It is proved that the lattice of closed, two-sided ideals in a C*-algebra c
lassifies the class of unital C*-algebras which are inductive limits of seq
uences of finite direct sums of C([0, i]) x O-2 End have totally ordered la
ttice of ideals, up to *-isomorphism.
Furthermore, it is proved that if the lattice of ideals of a separable, uni
tal C*-algebra is totally ordered, then it is compact metrizable and has an
isolated maximum in the order topology. Conversely, each totally ordered s
pace (containing at least two points) which is compact metrizable and has a
n isolated maximum in the order topology appears as the lattice of ideals o
f a C*-algebra which is an inductive limit of a sequence of finite direct s
ums Of C([0, 1]) x O-2.