Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition

Adding an Attribute With a Language Subtype

You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.

Language and pronunciation subtypes of attributes designate localized values. When you specify a language subtype for an attribute, the subtype is added to the attribute name as follows:


attribute;lang-CC

where attribute is an existing attribute type, and cc is the two-letter country code to designate the language. You may optionally add a pronunciation subtype to a language subtype to designate a phonetic equivalent for the localized value. In this case the attribute name is as follows:


attribute;lang-CC;phonetic

To perform an operation on an attribute with a subtype, you must explicitly match its subtype. For example, if you want to modify an attribute value that has the lang-fr language subtype, you must include lang-fr in the modify operation as follows:


$ ldapmodify -h host1 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w -
Enter bind password:
dn: uid=bjensen,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com
changetype: modify
add: homePostalAddress;lang-fr
homePostalAddress;lang-fr: 34, rue de la Paix

Note –

If the attribute value contains non-ASCII characters, they must be UTF-8 encoded.