22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the traverse module is programmed to traverse through a plurality of objects in an order beginning at an object having a comparatively close relationship to the link and progressing to objects having a comparatively distant relationship to the link.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the directory services database stores objects selected from the document location object, a user object, group object, and container object, the document location object being comparatively closest to the link and containing pointing data for identifying the document.