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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Schema for User Applications :: RFC4519








Network Working Group                                  A. Sciberras, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4519                                       eB2Bcom
Obsoletes: 2256                                                June 2006
Updates: 2247, 2798, 2377
Category: Standards Track


             Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):
                      Schema for User Applications

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

   This document is an integral part of the Lightweight Directory Access
   Protocol (LDAP) technical specification.  It provides a technical
   specification of attribute types and object classes intended for use
   by LDAP directory clients for many directory services, such as White
   Pages.  These objects are widely used as a basis for the schema in
   many LDAP directories.  This document does not cover attributes used
   for the administration of directory servers, nor does it include
   directory objects defined for specific uses in other documents.



















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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................3
      1.1. Relationship with Other Specifications .....................3
      1.2. Conventions ................................................4
      1.3. General Issues .............................................4
   2. Attribute Types .................................................4
      2.1. 'businessCategory' .........................................5
      2.2. 'c' ........................................................5
      2.3. 'cn' .......................................................5
      2.4. 'dc' .......................................................6
      2.5. 'description' ..............................................6
      2.6. 'destinationIndicator' .....................................7
      2.7. 'distinguishedName' ........................................7
      2.8. 'dnQualifier' ..............................................8
      2.9. 'enhancedSearchGuide' ......................................8
      2.10. 'facsimileTelephoneNumber' ................................9
      2.11. 'generationQualifier' .....................................9
      2.12. 'givenName' ...............................................9
      2.13. 'houseIdentifier' .........................................9
      2.14. 'initials' ...............................................10
      2.15. 'internationalISDNNumber' ................................10
      2.16. 'l' ......................................................10
      2.17. 'member' .................................................11
      2.18. 'name' ...................................................11
      2.19. 'o' ......................................................11
      2.20. 'ou' .....................................................12
      2.21. 'owner' ..................................................12
      2.22. 'physicalDeliveryOfficeName' .............................12
      2.23. 'postalAddress' ..........................................13
      2.24. 'postalCode' .............................................13
      2.25. 'postOfficeBox' ..........................................14
      2.26. 'preferredDeliveryMethod' ................................14
      2.27. 'registeredAddress' ......................................14
      2.28. 'roleOccupant' ...........................................15
      2.29. 'searchGuide' ............................................15
      2.30. 'seeAlso' ................................................15
      2.31. 'serialNumber' ...........................................16
      2.32. 'sn' .....................................................16
      2.33. 'st' .....................................................16
      2.34. 'street' .................................................17
      2.35. 'telephoneNumber' ........................................17
      2.36. 'teletexTerminalIdentifier' ..............................17
      2.37. 'telexNumber' ............................................18
      2.38. 'title' ..................................................18
      2.39. 'uid' ....................................................18
      2.40. 'uniqueMember' ...........................................19
      2.41. 'userPassword' ...........................................19



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      2.42. 'x121Address' ............................................20
      2.43. 'x500UniqueIdentifier' ...................................20
   3. Object Classes .................................................20
      3.1. 'applicationProcess' ......................................21
      3.2. 'country' .................................................21
      3.3. 'dcObject' ................................................21
      3.4. 'device' ..................................................21
      3.5. 'groupOfNames' ............................................22
      3.6. 'groupOfUniqueNames' ......................................22
      3.7. 'locality' ................................................23
      3.8. 'organization' ............................................23
      3.9. 'organizationalPerson' ....................................24
      3.10. 'organizationalRole' .....................................24
      3.11. 'organizationalUnit' .....................................24
      3.12. 'person' .................................................25
      3.13. 'residentialPerson' ......................................25
      3.14. 'uidObject' ..............................................26
   4. IANA Considerations ............................................26
   5. Security Considerations ........................................28
   6. Acknowledgements ...............................................28
   7. References .....................................................29
      7.1. Normative References ......................................29
      7.2. Informative References ....................................30
   Appendix A  Changes Made Since RFC 2256 ...........................32

1.  Introduction

   This document provides an overview of attribute types and object
   classes intended for use by Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
   (LDAP) directory clients for many directory services, such as White
   Pages.  Originally specified in the X.500 [X.500] documents, these
   objects are widely used as a basis for the schema in many LDAP
   directories.  This document does not cover attributes used for the
   administration of directory servers, nor does it include directory
   objects defined for specific uses in other documents.

