Directory Information Tree

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The Directory Information Tree is a hierarchical structure used in X.500 and related directory services to organize and locate directory entries such as users, organizations, and resources.

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Directory Information Tree canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf X.500 concept
directory information structure
hierarchical data model
canBePartitionedInto naming contexts
subtrees
definedIn ITU-T X.500 series
linked to: X.500
entryIdentifiedBy DN
Distinguished Name
entryMayRepresent device
group
person
service
hasAbbreviation DIT
hasDesignGoal global namespace for directory entries
scalable directory organization
unambiguous identification of entries
hasNodeType entry
hasProperty delegated administration
hierarchical naming
partitionable namespace
hasRelationship parent-child hierarchy
hasRootElement root entry
hasStructureType tree
influenced LDAP naming model
organizes directory entries
organizations
resources
users
relatedConcept DIT naming context
Directory Information Base
schema-aware directory
supportsFeature distributed directory deployment
hierarchical access control
supportsOperation browse
lookup
modify entry location
search
topLevelEntriesMayRepresent countries
organizational units
organizations
usedBy LDAP directory
X.500 directory
linked to: X.500

directory service
usedInStandard LDAP
X.500
X.509
linked to: X.509 certificates
usesComponent RDN
Relative Distinguished Name

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X.500 definesConcept Directory Information Tree
Directory Access Protocol supportsModel Directory Information Tree
Directory System Agent relatedTo Directory Information Tree
Directory System Agent usesStructure Directory Information Tree
Directory Information Base modeledBy Directory Information Tree
Directory Information Base relatedTo Directory Information Tree
ISO/IEC 9594 defines Directory Information Tree