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| | | <title>About Directory Schema</title> |
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| | | <para>Directory schema, described in <link |
| | | xlink:href='http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4512'>RFC 4512</link>, define |
| | | xlink:href='http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4512'>RFC 4512</link>, defines |
| | | the kinds of information you find in the directory, and can define how |
| | | the information are related. This chapter focuses primarily on two types |
| | | of directory schema definitions.</para> |
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| | | directory schema definitions while the server is running. As a result you can |
| | | add support for new applications that require new attributes or new kinds |
| | | of entries without interrupting the directory service. OpenDJ also replicates |
| | | schema definitions, so the schema you add on one replica are propagated to |
| | | schema definitions, so the schema you add on one replica is propagated to |
| | | other replicas without you having to intervene manually.</para> |
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| | | <para>As it is easy to introduce typos into schema definitions, the |