1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor; a memory; and an interface to connect the processor, the memory, and a set of logics, the set of logics comprising: a parse scope logic configured to determine a set of de-duplication rules shared between the apparatus and a second, different apparatus, where the apparatus and the second apparatus are both part of a de-duplication environment in which an object is to be de-duplicated, where the parse scope logic is configured to determine the set of de-duplication rules by transmitting de-duplication rule data to the second apparatus and by receiving de-duplication rule data from the second apparatus; and a de-duplication logic configured to de-duplicate the object as controlled by the set of shared de-duplication rules.