Catalog Service Access Modules (CSAMs) provide PowerTalk users with access
to external sources of information. Examples include an X.500 directory
service, a list of network entities on an AppleTalk network, or a window
into a foreign file system.
Catalogs accessed through a Catalog Service Access Module are taking
advantage of AOCE's open architecture which provides users the ability to
use a wide variety of catalog services. Catalog Access Modules are
responsible for translating external catalog information, in whatever form
it may exist, into something which AOCE can display in the Catalogs icon.
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| External Catalog |---->| CSAM |---->| Users & Groups |
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Role of Catalog Service Access Module
Catalog Service Access Modules reside on the local workstation. In the
initial release of AOCE software, server based Catalog Service Access
Modules are not supported.