1.1.  Relationship with Other Specifications

   This document is an integral part of the LDAP technical specification
   [RFC4510], which obsoletes the previously defined LDAP technical
   specification, RFC 3377, in its entirety.  In terms of RFC 2256,
   Sections 6 and 8 of RFC 2256 are obsoleted by [RFC4517].  Sections
   5.1, 5.2, 7.1, and 7.2 of RFC 2256 are obsoleted by [RFC4512].  The
   remainder of RFC 2256 is obsoleted by this document.  The technical
   specification for the 'dc' attribute type and 'dcObject' object class
   found in RFC 2247 are superseded by sections 2.4 and 3.3 of this
   document.  The remainder of RFC 2247 remains in force.




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   This document updates RFC 2798 by replacing the informative
   description of the 'uid' attribute type with the definitive
   description provided in Section 2.39 of this document.

   This document updates RFC 2377 by replacing the informative
   description of the 'uidObject' object class with the definitive
   description provided in Section 3.14 of this document.

   A number of schema elements that were included in the previous
   revision of the LDAP Technical Specification are not included in this
   revision of LDAP.  PKI-related schema elements are now specified in
   [RFC4523].  Unless reintroduced in future technical specifications,
   the remainder are to be considered Historic.

   The descriptions in this document SHALL be considered definitive for
   use in LDAP.

1.2.  Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

1.3.  General Issues

   This document references Syntaxes defined in Section 3 of [RFC4517]
   and Matching Rules defined in Section 4 of [RFC4517].

   The definitions of Attribute Types and Object Classes are written
   using the Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) [RFC4234] of
   AttributeTypeDescription and ObjectClassDescription given in
   [RFC4512].  Lines have been folded for readability.  When such values
   are transferred as attribute values in the LDAP Protocol, the values
   will not contain line breaks.

2.  Attribute Types

   The attribute types contained in this section hold user information.

   There is no requirement that servers implement the 'searchGuide' and
   'teletexTerminalIdentifier' attribute types.  In fact, their use is
   greatly discouraged.

   An LDAP server implementation SHOULD recognize the rest of the
   attribute types described in this section.






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2.1.  'businessCategory'

   The 'businessCategory' attribute type describes the kinds of business
   performed by an organization.  Each kind is one value of this
   multi-valued attribute.
   (Source: X.520 [X.520])

      ( 2.5.4.15 NAME 'businessCategory'
         EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
         SUBSTR caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
         SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 )

   1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 refers to the Directory String syntax
   [RFC4517].

   Examples: "banking", "transportation", and "real estate".

2.2.  'c'

   The 'c' ('countryName' in X.500) attribute type contains a two-letter
   ISO 3166 [ISO3166] country code.
   (Source: X.520 [X.520])

      ( 2.5.4.6 NAME 'c'
         SUP name
         SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.11
         SINGLE-VALUE )

   1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.11 refers to the Country String syntax
   [RFC4517].

   Examples: "DE", "AU" and "FR".

2.3.  'cn'

   The 'cn' ('commonName' in X.500) attribute type contains names of an
   object.  Each name is one value of this multi-valued attribute.  If
   the object corresponds to a person, it is typically the person's full
   name.
   (Source: X.520 [X.520])

      ( 2.5.4.3 NAME 'cn'
         SUP name )

   Examples: "Martin K Smith", "Marty Smith" and "printer12".






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2.4.  'dc'

   The 'dc' ('domainComponent' in RFC 1274) attribute type is a string
   holding one component, a label, of a DNS domain name
   [RFC1034][RFC2181] naming a host [RFC1123].  That is, a value of this
   attribute is a string of ASCII characters adhering to the following
   ABNF [RFC4234]:

   label = (ALPHA / DIGIT) [*61(ALPHA / DIGIT / HYPHEN) (ALPHA / DIGIT)]
   ALPHA   = %x41-5A / %x61-7A     ; "A"-"Z" / "a"-"z"
   DIGIT   = %x30-39               ; "0"-"9"
   HYPHEN  = %x2D                  ; hyphen ("-")

   The encoding of IA5String for use in LDAP is simply the characters of
   the ASCII label.  The equality matching rule is case insensitive, as
   is today's DNS.  (Source: RFC 2247 [RFC2247] and RFC 1274 [RFC 1274])

      ( 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.25 NAME 'dc'
         EQUALITY caseIgnoreIA5Match
         SUBSTR caseIgnoreIA5SubstringsMatch
         SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26
         SINGLE-VALUE )

   1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 refers to the IA5 String syntax
   [RFC4517].

   Examples: Valid values include "example" and "com" but not
   "example.com".  The latter is invalid as it contains multiple domain
   components.

   It is noted that the directory service will not ensure that values of
   this attribute conform to the host label restrictions [RFC1123]
   illustrated by the 

 

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