56. A system providing access to a directory services repository which is stored on a computer system, the claimed system comprising: a directory services application programming interface, also known as the API, which includes at least one callable element that is capable of accessing a component of the directory services repository in response to being called; and a driver which is capable of translating a relational database language statement into an executable API sequence that includes a call to the callable element and produces an API result, the driver also being capable of translating the API result into a relational database result, wherein the directory services repository component includes an attribute which has a plurality of simultaneous values, the relational database language statement identifies a column of a table, the driver and the API together map the attribute to the column, and the driver and the API together map each value of the attribute to a separate row in the table, thereby presenting a one-to-many relation.
56. A system providing access to a directory services repository which is stored on a computer system, the claimed system comprising: a directory services application programming interface, also known as the API, which includes at least one callable element that is capable of accessing a component of the directory services repository in response to being called; and a driver which is capable of translating a relational database language statement into an executable API sequence that includes a call to the callable element and produces an API result, the driver also being capable of translating the API result into a relational database result, wherein the directory services repository component includes an attribute which has a plurality of simultaneous values, the relational database language statement identifies a column of a table, the driver and the API together map the attribute to the column, and the driver and the API together map each value of the attribute to a separate row in the table, thereby presenting a one-to-many relation. 62. The system of claim 56, wherein the driver provides read-only access to the directory services repository.