I think the Schemas Editor plugin works in that way. Please take a look at it. Once it is extended to load and edit the schema directly from the server you will have what you want :)
Exactly, that's the next step. We need to separate some UI elements used in the Schemas Editor Plugin in another project, so we can use already existing editors in both the Standard Schemas Editor (based on files) and the Schemas Editor for ADS. As Stefan suggested me on IM yesterday, we also need to write an extension point and then add a Schema File Wrapper and an ADS Schema Wrapper as extensions. Then It will be easy for third parties to add another extension point of their choice, for editing the schemas of OpenLDAP or SunDS for example, if they want to. It may be too short to have that for ApacheCon, but it will be my next priority, just after the Apache DS configuration Editor. Pierre-Arnaud
