<s>
XML	B-Protocol
Enabled	I-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
(	O
XED	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
managing	O
objects	O
represented	O
using	O
the	O
Extensible	B-Protocol
Markup	I-Protocol
Language	I-Protocol
(	O
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XED	O
builds	O
on	O
X.500	B-Protocol
and	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
directory	O
services	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XML	B-Protocol
Enabled	I-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
(	O
XED	O
)	O
framework	O
leverages	O
existing	O
Lightweight	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
Access	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
X.500	B-Protocol
directory	I-Protocol
technology	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
directory	O
service	O
that	O
stores	O
,	O
manages	O
and	O
transmits	O
Extensible	B-Protocol
Markup	I-Protocol
Language	I-Protocol
(	O
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
format	O
data	O
,	O
while	O
maintaining	O
interoperability	O
with	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
clients	O
,	O
X.500	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
User	O
Agents	O
(	O
DUAs	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
X.500	B-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
System	O
Agents	O
(	O
DSAs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
semantically	O
equivalent	O
XML	B-Protocol
renditions	O
of	O
existing	O
directory	O
protocols	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
XML	B-Protocol
renditions	O
of	O
directory	O
data	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
ability	O
to	O
accept	O
at	O
run	O
time	O
,	O
user	O
defined	O
attribute	O
syntaxes	O
specified	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
languages	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
ability	O
to	O
perform	O
filter	O
matching	O
on	O
the	O
parts	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
attribute	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
flexibility	O
for	O
implementors	O
to	O
develop	O
XED	O
clients	O
using	O
only	O
their	O
favoured	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
XML	B-Protocol
Enabled	I-Protocol
Directory	I-Protocol
allows	O
directory	O
entries	O
to	O
contain	O
XML	B-Protocol
formatted	O
data	O
as	O
attribute	O
values	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
attribute	O
syntax	O
can	O
be	O
specified	O
in	O
any	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
languages	O
that	O
the	O
directory	O
understands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
directory	O
server	O
is	O
then	O
able	O
to	O
perform	O
data	O
validation	O
and	O
semantically	O
meaningful	O
matching	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
,	O
or	O
their	O
parts	O
,	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
client	O
applications	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
XML-based	O
applications	O
easier	O
and	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
strictly	O
adhering	O
to	O
open	O
standards	O
and	O
it	O
features	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
X.500	B-Protocol
,	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
,	O
XED	O
and	O
ACP133	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
