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Oracle® Access Manager Integration Guide
10g (10.1.4.2)

Part Number E10356-01
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3 Integrating the Oracle Virtual Directory

The Oracle Virtual Directory combines user data from multiple data sources to create an aggregated virtual directory.

From the point of view of Oracle Access Manager applications, the virtual directory looks and behaves just like any other LDAP directory, and the Oracle Access Manager user usually does not receive any obvious indications that the data retrieved by Oracle Access Manager has come from heterogeneous sources.

3.1 About the Integration of Oracle Virtual Directory and Oracle Access Manager

From the perspective of the target data store owners, the impact of Oracle Virtual Directory is minimal. The data store owners do not relinquish ownership of their data, Oracle Virtual Directory does not reformat the native data structures, and no permanent copies of the original data are maintained by Oracle Virtual Directory.

From the perspective of the administrator, Oracle Virtual Directory enables you to use multiple data sources for Oracle Access Manager. See the Oracle Access Manager Installation Guide for details.