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2.4 Schema References

One of the
most frequent questions asked by newly designated LDAP administrators
is, "What do all of these abbreviations
mean?" Of course, the question refers to things such
as cn, c, and
sn. There is no single source of information
describing all possible LDAPv3 attribute types and object classes,
but there are a handful of online sites that can be consulted to
cover the most common schema items:

RFC 3377 and related LDAPv3 standards (http://www.rfc-editor.org/)

The documents outlined in RFC 3377 provide a list of references for
researching related LDAPv3 and X.500 topics. RFC 2256 in particular describes a set of
X.500 schema items used with LDAPv3 directory servers.

LDAP Schema Viewer (http://ldap.akbkhome.com/)

This site, maintained by Alan Knowles, provides a nice means of
browsing descriptions and dependencies among common LDAP attributes,
object classes, and OIDs.

Object Identifiers Registry (http://www.alvestrand.no/objectid/)

This site can be helpful in tracking down the owner of specific OID
arcs.

Sun Microsystems Product Documentation (http://docs.sun.com)

The SunOne Directory Server, formerly owned
by Netscape Communications, includes a large set of reference
documentation on various LDAP schema items. Even if you are not using
the SunOne DS product, the schema reference can be helpful in
understanding the meaning of various LDAP acronyms. Search the site
for "LDAP schema reference" to
locate the most recent versions of the product documentation.