Re: Where to find details about LDAP-syntaxes

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 11:06 AM 2002-10-11, Thomas Mutter wrote:
>RFC2252 describs syntaxes and matching rules used in LDAP. But the
>specifications seems to me rather imprecisely. Where can I find details
>about what openldap does with for example 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.41
>(PostalAddress).

http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/servers/slapd/schema_init.c?rev=1

>Or what the hell is the difference between a IA5String and
>a DirectoryString
>(1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 vs. 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15)

http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/servers/slapd/schema_init.c?rev=1

That is, the source code is the definitive reference on how
OpenLDAP implements a particular feature of the LDAP
technical specification.

Kurt