Modifying the Files
When a programmer develops an application that uses the Directory Service, the directory service manager or the application developer needs to obtain unique identifiers for any new CDS attribute names or GDS attribute types that the new application uses and then update the appropriate file.
If the application stores names in CDS, edit the cds_attributes file. (Refer to the cdsclerk.h file for the list of appropriate data type descriptors.) If the application stores names in GDS, edit the cds_globalnames file and use the appropriate ASN.1 identifiers to describe the data type, syntax, and case-matching rules for the name.
Note: If you modify the OID values for standard attributes in the cds_attributes and cds_globalnames files, you may encounter problems interoperating with other Directory Service implementations.