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INTERNET-DRAFT Editor: Kurt D. Zeilenga
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Intended Category: Standard Track OpenLDAP Foundation
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Expires in six months 9 December 2002
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Obsoletes: RFC 2596
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Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP
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draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt
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Status of Memo
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This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all
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provisions of Section 10 of RFC2026.
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This document is intended to be, after appropriate review and
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revision, submitted to the RFC Editor as a Standard Track document.
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Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Technical discussion of this
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document will take place on the IETF LDAP Extensions Working Group
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(LDAPext) mailing list <ldapext@ietf.org>. Please send editorial
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comments directly to the document editor <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>.
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Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task
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Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other
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groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts.
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Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months
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and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any
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time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference
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material or to cite them other than as ``work in progress.''
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The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at
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<http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt>. The list of
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Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at
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<http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html>.
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Copyright 2002, The Internet Society. All Rights Reserved.
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Please see the Copyright section near the end of this document for
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more information.
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Abstract
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It is often desirable to to be able to indicate the natural language
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associated with values held in a directory and to be able to query the
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directory for values which fulfill the user's language needs. This
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document details the use of Language Tags and Ranges in the
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 1]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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Conventions
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The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
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"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
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document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119].
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1. Background and Intended Use
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The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [RFC3377] provides a
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means for clients to interrogate and modify information stored in a
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distributed directory system. The information in the directory is
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maintained as attributes of entries. Most of these attributes have
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syntaxes which are human-readable strings, and it is desirable to be
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able to indicate the natural language associated with attribute
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values.
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This document describes how language tags and ranges [RFC3066] are
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carried in LDAP and are to be interpreted by LDAP implementations.
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All LDAP implementations MUST be prepared to accept language tags and
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ranges.
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This document replaces RFC 2596. Appendix A summaries changes made
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since RFC 2596.
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Appendix B discusses differences from X.500(1997) "contexts"
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mechanism.
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Appendix A and B are provided for informational purposes only.
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The remainder of this section provides a summary of Language Tags,
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Language Ranges, and Attribute Descriptions.
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1.1. Language Tags
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Section 2 of BCP 47 [RFC3066] describes the language tag format which
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is used in LDAP. Briefly, it is a string of ASCII letters and
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hyphens. Examples include "fr", "en-US" and "ja-JP". Language tags
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are case insensitive. That is, the language tag "en-us" is the same
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as "EN-US".
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Section 2 of this document details use of language tags in LDAP.
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1.2. Language Ranges
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Section 2.5 of BCP 47 [RFC3066] describes the language ranges.
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 2]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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Language ranges are used to specify sets of language tags.
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A language range matches a language tag if it is exactly equal to the
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tag, or if it is exactly equal to a prefix of the tag such that the
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first character following the prefix is "-". That is, the language
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range "de" matches the language tags "de" and "de-CH" but not "den".
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The special language range "*" matches all language tags.
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Due to attribute description option naming restrictions in LDAP, this
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document defines a different language range syntax. However, the
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semantics of language ranges in LDAP is consistent with BCP 47.
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Section 3 of this document details use of language ranges in LDAP.
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1.3. Attribute Descriptions
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This section provides an overview of attribute descriptions in LDAP.
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LDAP attributes and attribute descriptions are defined in [RFC2251].
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An attribute consists of a type, a set of zero or more associated
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tagging options, and a set of one or more values. The type and the
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options are combined into the AttributeDescription.
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AttributeDescriptions can also contain options which are not part of
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the attribute, but indicate some other function (such as range
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assertion or transfer encoding).
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An AttributeDescription with one or more tagging options is a direct
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subtype of each AttributeDescription of the same type with all but one
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of the tagging options. If the AttributeDescription's type is a
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direct subtype of some other type, then the AttributeDescription is
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also a direct subtype of the AttributeDescription which consists of
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the supertype and all of the tagging options. That is,
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"CN;x-bar;x-foo" is a direct subtype of "CN;x-bar", "CN;x-foo", and
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"name;x-bar;x-foo". Note that "CN" is a subtype of "name".
