Re: Organizational structure - chart

[Jon Roberts <jon@mentata.com>]

Dave Godbey wrote:
> What are the best ways to construct a schema/namespace that represent an 
> organizational structure? I have an org chart that has a collection of 
> offices that are organized as a tree to an arbitrary depth. eg:
>
> Office of Operations
>
>     Director                    555-1212
>     Director Business Mangagement        555-1313
>         Procurement            555-1213
>         Payroll                555-1214
>     Director Info Technology            555-1215
>
> etc.
>
> Is the semi-hierarchy with a flat base the best way to go? What other 
> schemes are viable?

My recommendation is to put all your people under one subtree, make it 
as flat as possible, use the title attribute as appropriate, and also 
use dn attributes to reference nodes in an organizational hierarchy 
expressed somewhere else in the DIT.

Even better, use the inetorgperson manager dn attribute to make your 
reporting relationships explicit. Then your organizational hierarchy is 
prima facie. Of course, some organizations don't have a clear hierarchy 
and can't be easily represented this way. At least that's what they'll say.

Jon Roberts
www.mentata.com