Patent ID: 7636720
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for associating and using information in a metadirectory comprising: receiving, for an object defined in one or more directories of at least one data source, an object name and an operation command that modifies a value of at least one attribute of the object; providing the metadirectory, wherein the metadirectory comprises a metadirectory schema for defining the object with an object name in association with delta information, error information, and state information for the object, wherein the delta information comprises operation commands that modified at least one attribute of the object including operation commands add, delete and modify, wherein the error information comprises at least one of an extension error or a rule error generated during a metadirectory process that pertains to the object, and wherein the state information comprises state information associated with a metadirectory process that pertains to the object, wherein metadirectory information is processed by: defining, for the object defined in the one or more directories of the at least one data source, a corresponding object in the metadirectory according to the metadirectory schema wherein the corresponding object definition for the object associates the object name and the operation command that pertains to at least one attribute of the object.