Standard Attributes - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Netscape Standard Schema
Syntax
Boolean
GeneralizedTime
CountryString
PostalAddress

Standard Attributes

Attributes hold specific data elements such as a name or a fax number.
Directory Server represents data as attribute-data pairs, a descriptive attribute
associated with a specific piece of information. For example, the directory can store
a piece of data such as a person's name in a pair with the standard attribute, in this
case
following attribute-data pair:
cn: Babs Jensen
In fact, the entire entry is represented as a series of attribute-data pairs. The entire
entry for Babs Jensen might appear as follows:
dn: uid=bjensen, ou=people, dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: top
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
cn: Babs Jensen
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( . So, an entry for a person named Babs Jensen has the
commonName cn)
Description
Boolean values have a value of either "TRUE" or
"FALSE."
Values in this syntax are encoded as printable strings.
It is strongly recommended that GMT time be used.
The time zone must be specified.
A value in this syntax is encoded the same as a value
of DirectoryString syntax. Note that this syntax is
limited to values of exactly two printable string
characters.
Values in this syntax are encoded according to the
following:
postal-address = dstring *("$" dstring)
In the above, each dstring component of a postal
address value is encoded as a value of type
DirectoryString syntax. Backslashes and dollar
characters, if they occur in the component, are quoted.
Many servers limit the postal address to six lines of up
to thirty characters. For example:
1234 Main St.$Anytown,TX 12345$USA