Patent ID: 7146614

Claim:
A software program for facilitating the use of a distributed directory running in a computer network, the program comprising being stored on a recordable medium and including instructions for: receiving an event from the distributed directory into an XML generator, the distributed directory including a reference to at least one resource on one of at least two computers on the computer network, the event representing a change to the distributed directory; converting the event into XML data representing the event; transforming the XML data representing the event to a first predetermined format by a transformation processor using a first stylesheet, the first predetermined format being responsive to a first application running in the computer network; transmitting the transformed XML data representing the event to the first application; transforming the XML data representing the event to a second predetermined format by the transformation processor using a second stylesheet, the second predetermined format being responsive to a second application running in the computer network; and transmitting the transformed XML data representing the event to the second application.