[LDAP-interop] any good tools for schema design?

[Matthew Hardin]

Hi Ron,

That's fascinating. I took a look at Compendium and liked it quite a bit.
Can you share the map?

Thanks,

Matthew Hardin
Symas Corporation
Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP:
http://www.symas.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ldap-interop-bounces at fini.net [mailto:ldap-interop-bounces at fini.net]
> On Behalf Of Ron Wheeler
> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:10 AM
> To: OpenLDAP interoperability list
> Subject: Re: [LDAP-interop] any good tools for schema design?
> 
> I built a Compendium map of all of the OpenLDAP schemas which includes
> all of the SYNTAX descriptions used by any of the OpenLDAP Schemas.
> 
> This gives a graphical tool for understanding existing schemas and a
> convenient way to design new ObjectClasses and Attributes. References to
> previouisly defined Attributes and Sytax definitions can be included by
> transclusion into the new Attribute or ObjectClass. It also helps to
> identify the things that are already available so you do not design more
> non-standard stuff than you have to.
> 
> You still have to transcribe your design manually into a schema file.
> 
> Compendium is free from compendiuminstitute.org
> 
> Ron
> 
> Michael Ströder wrote:
> 
> >Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>I am trying to build my own ldap schema.
> >>>But it is so difficult for me to undersand the SYNTAX, which is just a
> >>>chain of numbers, when design a attributetype.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>A simple google search on one of the numbers will bring up any number of
> >>sites explaining what the different SYNTAX rules mean.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Additionally you could use a decent schema browser when browsing your
> >own LDAP server (which one?):
> >
> >http://mstroeder.homeip.net:1760/web2ldap/oid?ldap://ldap.openldap.org/dc
> =openldap,dc=org
> >
> >Be patient the network link of the URL is rather slow.
> >
> >Ciao, Michael.
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