Primitives for Manipulating Object Entries
      • Create Object
      • Delete Object
      • Enumerate Object
    • Service Primitives for Manipulating Directory Entries
      • Create Directory
      • Delete Directory
      • Enumerate Children
      • Create Child
      • Delete Child
    • Service Primitives for Manipulating Soft Links
      • Create Soft Link
      • Delete Soft Link
      • Enumerate Soft Links
      • Resolve Name
    • Service Primitives for Advertisement and Solicitation
      • Advertise
      • Solicit
      • Solicit Server
    • Footnotes
• CDS Protocol Definition
  • Clerk Operation
    • Solicitation and Clearinghouse Selection
    • Referral Handling (Progress Record)
    • Tree Walk Algorithm
    • Loop Detection
  • Server Operation
    • Clearinghouse
    • Transaction Agent
      • Common Operations of the Transaction Agent
      • Transactions for Manipulating Directory Entries
• CDS Protocol Encodings
  • Architected Limits
  • Encoding of Names
    • Opaque Names
    • Single Name Components
    • Full Names
  • Encoding of Time
    • CDS Timestamps
    • Timeout Structure
  • Encoding for Operations on Attributes
    • Atomic Attribute Values
    • Members of Set-Valued Attributes
    • Single and Set-Valued Attributes
    • Values for Read Operations
    • Values for Modify Operations
  • Encoding of Progress Record
  • Encoding of Replica Pointer
  • Miscellaneous Data Types and Constants
    • Boolean Values
    • Entry Type
    • Clearinghouse List
    • Clearinghouse State
    • Version Number
    • Principal and Group Identities
    • Foreign Identities
    • Error Status Returns
• IDL Notation of CDS Operations
  • cds_Advertise()
    • Input Parameters
  • cds_CreateChild()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_CreateDirectory()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_CreateObject()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_CreateSoftLink()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_DeleteChild()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_DeleteDirectory()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_DeleteObject()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_DeleteSoftLink()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_EnumerateAttributes()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_EnumerateChildren()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_EnumerateObjects()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_EnumerateSoftLinks()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_ModifyAttribute()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_ReadAttribute()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_ResolveName()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_Solicit()
    • Input Parameters
  • cds_SolicitServer()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
  • cds_TestAttribute()
    • Input Parameters
    • Input/Output Parameters
    • Output Parameters
• Part 5
  • Appendices
• Valid Characters and Naming Rules
  • Valid Characters for GDS Naming Attributes
  • Country Syntax
  • T.61 Syntax
  • ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1) Syntax
    • Invalid Conversions from T.61 to ISO 8859-1 Syntax
    • Invalid Conversions from ISO 8859-1 to T.61 Syntax
  • Metacharacters
  • Additional Rules
  • Maximum Name and Attribute Sizes
• Object Identifiers for CDS Attributes
  • Origin of Object Identifiers
  • CDS Attributes Table
• CDS Status and Error Codes
• CDS IDL Definitions
  • cds_clerkserver.idl
  • cds_solicit.idl
  • cds_types.idl
  • id_base.idl
• GDS Structure Rule Table
• GDS Object Class Table
• GDS Attribute Table
  • Explanations
• XDS/XOM Header Files
  • <xdsgds.h>
  • <xdscds.h>
  • <xdsext.h>
  • <xomext.h>
• INDEX

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