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2. Use of Language Tags in LDAP
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This section describes how LDAP implementations MUST interpret
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language tags in performing operations.
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Servers which support storing attributes with language tag options in
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the Directory Information Tree (DIT) SHOULD allow any attribute type
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it recognizes that has the Directory String, IA5 String, or other
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textual string syntaxes to have language tag options associated with
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it. Servers MAY allow language options to be associated with other
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attributes types.
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 3]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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Clients SHOULD NOT assume servers are capable of storing attributes
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with language tags in the directory.
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Implementations MUST NOT otherwise interpret the structure of the tag
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when comparing two tag, and MUST treat them simply as strings of
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characters. Implementations MUST allow any arbitrary string which
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conforms to the syntax defined in BCP 47 [RFC3066] to be used as a
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language tag.
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2.1. Language Tag Options
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A language tag option associates a natural language with values of an
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attribute. An attribute description may contain multiple language tag
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options. An entry may contain multiple attributes with same attribute
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type but different combinations of language tag (and other) options.
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A language tag option conforms to the following ABNF [RFC2234]:
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language-tag-option = "lang-" Language-Tag
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where the Language-Tag production is as defined in BCP 47 [RFC3066].
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This production and those it imports from [RFC2234] are provided here
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for convenience:
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Language-Tag = Primary-subtag *( "-" Subtag )
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Primary-subtag = 1*8ALPHA
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Subtag = 1*8(ALPHA / DIGIT)
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ALPHA = %x41-5A / %x61-7A ; A-Z / a-z
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DIGIT = %x30-39 ; 0-9
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A language tag option is a tagging option. A language tag option has
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no effect on the syntax of the attribute's values nor their transfer
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encoding.
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Examples of valid AttributeDescription:
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givenName;lang-en-US
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CN;lang-ja
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SN;lang-de;lang-gem-PFL
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O;lang-i-klingon;x-foobar
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description;x-foobar
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CN
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 4]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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Notes: The last two have no language tag options. The x-foobar option
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is fictious and used for example purposes.
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2.2. Search Filter
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If language tag options are present in an AttributeDescription in an
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assertion, then for each entry within scope, the values of each
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attribute whose AttributeDescription consists of the same attribute
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type or its subtypes and contains each of the presented (and possibly
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other) options is to be matched.
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Thus, for example, a filter of an equality match of type
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"name;lang-en-US" and assertion value "Billy Ray", against the
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following directory entry:
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dn: SN=Ray,DC=example,DC=com
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objectclass: person DOES NOT MATCH (wrong type)
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objectclass: extensibleObject DOES NOT MATCH (wrong type)
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name;lang-en-US: Billy Ray MATCHES
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name;lang-en-US: Billy Bob DOES NOT MATCH (wrong value)
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CN;lang-en-US: Billy Ray MATCHES
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CN;lang-en-US;x-foobar: Billy Ray MATCHES
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CN;lang-en;x-foobar: Billy Ray DOES NOT MATCH (differing lang-)
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CN;x-foobar: Billy Ray DOES NOT MATCH (no lang-)
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name: Billy Ray DOES NOT MATCH (no lang-)
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SN;lang-en-GB;lang-en-US: Billy Ray MATCHES
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SN: Ray DOES NOT MATCH (no lang-,
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wrong value)
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Note that "CN" and "SN" are subtypes of "name".
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It is noted that providing a language tag option in a search filter
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AttributeDescription will filter out desirable values where the tag
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does not match exactly. For example, the filter (name;lang-en=Billy
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Ray) does NOT match the attribute "name;lang-en-US: Billy Ray".
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If the server does not support storing attributes with language tag
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options in the DIT, then any assertion which includes a language tag
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option will not match as such it is an unrecognized attribute type.
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No error would be returned because of this; a presence assertion would
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evaluate to FALSE and all other assertions to Undefined.
