NAME

    Net-DSML - A perl module that supplies methods for connecting to a LDAP 
               Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) server.

DESCRIPTION

    This perl module provides support for accessing LDAP through a
    Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) service.
    Using this module a user can search, compare, modify, delete and 
    add LDAP entries using DSML.

    This module was built using the OASIS version 2 Directory Services 
    Markup Language definitions.  This information can be found at the
    following URL:  http://www.oasis-open.org/specs/index.php#dsmlv2
       
    Pod documentation is contained in the Net::DSML, Net::DSML::Filter and
    Net::DSML::Control files.

    Examples of using this module can be found in the module`s 
    Examples directory.

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This code should be considered very much as work-in-progress.
Any part of this release could be subject to change.  Since this is the
first release of this module I am quite sure there will be changes as
better ways are found of building the xml messages.

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INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install

DEPENDENCIES

    Class::Std::Utils Version 0.0.2
    LWP::UserAgent    Version 2.033
    MIME::Base64      Version 3.050
    Test::Simple      Version 0.70
    version           version 0.680

    If the user wishes to access the DSML server using the https protocol
    then the Crypt-SSLeay-0.56 module must be installed.  This module
    requires that openssl be install on the users system.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

This module has been tested against a Sun Java(TM) System Directory 
Server 5.2 with DSML services enabled.
This module has been tested against a Sun Java(TM) System Directory
Server 6.0 with DSML services enabled.

The module has been installed and tested on perl 5.8.7.
The module has been installed and tested on perl 5.6.1.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2007, Clif Harden  charden@pobox.com

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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