Preface

Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Directory Integration Platform describes how to use Oracle Directory Integration Platform to integrate applications and directories—including third-party LDAP directories—with Oracle Unified Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, or Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

Audience

Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Directory Integration Platform is intended for anyone who needs to integrate Oracle Unified Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, or Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition with applications and other directories—including third-party LDAP directories. You need to be familiar with either the UNIX/Linux operating systems or Microsoft Windows to understand the commands and examples in this guide.

To use this guide, you need some familiarity with the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

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Related Documentation

For more information, see:

• Online help available through Oracle Directory Services Manager and Oracle Enterprise Manager.

• The Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Database, and Oracle Identity Management documentation sets, especially:

  • Installing Oracle Unified Directory

  • Administering Oracle Unified Directory

  • Developing Plug-Ins for Oracle Unified Directory

  • Configuration Reference for Oracle Unified Directory

  • Java API Reference for Oracle Unified Directory

  • Release Notes for Oracle Unified Directory

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Identity Management

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Getting Started with Oracle Identity Management

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Internet Directory

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Guide to Delegated Administration for Oracle Identity Management

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Application Developer's Guide for Oracle Identity Management

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Identity Management

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer's Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware High Availability Guide

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Security Guide

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware WebLogic Scripting Tool Command Reference

  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool

For additional information, see:

• Chadwick, David. Understanding X.500—The Directory. Thomson Computer Press, 1996.

• Howes, Tim and Mark Smith. LDAP: Programming Directory-enabled Applications with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Macmillan Technical Publishing, 1997.

• Howes, Tim, Mark Smith and Gordon Good, Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services. Macmillan Technical Publishing, 1999.

• Internet Assigned Numbers Authority home page at http://www.iana.org for information about object identifiers.

• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) documentation available at: http://www.ietf.org, especially:

  • LDAPEXT charter and LDAP drafts

  • LDUP charter and drafts

  • RFC 2254, "The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters"

  • RFC 1823, "The LDAP Application Program Interface"

• The OpenLDAP Community at http://www.openldap.org

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