This illustration (oimig004.gif) shows a directory information tree (DIT) in Oracle Internet Directory and a corresponding forest in Microsoft Active Directory. The DIT in Oracle Internet Directory extends downward from the root DSE to a node labeled Mapping Base
to dc=com
to dc=MyCompany
. From there it divides into two branches: dc=us
and dc=uk
. The node dc=us
extends downward in two branches: dc=a
and dc=b
. The dc=b
node extends downward to dc=c
. The node dc=b
extends to dc=c
. The node dc=uk
extends downward to dc=b
and then to dc=c
. The forest in Microsoft Active Directory has two roots: us.MyCompany.com
and uk.MyCompany.com
. The node us.MyCompany.com
divides into two branches: a.us.MyCompany.com
and b.us.My.Company.com
. The latter node extends downward to c.us.MyCompany.com
. The node uk.MyCompany.com
extends downward to b.uk.MyCompany.com
and from there to c.uk.MyCompany.com
.