!!! Overview 
[{$pagename}] are the mechanism used by Identity Manager to establish and maintain a linkage between an object in the Identity Vault and an application object. The shim normally provides a unique key value for each application object and the Identity Manager Engine manages the storage of those key values in the Identity Vault in the [DirXML-Association Attribute|DirXML-Associations]

A shim's responsibility with respect to [{$pagename}] is to provide a unique key value for each object and to notify the Identity Manager Engine whenever something happens that affects that unique key. In practice this means: 
* Provide the unique key value for the object whenever communicating any information about the object to the Identity Manager Engine (events and queries). 
* Report to the Identity Manager Engine whenever the unique key value of a relevant object changes using <modify-association>. 
* Report to the Identity Manager Engine the unique key value of an object created as a result of processing and <add> command in the SubscriptionShim using <add-association> in the result document returned from the add processing. 

!! [The DirXML-Association Attribute|DirXML-Associations] 
There is a [DirXML-Association Attribute|DirXML-Associations] 

!! Warning 
Novell has no KNOWN public publication as to the the details of this attribute other than or the attribute's syntax, [2.16.840.1.113719.1.1.5.1.15]. How the values are constructed and what We show here what we have learned along the way from empirical evidence and from others. 

!! [DirXML-Association States]
The [DirXML-Association Attribute|DirXML-Associations] is applied to entries (like users) and the [DirXML-Association State] indicates the synchronization state of the entry for any given driver.
 
!!Tools for modification of Associations 
* [Association Modifier|http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tools/15754.html|target='_blank'] 

!! [Determine the State of DirXML-Associations] 
You can use [LDAPSEARCH] to [Determine the State of DirXML-Associations] 

!! [Working with DirXML-Associations in Policies] 
How to [Working with DirXML-Associations in Policies] 
!!! Attribute Details 
The DirXML-Associations attribute uses the [path syntax|2.16.840.1.113719.1.1.5.1.15] 

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