access control instruction (ACI)
authentication password syntax
authorization identity control
Common Development and Distribution License
deprecated password storage scheme
Directory Services Markup Language
entry change notification control
extensible match search filter
greater than or equal to search filter
less than or equal to search filter
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
notice of disconnection unsolicited notification
Password Modify extended operation
Simple Authentication and Security Layer
virtual attributes only control
An attribute type is a schema element that correlates an OID and a set of names with an attribute syntax and a set of matching rules.
The components of an attribute type definition include:
An OID used to uniquely identify the attribute type.
A set of zero or more names that can be used to more easily reference the attribute type.
An optional equality matching rule that specifies how equality matching should be performed on values of that attribute. If no equality matching rule is specified, then the default equality rule for the associated attribute syntax will be used. If the associated syntax doesn't have a default equality matching rule, then equality operations will not be allowed for that attribute.
An optional ordering matching rule that specifies how ordering operations should be performed on values of that attribute. If no ordering matching rule is specified, then the default ordering rule for the associated attribute syntax will be used. If the associated syntax doesn't have a default ordering matching rule, then ordering operations will not be allowed for that attribute.
An optional substring matching rule that specifies how substring matching should be performed on values of that attribute. If no substring matching rule is specified, then the default substring rule for the associated attribute syntax will be used. If the associated syntax doesn't have a default substring matching rule, then substring operations will not be allowed for that attribute.
An optional syntax OID that specifies the syntax for values of the attribute. If no syntax is specified, then it will default to the directory string syntax.
A flag that indicates whether the attribute is allowed to have multiple values.
An optional attribute usage string indicating the context in which the attribute is to be used.
An optional flag that indicates whether the attribute can be modified by external clients.
The set of attribute types defined in the server may be determined by retrieving the attributeTypes attribute of the subschema subentry. For more information about attribute types, see Understanding Attribute Types in Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.2 Architectural Reference.