TABLE 1: Syntax Definitions
Syntax OID OM-Syntax Description
Undefined 2.5.5.0 >Not applicable Not a valid syntax
Distinguished Name 2.5.5.1 127 The Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of an object in the AD store
Object ID 2.5.5.2 6 OID
Case Exact String 2.5.5.3 27 A case-sensitive string
Case Ignore String 2.5.5.4 20 A string that doesn't differentiate between upper case and lower case
Print Case String (Printable-String) 2.5.5.5 19 A case-sensitive string containing characters from the printable character set
Print Case String (IA5-String) 2.5.5.5 22 A case-sensitive string containing characters from the IA5 character set
Numeric String 2.5.5.6 18 A string of digits
OR Name 2.5.5.7 127 An X.400 email address
Boolean 2.5.5.8 1 True or False
Integer (Integer) 2.5.5.9 2 A 32-bit number
Integer (Enumeration) 2.5.5.9 10 A 32-bit number
Octet String
(Octet-String) 2.5.5.10 4 A byte string
Octet String (Object) 2.5.5.10 127 A byte string that the AD system uses internally
UTC Time 2.5.5.11 23 A time string format defined by ASN.1 standards that specifies the number of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970. Use this syntax for storing time values in Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) Time format.
Generalized Time 2.5.5.11 24 A time string format defined by ASN.1 standards that specifies the number of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970. Use this syntax for storing time values in Generalized Time format.
Directory String (Unicode) 2.5.5.12 64 A case-insensitive Unicode string
Presentation Address 2.5.5.13 127 A string that contains Open System Interconnection (OSI) presentation addresses
Distname-Address 2.5.5.14 127 A syntax the AD system uses internally
DN With String 2.5.5.14 127 An Octet String containing a string value and a distinguished name (DN)
Access Point DN 2.5.5.14 127 An X.400-based field
NT Security Descriptor 2.5.5.15 66 A security descriptor
Large Integer 2.5.5.16 65 A 64-bit number
SID 2.5.5.17 4 A SID
DN With Binary 2.5.5.17 127 An Octet String containing a binary value and a DN