nds

The top-level (document) element of all documents sent as a parameter to or returned from Identity Manager or driver interface method.

Remarks

All <nds> documents sent as a parameter to Identity Manager or driver interface method should contain exactly one <input>.

All <nds> documents returned from Identity Manager or driver interface method should contain exactly one <output>.

Example

DirXML sends:

   <nds dtdversion="2.0">
       <source>
          <product version="2.0.0.0">DirXML</product>
          <contact>Novell, Inc.</contact>
       </source>
       <input>
          <modify class-name="User" event-id="0" qualified-src-dn="\T=ATREE\O=Users\CN=Julia" src-dn="\ATREE\Users\Julia"
    src-entry-id="33967">
             <association state="associated">
                {B43E7155-CDF9-d311-9846-0008C76B16C2}
             </association>
             <modify-attr attr-name="Surname">
                <add-value>
                   <value type="string">Gulia</value>
                </add-value>
             </modify-attr>
          </modify>
       </input>
   </nds>

Shim returns:

   <nds dtdversion="2.0">
      <source>
         <product version="2.0.0.0">Some Application Driver</product>
         <contact>Nobody in particular</contact>
      </source>
      <output>
         <status event-id="0" level="success"/>
      </output>
   </nds>

Allowed Content

Element

Description

source

The source or creator of the document.

input

Input events or commands.

output

Results of events or commands.

Attributes

Attribute

Possible Values

Default Value

dtdversion

CDATA

Should be set to the major.minor version of Identity Manager that the driver is designed for.

#REQUIRED

ndsversion

CDATA

Deprecated as of Identity Manager 2.0.

#IMPLIED

Content Rule

( source ? , ( input | output ) )

Parent Elements

None