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Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 Architectural Reference

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The Directory Server Access Control Model

Understanding the Directory Server Schema

Understanding Matching Rules

Matching Rule Description Format

Commonly Used Matching Rules

Value Normalization

Understanding Attribute Syntaxes

The Attribute Syntax Description Format

Commonly Used Attribute Syntaxes

Understanding Attribute Types

Attribute Type Description Format

Attribute Type Inheritance

Attribute Type Implementation

Understanding Object Classes

Object Class Description Format

Object Class Kinds

Object Class Inheritance

Directory Server Object Class Implementation

Understanding Name Forms

Name Form Description Format

Name Form Implementation

Understanding DIT Content Rules

DIT Content Rule Description Format

DIT Content Rule Implementation

Understanding DIT Structure Rules

DIT Structure Rule Description Format

DIT Structure Rules and Multiple Schemas

DIT Structure Rule Implementation

Understanding Matching Rule Uses

Matching Rule Use Implementation

Index Databases

Understanding Directory Server Plug-Ins

Directory Server Replication

Root Users and the Privilege Subsystem

Supported Controls and Operations

Commonly Used Attribute Syntaxes

There are a number of attribute syntaxes defined in LDAP, both in the core protocol specification and in other related RFCs and Internet Drafts. Many of these attribute syntaxes are defined in RFC 4517 (LDAP Syntaxes and Matching Rules) in section 3.3. Some of the most commonly used attribute syntaxes include:

Directory String

The Directory String syntax is used to hold general-purpose string values containing one or more UTF-8 characters. Technically, empty values (that is, those with zero characters) are not allowed. Because the Sun Java System directory server has historically allowed empty values, the directory server offers a configuration option that can be used to allow it as well although it is disabled by default for standards compliance.

IA5 String

The IA5 String syntax is used to hold string values based on the IA5 character set, which is also known as the ASCII character set.

Printable String

The Printable String syntax is used to hold string values that contain one or more characters from the set of uppercase and lowercase letters, numeric digits, single quotes, left and right parentheses, plus sign, comma, hyphen, period, and equal sign.

Boolean

The Boolean syntax is used to hold values of either TRUE or FALSE. No other values are allowed for attributes with this syntax.

Integer

The Integer syntax is used to hold integer values, which must contain at least one digit. It can start with a hyphen to indicate a negative value. Zero can be used as the first digit only when the value is zero.

Octet String

The Octet String syntax is used to hold a set of zero or more bytes. It has been used to replace the former Binary syntax.

DN

The DN syntax is used to hold distinguished name values, comprised of zero or more RDN components. Values should be in the format specified in RFC 4514 (LDAP String Representation of Distinguished Names).