Considerations include data formats, characters, mapping methods,
and string case.
- Data is transferred between LDAP servers and clients(Browsers) in UTF-8 format.
- The Directory Server uses the UTF-8 mapping method to store data in the
database.
- The server and the client do case insensitive string comparisons. The
uppercase algorithms will not be correct for all languages (locales).
- Its always a best tip while setting the servers in production to keep them in and UTF-8 locales.
For example, if the client requests a "description" attribute, and a
matching entry contains
objectclass: top
objectclass: organization
O: Software GmbH
description: software
description;lang-en: software products
description;lang-de: Softwareprodukte
postalAddress: Berlin 8001 Germany
postalAddress;lang-de: Berlin 8001 Deutschland
The server will return:
description: software
description;lang-en: software products
description;lang-de: Softwareprodukte
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