Extension of organizational chart dynamic group lists based on LDAP lookups

• US 20080104110A1
• Filed: 11/01/2006
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Rowley, Peter A., Parkinson, Steven W.
• Granted Patent: US 7,734,662 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/103R
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9027 Trees
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4523 using lightweight directory access protocol [LDAP]

Abstract

A level for a hierarchical organizational chart is associated with a virtual attribute and the values for the level are generated from values for the virtual attribute. The organizational chart is derived from distinguished name entries in a lightweight directory access protocol directory and the virtual attribute is not associated with an object in a schema for the directory. The virtual attribute may be a virtual recursive attribute or a virtual reverse attribute.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

associating a level of a hierarchical organizational chart with a virtual attribute, wherein the virtual attribute does not correspond to an object defined in a schema for a lightweight directory access protocol directory; and

generating values for the level from a list of values for the virtual attribute.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the values for the virtual attribute are computed from values for an attribute that corresponds to an object defined in the schema.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual attribute is selected from the group consisting of virtual recursive attributes and virtual reverse attributes.

4. A computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions to cause a processor to perform a process comprising:

associating a level of an organizational chart with a virtual attribute, wherein the virtual attribute does not correspond to an object defined in a schema for a lightweight directory access protocol directory; and

generating values for the level from a list of values for the virtual attribute.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the values for the virtual attribute are computed from values for an attribute that corresponds to an object defined in the schema.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the virtual attribute is selected from the group consisting of virtual recursive attributes and virtual reverse attributes.

7. A computer system comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory through a bus; and

instructions executed from the memory by the processor to cause the processor to perform a process comprising;

associating a level of a hierarchical organizational chart with a virtual attribute, wherein the virtual attribute that does not correspond to an object defined in a schema for a lightweight directory access protocol directory; and

generating values for the level from a list of values for the virtual attribute.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the values for the virtual attribute are computed from values for an attribute that corresponds to an object defined in the schema.

9. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the virtual attribute is selected from the group consisting of virtual recursive attributes and virtual reverse attributes.

10. An apparatus comprising:

means for associating a level of a hierarchical organizational chart with a virtual attribute, wherein the virtual attribute does not correspond to an object defined in a schema for a lightweight directory access protocol directory; and

means for generating values for the level from a list of values for the virtual attribute.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the values for the virtual attribute are computed from values for an attribute that corresponds to an object defined in the schema.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the virtual attribute is selected from the group consisting of virtual recursive attributes and virtual reverse attributes.