RFC 3687 (rfc3687) - Page 2 of 42

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and X

RFC 3687        LDAP and X.500 Component Matching Rules    February 2004


Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.  Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.  ComponentAssertion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
       3.1.  Component Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
             3.1.1.  Component Type Substitutions . . . . . . . . . .  7
             3.1.2.  Referencing SET, SEQUENCE and CHOICE Components.  8
             3.1.3.  Referencing SET OF and SEQUENCE OF Components. .  9
             3.1.4.  Referencing Components of Parameterized Types. . 10
             3.1.5.  Component Referencing Example. . . . . . . . . . 10
             3.1.6.  Referencing Components of Open Types . . . . . . 12
                     3.1.6.1. Open Type Referencing Example . . . . . 12
             3.1.7.  Referencing Contained Types. . . . . . . . . . . 14
                     3.1.7.1. Contained Type Referencing Example. . . 14
       3.2.  Matching of Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
             3.2.1.  Applicability of Existing Matching Rules . . . . 17
                     3.2.1.1. String Matching . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
                     3.2.1.2. Telephone Number Matching . . . . . . . 17
                     3.2.1.3. Distinguished Name Matching . . . . . . 18
             3.2.2.  Additional Useful Matching Rules . . . . . . . . 18
                     3.2.2.1. The rdnMatch Matching Rule. . . . . . . 18
                     3.2.2.2. The presentMatch Matching Rule. . . . . 19
             3.2.3.  Summary of Useful Matching Rules . . . . . . . . 20
   4.  ComponentFilter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
   5.  The componentFilterMatch Matching Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
   6.  Equality Matching of Complex Components. . . . . . . . . . . . 24
       6.1.  The OpenAssertionType Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
       6.2.  The allComponentsMatch Matching Rule . . . . . . . . . . 25
       6.3.  Deriving Component Equality Matching Rules . . . . . . . 27
       6.4.  The directoryComponentsMatch Matching Rule . . . . . . . 28
   7.  Component Matching Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
   8.  Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
   9.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
   10. IANA Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
   11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
       11.1.  Normative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
       11.2.  Informative References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
   12. Intellectual Property Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
   13. Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
   14. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42










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