RFC 3698 (rfc3698) - Page 1 of 9
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Additional Matching Rules
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group K. Zeilenga, Ed.
Request for Comments: 3698 OpenLDAP Foundation
Updates: 2798 February 2004
Category: Standards Track
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):
Additional 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 (2004). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document provides a collection of matching rules for use with
the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). As these matching
rules are simple adaptations of matching rules specified for use with
the X.500 Directory, most are already in wide use.
Table of Contents
1. Background and Intended Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Matching Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.1. booleanMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2. caseExactMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.3. caseExactOrderingMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.4. caseExactSubstringsMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.5. caseIgnoreListSubstringsMatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.6. directoryStringFirstComponentMatch . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.7. integerOrderingMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.8. keywordMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.9. numericStringOrderingMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.10. octetStringOrderingMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.11. storedPrefixMatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.12. wordMatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. IANA Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Zeilenga Standards Track