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Introduction

This manual describes the Open Directory application programming interface for Mac OS X v10.4. Open Directory is a directory service architecture whose programming interface provides a centralized way for applications and services to retrieve information stored in directories. The Open Directory architecture consists of the DirectoryServices daemon, which receives Open Directory client API calls and sends them to the appropriate Open Directory plug-in.

Contents:

Organization of This Document
See Also

Organization of This Document

This book contains the following chapters:

• “Concepts” describes the concepts used in the Open Directory architecture.

• “Working with Nodes” explains how to use the Open Directory API interact with nodes.

• “Working with Records” explains how to use the Open Directory API to interact with records.

See Also

Refer to the following reference document for Open Directory:

• Open Directory Reference

For more information about writing plug-ins for Open Directory, read:

• Open Directory Plug-in Programming Guide

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