QUESTION 4

Consider the following exhibited LDAP schema:

Analyze each part of the above diagram, justify your answer by providing one example of Object

class, Attribute, Syntax and Matching Rule.

ANSWER:

LDAP Schema of a Directory System Agent defines a set of rules that govern the kinds of data that the
server can hold. LDAP Schema is comprised of a number of different LDAP Schema Element Types
On the top of Scheme there is Object Class that define named collections of attribute types which may
be used in entries containing that class, and which of those attribute types will be required rather than
optional.

In that Object Class we have structure rules,

structure rules is a LDAP Schema element that may be used to define the hierarchical relationships
between entries. In particular, DIT Structure Rule defines the kinds of parent entries, based on their
STRUCTURAL Object Class, that an entry with a given structural class is allowed to have.

name form is a schema element that may be used to control which attribute type may be used in the
RDN for an entry based on its structural object class.