1. A data structure implemented on a computer readable medium, the data structure comprising a Hyper Text Transport Protocol (HTTP) Universal Resource Locator (URL) query string including: an HTTP portion representing that the query string is an HTTP URL query string; an anchor point portion representing an anchor point within the directory service for a search to be conducted based on the query string; and a path and query portion defining a search scope based on the anchor point for the search in the directory service.