Directory Information Base

E845105

The Directory Information Base is the central hierarchical database in X.500 directory services that stores and organizes directory entries and their attributes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf X.500 concept
directory service component
hierarchical database
abbreviation DIB
contains attribute values
attributes
directory entries
distinguished names
object classes
definedInStandard X.500 NERFINISHED
governedBy X.500 schema definitions
hasGoal provide a global, consistent directory namespace
hasProperty distributed across multiple directory servers
logically unified
physically distributed
hasRole central repository of directory information
organizes directory attributes
stores directory entries
hasStructure hierarchical
implementsConcept attribute type
distinguished name
object class
relative distinguished name
influenced LDAP directory information model NERFINISHED
modeledBy Directory Information Tree NERFINISHED
organizedAs tree
partOf X.500 directory system NERFINISHED
relatedStandard LDAP NERFINISHED
relatedTo Directory Information Tree NERFINISHED
supportsConcept access control information
aliases
naming contexts
subtrees
supportsFeature partitioning of directory data
replication of directory data
supportsOperation add
compare
delete
modify
read
search
usedBy Directory System Agent NERFINISHED
Directory User Agent NERFINISHED
usedFor storing information about devices
storing information about organizations
storing information about services
storing information about users

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X.500 definesConcept Directory Information Base