<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Directory	I-Application
(	O
OID	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
directory	O
service	O
produced	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
which	O
functions	O
compatible	O
with	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
version	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OID	O
makes	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
available	O
from	O
within	O
an	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
environment	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
OID	O
uses	O
standard	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
structures	O
to	O
store	O
its	O
internal	O
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
version	O
9	O
databases	B-General_Concept
,	O
by	O
default	O
,	O
many	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
LDAP	B-Protocol
Table	O
Stores	O
use	O
tablespaces	B-General_Concept
with	O
names	O
beginning	O
with	O
the	O
OLTS_	O
(	O
and	O
occasionally	O
P1TS_	O
)	O
prefixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Relevant	O
default	O
schemas	O
used	O
may	O
include	O
ODS	O
(	O
for	O
"	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
directory	O
server	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
ODSCOMMON	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
comparing	O
Oracle	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Directory	I-Application
with	O
its	O
competitors	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
stresses	O
that	O
it	O
uses	O
as	O
its	O
foundation	O
an	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
;	O
whereas	O
many	O
competing	O
products	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
Directory	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
and	O
Novell	B-Application
eDirectory	I-Application
)	O
do	O
not	O
rely	O
on	O
an	O
enterprise-strength	O
relational	O
database	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
on	O
embedded	O
database	O
engines	O
similar	O
to	O
Berkeley	B-Language
DB	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	O
with	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
makes	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
technologies	O
available	O
for	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
available	O
for	O
Oracle	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Directory	I-Application
,	O
and	O
improvements	O
that	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
makes	O
in	O
the	O
database	O
space	O
can	O
instantly	O
flow	O
through	O
to	O
its	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
marketing	O
purposes	O
,	O
OID	O
forms	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Application
Identity	I-Application
Management	I-Application
suite	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-General_Concept
database	I-General_Concept
version	O
9	O
included	O
OID	O
bundled	O
as	O
an	O
extra	O
facility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OID	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
version	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
makes	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
version	O
of	O
OID	O
available	O
only	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Identity	O
Management-suite	O
bundling	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
(	O
10.1.4.0.1	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Directory	I-Application
11g	O
forms	O
part	O
of	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
directory	O
services	O
(	O
ODS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