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If no options are specified in the assertion, then only the base
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attribute type and the assertion value need match the value in the
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directory.
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Thus, for example, a filter of an equality match of type "name" and
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 5]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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assertion value "Billy Ray", against the following directory entry:
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dn: SN=Ray,DC=example,DC=com
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objectclass: person DOES NOT MATCH (wrong type)
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objectclass: extensibleObject DOES NOT MATCH (wrong type)
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name;lang-en-US: Billy Ray MATCHES
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name;lang-en-US: Billy Bob DOES NOT MATCH (wrong value)
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CN;lang-en-US;x-foobar: Billy Ray MATCHES
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CN;lang-en;x-foobar: Billy Ray MATCHES
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CN;x-foobar: Billy Ray MATCHES
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name: Billy Ray MATCHES
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SN;lang-en-GB;lang-en-US: Billy Ray MATCHES
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SN: Ray DOES NOT MATCH (wrong value)
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2.3. Requested Attributes in Search
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Clients can provide language tag options in each AttributeDescription
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in the requested attribute list in a search request.
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If language tag options are provided in an attribute description, then
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only attributes in a directory entry whose attribute descriptions have
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the same attribute type or its subtype and contains each of the
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presented (and possibly other) language tag options are to be
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returned. Thus if a client requests just the attribute
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"name;lang-en", the server would return "name;lang-en" and
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"CN;lang-en;lang-ja" but not "SN" nor "name;lang-fr".
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Clients can provide in the attribute list multiple
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AttributeDescriptions which have the same base attribute type but
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different options. For example, a client could provide both
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"name;lang-en" and "name;lang-fr", and this would permit an attribute
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with either language tag option to be returned. Note there would be
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no need to provide both "name" and "name;lang-en" since all subtypes
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of name would match "name".
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If a server does not support storing attributes with language tag
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options in the DIT, then any attribute descriptions in the list which
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include language tag options are to be ignored, just as if they were
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unknown attribute types.
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If a request is made specifying all attributes or an attribute is
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requested without providing a language tag option, then all attribute
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values regardless of their language tag option are returned.
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For example, if the client requests a "description" attribute, and a
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matching entry contains the following attributes:
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 6]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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objectclass: top
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objectclass: organization
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O: Software GmbH
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description: software products
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description;lang-en: software products
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description;lang-de: Softwareprodukte
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The server would return:
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description: software products
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description;lang-en: software products
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description;lang-de: Softwareprodukte
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2.4. Compare
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Language tag options can be present in an AttributeDescription used in
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a compare request AttributeValueAssertion. This is to be treated by
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servers the same as the use of language tag options in a search filter
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with an equality match, as described in Section 2.2. If there is no
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attribute in the entry with the same attribute type or its subtype and
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and contains each of the presented (or possibly other) language tag
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options, the noSuchAttributeType error will be returned.
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Thus, for example, a compare request of type "name" and assertion
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value "Johann", against an entry containing the following attributes:
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objectclass: top
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objectclass: person
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givenName;lang-de-DE: Johann
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CN: Johann Sibelius
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SN: Sibelius
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would cause the server to return compareTrue.
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However, if the client issued a compare request of type "name;lang-de"
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and assertion value "Johann" against the above entry, the request
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would fail with the noSuchAttributeType error.
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If the server does not support storing attributes with language tag
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options in the DIT, then any comparison which includes a language tag
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option will always fail to locate an attribute, and
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noSuchAttributeType will be returned.
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2.5. Add Operation
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Clients can provide language options in AttributeDescription in
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 7]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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attributes of a new entry to be created.
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A client can provide multiple attributes with the same attribute type
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and value, so long as each attribute has a different set of language
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tag options.
