Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Syntaxes and Matching Rules
RFC 4517
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(June 2006; Errata)
Updates RFC 3698
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| Last updated | 2016-04-01 | ||
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Network Working Group S. Legg, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4517 eB2Bcom
Obsoletes: 2252, 2256 June 2006
Updates: 3698
Category: Standards Track
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):
Syntaxes and Matching Rules
Status of This Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
Abstract
Each attribute stored in a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(LDAP) directory, whose values may be transferred in the LDAP
protocol, has a defined syntax that constrains the structure and
format of its values. The comparison semantics for values of a
syntax are not part of the syntax definition but are instead provided
through separately defined matching rules. Matching rules specify an
argument, an assertion value, which also has a defined syntax. This
document defines a base set of syntaxes and matching rules for use in
defining attributes for LDAP directories.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
2. Conventions .....................................................4
3. Syntaxes ........................................................4
3.1. General Considerations .....................................5
3.2. Common Definitions .........................................5
3.3. Syntax Definitions .........................................6
3.3.1. Attribute Type Description ..........................6
3.3.2. Bit String ..........................................6
3.3.3. Boolean .............................................7
3.3.4. Country String ......................................7
3.3.5. Delivery Method .....................................8
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RFC 4517 LDAP: Syntaxes and Matching Rules June 2006
3.3.6. Directory String ....................................8
3.3.7. DIT Content Rule Description ........................9
3.3.8. DIT Structure Rule Description .....................10
3.3.9. DN .................................................10
3.3.10. Enhanced Guide ....................................11
3.3.11. Facsimile Telephone Number ........................12
3.3.12. Fax ...............................................12
3.3.13. Generalized Time ..................................13
3.3.14. Guide .............................................14
3.3.15. IA5 String ........................................15
3.3.16. Integer ...........................................15
3.3.17. JPEG ..............................................15
3.3.18. LDAP Syntax Description ...........................16
3.3.19. Matching Rule Description .........................16
3.3.20. Matching Rule Use Description .....................17
3.3.21. Name and Optional UID .............................17
3.3.22. Name Form Description .............................18
3.3.23. Numeric String ....................................18
3.3.24. Object Class Description ..........................18
3.3.25. Octet String ......................................19
3.3.26. OID ...............................................19
3.3.27. Other Mailbox .....................................20
3.3.28. Postal Address ....................................20
3.3.29. Printable String ..................................21
3.3.30. Substring Assertion ...............................22
3.3.31. Telephone Number ..................................23
3.3.32. Teletex Terminal Identifier .......................23
3.3.33. Telex Number ......................................24
3.3.34. UTC Time ..........................................24
4. Matching Rules .................................................25
4.1. General Considerations ....................................25
4.2. Matching Rule Definitions .................................27
4.2.1. bitStringMatch .....................................27
4.2.2. booleanMatch .......................................28
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