ILS Extended Attributes
Internet Locator Service (ILS) lets users of a collaborative software program (for example, a game or conferencing package) locate other users running the same or compatible software and connect to them. To appear in a list of users, each person must log on to the ILS. The ILS tracks each logged-on person as an ILS User object. Each User object has several standard attributes, including first name, last name, e-mail name, and country/region. In addition, an application can create extended attributes for its users and perform queries on these attributes. This tutorial demonstrates how to create and retrieve these extended attributes: