This topic describes the use of the XDS programming interface when accessing the CDS namespace. The first topic provides an introduction to using XDS in the CDS namespace. XDS Objects describes XDS objects and how they are used to access CDS data. Accessing CDS Using the XDS Step-by-Step Procedure provides a step-by-step procedure for writing an XDS program to access CDS. Object-Handling Techniques provides examples of using the XOM interface to manipulate objects. XDS/CDS Object Recipes provides details of the structure of XDS/CDS objects. Finally, Attribute and Data Type Translation provides translation tables between XDS and CDS for attributes and data types.