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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1997
Allen Clay Tietjen, Springville, UT (US);
Trent A Badger, Orem, UT (US);
Paul Fredrick MacKay, Provo, UT (US);
Stephen C McBride, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Steven P Burns, Redmond, WA (US);
Ramprasad S Golla, San Jose, CA (US);
Novell, Inc., Orem, UT (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generically viewing and editing values and attributes of distributed directory objects is disclosed. A data structure is adapted to represent one or more attributes and associated values of a target object in a distributed directory. A user interface receives inputs from a human user and displays at least a portion of the data structure, irrespective of the target object type. One or more syntax editors receives inputs from a human user and modify the data structure. Each of the one or more syntax editors correspond to at least one attribute syntax in the distributed directory. A mechanism modifies the target object in the distributed directory to include modifications made to the data structure with the attribute editors.