Patent ID: 7020662

Claim:
A method of configuring a directory server comprising a plurality of entries, comprising: creating the plurals of entries in the directory server; creating a CoS scheme, wherein the CoS scheme comprises a CoS definition entry and a CoS template entry, wherein the CoS Definition entry has a CoS specifier and a value for the CoS specifier, wherein the value of the CoS specifier in the CoS definition entry appears in the at least one of the plurality of entries as a first attribute type, wherein the value of the first attribute type corresponds to a relative distinguishing name (RDN) of the CoS template entry associated with the CoS definition entry, and wherein the CoS template entry comprises at least one attribute value; and configuring CoS logic to use the CoS scheme to provide the attribute value to at least one of the plurality of entries, wherein the at least one of the plurality of target entries is within a scope of a parent of the CoS definition entry, and wherein the directory server supports a Directory Access Protocol (DAP).