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For example, the following is a valid request:
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dn: CN=John Smith,DC=example,DC=com
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objectclass: residentialPerson
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CN: John Smith
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CN;lang-en: John Smith
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SN: Smith
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SN;lang-en: Smith
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streetAddress: 1 University Street
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streetAddress;lang-en-US: 1 University Street
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streetAddress;lang-fr: 1 rue Universite
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houseIdentifier;lang-fr: 9e etage
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If a server does not support storing language tag options with
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attribute values in the DIT, then it MUST treat an
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AttributeDescription with a language tag option as an unrecognized
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attribute. If the server forbids the addition of unrecognized
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attributes then it MUST fail the add request with an appropriate
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result code.
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2.6. Modify Operation
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A client can provide language tag options in an AttributeDescription
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as part of a modification element in the modify operation.
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Attribute types and language tag options MUST match exactly against
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values stored in the directory. For example, if the modification is a
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"delete", then if the stored values to be deleted have language tag
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options, then those language tag options MUST be provided in the
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modify operation, and if the stored values to be deleted do not have
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any language tag option, then no language tag option is to be
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provided.
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If the server does not support storing language tag options with
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attribute values in the DIT, then it MUST treat an
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AttributeDescription with a language tag option as an unrecognized
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attribute, and MUST fail the request with an appropriate result code.
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3. Use of Language Ranges in LDAP
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 8]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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Since the publication of RFC 2596, it has become apparent that there
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is a need to provide a mechanism for a client to request attributes
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based upon set of language tag options whose tags all begin with the
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same sequence of language sub-tags.
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AttributeDescriptions containing language range options are intended
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to be used in attribute value assertions, search attribute lists, and
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other places where the client desires to provide an attribute
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description matching of a range of language tags associated with
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attributes.
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A language range option conforms to the following ABNF [RFC2234]:
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language-range-option = "lang-" [ Language-Tag "-" ]
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where the Language-Tag production is as defined in BCP 47 [RFC3066].
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This production and those it imports from [RFC2234] are provided in
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Section 2.1 for convenience.
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A language range option matches a language tag option if the language
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range option less the trailing "-" matches exactly the language tag or
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if the language range option (including the trailing "-") matches a
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prefix of the language tag option. Note that the language range
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option "lang-" matches all language tag options.
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Examples of valid AttributeDescription containing language range
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options:
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givenName;lang-en-
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CN;lang-
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SN;lang-de-;lang-gem-
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O;lang-x-;x-foobar
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A language range option is not a tagging option. Attributes cannot be
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stored with language range options. Any attempt to add or update an
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attribute description with a language range option SHALL be treated as
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an undefined attribute type and result in an error.
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A language range option has no effect on the transfer encoding nor on
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the syntax of the attribute values.
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Servers SHOULD support assertion of language ranges for any attribute
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type which they allow to be stored with language tags.
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3.1. Search Filter
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If a language range option is present in an AttributeDescription in an
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 9]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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assertion, then for each entry within scope, the values of each
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attribute whose AttributeDescription consists of the same attribute
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type or its subtypes and contains a language tag option matching the
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language range option are to be returned.
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Thus, for example, a filter of an equality match of type
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"name;lang-en-" and assertion value "Billy Ray", against the following
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directory entry:
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dn: SN=Ray,DC=example,DC=com
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objectclass: person DOES NOT MATCH (wrong type)
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objectclass: extensibleObject DOES NOT MATCH (wrong type)
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name;lang-en-US: Billy Ray MATCHES
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name;lang-en-US: Billy Bob DOES NOT MATCH (wrong value)
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CN;lang-en-US: Billy Ray MATCHES
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CN;lang-en-US;x-foobar: Billy Ray MATCHES
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CN;lang-en;x-foobar: Billy Ray MATCHES
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CN;x-foobar: Billy Ray DOES NOT MATCH (no lang-)
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name: Billy Ray DOES NOT MATCH (no lang-)
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SN;lang-en-GB;lang-en-US: Billy Ray MATCHES
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SN: Ray DOES NOT MATCH (no lang-,
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wrong value)
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Note that "CN" and "SN" are subtypes of "name".
