This is a directory manager.

A directory knows how to access and display entries. It uses a schema (from CPSSchemas) to describe an entry, and a layout and some widgets to specify how to display the entry and do validation.

There are several directory types:

• Members Directory: deals with members from acl_users and their data from portal_memberdata. Knows how to create them and assign special attributes (password, roles, groups).
• Roles Directory: deals with the roles from acl_users.
• Groups Directory: deals with the groups from acl_users (if the user folder knows about groups).
• ZODB Directory: stores its entries directly as objects in the ZODB.
• LDAP Directory: stores its entries in an LDAP directory.

You can discuss CPSDirectory (ongoing) development on the cps-devel mailing list.