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domain that run the LDAP service automatically get a replica of this database. The Schema database is
the vehicle used to propagate schema changes to all the servers in the domain that run the LDAP service.
Administrators use the Schema database to learn about the schema and to extend the schema.
Administrators can access the Schema database from a Lotus Notes 7, Lotus Notes 6, or Web browser
client, and can use the Schema database to extend the schema from a Lotus Notes 6 or Web browser
client.
For more upgrade information, see the Upgrade Guide.
Views in the Schema database
The Domino LDAP Schema database (SCHEMA.NSF) includes these views:
v All Schema Documents
v Extended Documents
v Pending Documents
v Draft Documents
Each of these views included sub-views for object classes, attributes, and syntaxes.
All Schema Documents view: The All Schema Documents view contains a document for each element
defined in the schema. It also contains documents for draft schema elements awaiting administrator
approval and pending schema elements awaiting processing by the schema daemon on the
administration server for the Domino Directory.
Extended Documents view: The Extended Documents view shows a document for each extended object
class, attribute, and syntax added using the Schema database and incorporated into the schema by the
schema daemon running on the administration server for the Domino Directory.
The Extended Documents view does not show schema extensions made by adding forms and fields to the
Domino Directory. Only the All Schema Documents view shows new schema elements defined by new
Domino Directory forms and fields.
Pending Documents view: The Pending Documents view shows a document for each object class,
attribute, and syntax that an administrator has added using the Schema database and approved that is
awaiting processing by the schema daemon on the administration server for the Domino Directory.
In the All Schema Documents view, a green check mark icon indicates a pending schema element.
Draft Documents view: The Draft Documents view shows a document for each new object class,
attribute, and syntax that an administrator has added using the Schema database, but has not yet
approved.
In the All Schema Documents view, an hourglass icon indicates a draft schema element.
Using the Schema database to view the schema
The Domino LDAP Schema database (SCHEMA.NSF) contains information about each attribute, syntax,
and object class defined in the schema. You can also retrieve the entire schema by doing an LDAP search
of the schema entry; however the Schema database provides schema information in a easy-to-read format.
Viewing information about an attribute defined in the schema:
1. Open the Schema database (SCHEMA.NSF) on any server in the domain that runs the LDAP service.
2. Select the All Schema Documents - LDAP Attribute Types view.
3. Open a document to view information about a specific attribute. Any document without an icon next
to it in the view is an attribute defined in the schema.
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