Patent ID: 8819073

Claim:
A method for managing a directory stored on at least one server, wherein the directory includes a plurality of entries arranged in a tree structure, each entry including at least one attribute; the directory is configured so that a first entry can include an attribute pointing to a second entry, here referred to as target entry, the first entry being then here referred to as alias entry of the target entry; and the method includes assigning to an application an owner role in relation to an alias entry, an application to which an owner role is assigned in relation to an alias entry being here referred to as owner of the alias entry, and wherein each alias entry can belong to one or more owner applications; requesting, by an application which is either owner of the alias entry or not, deletion of the alias entry; and determining if a condition, here referred to as deletion condition, is satisfied, and, if so, when the deletion condition includes that the application is the only owner of the alias entry, deleting the alias entry; and when the deletion condition includes that the application is not the only owner of the alias entry, releasing the owner role for the application in relation to the alias entry.