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If the server does not support storing attributes with language tag
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options in the DIT, then any assertion which includes a language range
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option will not match as it is an unrecognized attribute type. No
|
||
error would be returned because of this; a presence filter would
|
||
evaluate to FALSE and all other assertions to Undefined.
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3.2. Requested Attributes in Search
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Clients can provide language range options in each
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AttributeDescription in the requested attribute list in a search
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request.
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If a language range option is provided in an attribute description,
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then only attributes in a directory entry whose attribute descriptions
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have the same attribute type or its subtype and a language tag option
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||
matching the provided language range option are to be returned. Thus
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||
if a client requests just the attribute "name;lang-en-", the server
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||
would return "name;lang-en-US" and "CN;lang-en;lang-ja" but not "SN"
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nor "name;lang-fr".
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Clients can provide in the attribute list multiple
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||
AttributeDescriptions which have the same base attribute type but
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Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 10]
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INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
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different options. For example a client could provide both
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||
"name;lang-en-" and "name;lang-fr-", and this would permit an
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attribute whose type was name or subtype of name and with a language
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||
tag option matching either language range option to be returned.
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||
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If a server does not support storing attributes with language tag
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||
options in the DIT, then any attribute descriptions in the list which
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||
include language range options are to be ignored, just as if they were
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||
unknown attribute types.
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3.3. Compare
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||
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Language range options can be present in an AttributeDescription used
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||
in a compare request AttributeValueAssertion. This is to be treated
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||
by servers the same as the use of language range options in a search
|
||
filter with an equality match, as described in Section 3.1. If there
|
||
is no attribute in the entry with the same subtype and a matching
|
||
language tag option, the noSuchAttributeType error will be returned.
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||
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||
Thus, for example, a compare request of type "name;lang-" and
|
||
assertion value "Johann", against the entry with the following
|
||
attributes:
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objectclass: top
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||
objectclass: person
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givenName;lang-de-DE: Johann
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CN: Johann Sibelius
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SN: Sibelius
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||
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will cause the server to return compareTrue. (Note that the language
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||
range option "lang-" matches any language tag option.)
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However, if the client issued a compare request of type "name;lang-de"
|
||
and assertion value "Sibelius" against the above entry, the request
|
||
would fail with the noSuchAttributeType error.
|
||
|
||
If the server does not support storing attributes with language tag
|
||
options in the DIT, then any comparison which includes a language
|
||
range option will always fail to locate an attribute, and
|
||
noSuchAttributeType will be returned.
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||
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||
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||
4. Discovering Language Option Support
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||
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||
A server SHOULD indicate that it supports storing attributes with
|
||
language tag options in the DIT by publishing 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.4
|
||
as a value of the "supportedFeatures" [FEATURES] attribute in the root
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 11]
|
||
|
||
INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
|
||
|
||
|
||
DSE.
|
||
|
||
A server SHOULD indicate that it supports language range matching of
|
||
attributes with language tag options stored in the DIT by publishing
|
||
1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.5 as a value of the "supportedFeatures"
|
||
[FEATURES] attribute in the root DSE.
|
||
|
||
A server MAY restrict use of language tag options to a subset of the
|
||
attribute types it recognizes. This document does not define a
|
||
mechanism for determining which subset of attribute types can be used
|
||
with language tag options.
|
||
|
||
|
||
5. Security Considerations
|
||
|
||
Language tags and range options are used solely to indicate the native
|
||
language of values and in querying the directory for values which
|
||
fulfill the user's language needed. These options are not known to
|
||
raise specific security considerations. However, the reader should
|
||
consider general directory security issues detailed in the LDAP
|
||
technical specification [RFC3377].
|
||
|
||
|
||
6. IANA Considerations
|
||
|
||
The OIDs 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.4 and 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.5 identify
|
||
the features described above. These OIDs were assigned [ASSIGN] by
|
||
OpenLDAP Foundation, under its IANA-assigned private enterprise
|
||
allocation [PRIVATE], for use in this specification.
|
||
|
||
Registration of these protocol mechanisms [RFC3383] is requested.
