Exemples of LDAP schema interfaced with e-Chart Directory and PhoneBook Directory.

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This section illustrates a few examples of schema.

All these Schemes are taken over by update and consulting tools of e-Chart Directory.

Definition of persons assignments for e-Chart Directory :

All persons belonging to the same structure can have different assignments. e-Chart Directory includes three types of assignments for persons in their belonging structure :

• Structure Manager: the person who will be located in the box representing the corresponding structure .

• Assistant: deputy-managers or manager-assistants.

• Other staff (or Employees): the other persons making the team.

The image below illustrates this definition:

In this scheme, the entries representing the Structures are interconnected by the LDAP hierarchy . For every Structure entry, the Person entries are directly attached to their belonging structure, by their DN, representing in this way the internal oraganization of the team.

A specific attribute can be defined for describing persons' assignments (Manager, Assistant and Employee).

Assignments Managemnt :

The belonging structure of a person is specified by his/her DN. In order to make the difference between Structure Manager; Assistant et Employee, an attribute in the object Person can be used.

You can run this type of scheme with LDAP Web Explorer in a generated LDAP directory. You can browse through the directory, following its scheme, to find class objects and attributes. In this example, the attribute Positiontype of the objet Person indicates the assignment of every person in his/her belonging structure, taking the value of "Manager", "Assistant" or "Employee".

The entries representing the Structures are interconnected by the LDAP hierarchy.

The Entries representing the Persons are in one or several branches (corresponding for example, to distinct populations), that can also be located in other LDAP directories .

Assignments Management:

The assignments of the persons in their belonging structure(s) can be defined in this way:

• Assignment Attributes in the entry Structure

• Assignment Attributes in the entry Person

• Assignment Attributes in the entry Structure and Person

  

  You can run this type of scheme with LDAP Web Explorer in a generated LDAP directory. You can browse through the directory, following its scheme, to find class objects and attributes. In this example, the attributes ManagerDN and AssistantDN, representing respectively the DN of structure managers and manager-assistants, are located in the entry Structure, and the attribute Service representing the DN of "Employees" belonging structure is located in the object Person. This example also displays the attribute Service available for assistants and managers.This attribute is optional, and only to accelerate the query time. It is automatically administrated by the update tools of e-Chart Directory

Example

A branch of structures and one or several branches of persons

The Entries Person are in one or several branches, and they can also be located in other LDAP databases.

The Entries Structures are interconnected by an attribute = DN (or code) of the belonging structure.

Assignments Management:

The Assignment attributes of the persons related to their belonging structure(s) can be defined as:

• Assignment attributes in the entry Structure
  The assignments of persons are defined by the attributes of the entry Structure indicating respectively the DN of the "Manager", "Assistant" and "Employee" in the structure. In this configuration, at least the assignment attribute of the "Employees" has to be multi-values.

  

  You can run this type of scheme with LDAP Web Explorer in a generated LDAP database. You can browse through the database, following its scheme, to find class objects and attributes. In this example, the assignments attributes are in the objet Structure: ManagerDN = DN of the structure manager, the attribute AssistantDN = DN of the assistants, the attribute EmployeeDN = DN of other persons belonging to the structure. Finally, structures are interconnected by the attribute: SeeAlso = DN of the Parent structure . 

• Assignment attributes in the entry Person

• Assignment attributes in the entry Structure and Person