Single-Valued And Multi-Valued Attributes; Schema Supported By Directory Server - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 7.0 - SCHEMA Reference

Table 1-1 Attribute Syntax (Continued)
Syntax Method OID
URI

Single-Valued and Multi-Valued Attributes

By default, most attributes are multi-valued. This means that an entry can contain
the same attribute with multiple values. For example,
are all attributes that can have more than one value. Attributes that are
single-valued — that is, only one instance of the attribute can be specified — are
noted as such. For example,

Schema Supported by Directory Server

The schema provided with Directory Server is described in a set of files stored in
the
serverRoot/slapd-serverID/config/schema
You can modify the schema by creating new object classes and attributes. These
modifications are stored in a separate file called
modify the standard files provided with the Directory Server because you incur the
risk of breaking compatibility with other Netscape products or of causing
interoperability problems with directory servers from vendors other than Netscape
Communications Corporation.
For more information about how the Directory Server stores information and
suggestions for planning directory schema, refer to the Netscape Directory Server
Deployment Guide.
The following tables list the schema files that are provided with Directory Server.
Table 1-2 lists the schema files that are used by the Directory Server. Table 1-3 lists
the schema files that are used by other Netscape products.
Definition
Indicates that the values for this attribute are in
the form of a URL, introduced by a string such
as http://, https://, ftp://, ldap://,
and ldaps://. The URI has the same behavior
as IA5String. See RFC 2396.
can only have one possible value.
uidNumber
directory.
99user.ldif
Schema Supported by Directory Server
, , and
cn tel objectclass
. You should not
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