Sun Java Communications Suite 5 Schema Reference

Attribute Syntax

Directory data is represented as attribute-value pairs. Any specific piece of information is associated with a descriptive attribute.

Each attribute has a corresponding syntax definition. The syntax definition describes the type of information provided by the attribute.

Table A–1 Syntax Types


Syntax Method	Abbreviation	Definition
Binary	`bin`	Attribute values are binary
Boolean	`boolean`	Two values possible: Yes or No, True or False, On or Off
Case Exact String	`ces`	Values are case sensitive
Case Ignore String	`cis`	Values are not case sensitive
Telephone	`tel`	Telephone numbers (identical to cis, but blanks and dashes (-) are ignored
Distinguished Name	`dn`	Indicates values are DN's
Integer	`int`	Values are numbers
Operational	`operational`	Not displayed in search results

Required and allowed attributes for each object class are included in the object class listing.

Unless otherwise noted, attributes are assumed to be multi-valued, that is, more than one instance of the attribute can be specified. Attributes that are single-valued, that is, only one instance of the attribute can be specified, are noted as such in the Syntax heading, found in each attribute definition.