Patent ID: 8176071
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for requesting resources represented using extensible markup language (XML) from a directory server in accordance with a simple object access protocol-based (SOAP-based) Web service protocol, comprising: providing an object request to the directory server using a first XML element that includes a query filter to select one or more directory objects based on one or more criteria in accordance with the SOAP-based Web service protocol; providing a selection request to the directory server using a second XML element that is distinct from the first XML element to select at least one attribute of each of the one or more directory objects to be received as one or more respective resources in response to the object request; and providing a sorting request to the directory server using a third XML element that is distinct from the first XML element and the second XML element to sort the one or more resources to be received in response to the object request.