|
||
|
||
Subject: Request for LDAP Protocol Mechanism Registration
|
||
|
||
Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.4
|
||
Description: Language Tag Options
|
||
|
||
Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.5
|
||
Description: Language Range Options
|
||
|
||
Person & email address to contact for further information:
|
||
Kurt Zeilenga <kurt@openldap.org>
|
||
|
||
Usage: Feature
|
||
|
||
Specification: RFCxxxx
|
||
|
||
Author/Change Controller: IESG
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 12]
|
||
|
||
INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
|
||
|
||
|
||
Comments: none
|
||
|
||
|
||
7. Acknowledgments
|
||
|
||
This document is a revision of RFC 2596 by Mark Wahl and Tim Howes.
|
||
RFC 2596 was a product of the IETF ASID and LDAPEXT working groups.
|
||
This document also borrows from a number of IETF documents including
|
||
BCP 47 by H. Alvestrand.
|
||
|
||
|
||
8. Normative References
|
||
|
||
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
|
||
Requirement Levels", BCP 14 (also RFC 2119), March 1997.
|
||
|
||
[RFC2234] D. Crocker, P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
|
||
Specifications: ABNF", RFC 2234, November 1997.
|
||
|
||
[RFC2251] M. Wahl, T. Howes, S. Kille, "Lightweight Directory Access
|
||
Protocol (v3)", RFC 2251, December 1997.
|
||
|
||
[RFC3066] Alvestrand, H., "Tags for the Identification of Languages",
|
||
BCP 47 (also RFC 3066), January 2001.
|
||
|
||
[RFC3377] J. Hodges, R. Morgan, "Lightweight Directory Access
|
||
Protocol (v3): Technical Specification", RFC 3377,
|
||
September 2002.
|
||
|
||
[FEATURES] K. Zeilenga, "Feature Discovery in LDAP",
|
||
draft-zeilenga-ldap-features-xx.txt (a work in progress).
|
||
|
||
|
||
9. Informative References
|
||
|
||
[X.501] ITU, "The Directory: Models", ITU-T Recommendation X.501,
|
||
1997.
|
||
|
||
[RFC3383] K. Zeilenga, "IANA Considerations for LDAP", BCP 64 (also
|
||
RFC 3383), September 2002.
|
||
|
||
[ASSIGN] OpenLDAP Foundation, "OpenLDAP OID Delegations",
|
||
http://www.openldap.org/foundation/oid-delegate.txt.
|
||
|
||
[PRIVATE] IANA, "Private Enterprise Numbers",
|
||
http://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers.
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
|
||
Zeilenga Language Tags and Ranges in LDAP [Page 13]
|
||
|
||
INTERNET-DRAFT draft-zeilenga-ldap-rfc2596-04.txt 9 December 2002
|
||
|
||
|
||
Appendix A. Differences from RFC 2596
|
||
|
||
This document adds support for language ranges, provides a mechanism
|
||
that a client can use to discover whether a server supports language
|
||
tags and ranges, and clarifies how attributes with multiple language
|
||
tags are to be treated. This document is a significant rewrite of RFC
|
||
2596.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Appendix B. Differences from X.500(1997)
|
||
|
||
X.500(1997) [X.501] defines a different mechanism, contexts, as the
|
||
means of representing language tags (codes). This section summarizes
|
||
the major differences in approach.
|
||
|
||
a) An X.500 operation which has specified a language code on a value
|
||
matches a value in the directory without a language code.
|
||
b) LDAP references BCP 47 [RFC3066], which allows for IANA
|
||
registration of new tags as well as unregistered tags.
|
||
c) LDAP supports language ranges (new in this revision).
|
||
d) LDAP does not allow language tags (and ranges) in distinguished
|
||
names.
|
||
e) X.500 describes subschema administration procedures to allow
|
||
language codes to be associated with particular attributes types.
|
||
|
||
|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind,
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be followed,
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
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INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED
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