Overview#

UniqueIdentifier attribute specifies a Unique Identifier for an object represented in the Directory Service.

The domain within which the identifier is unique and the exact semantics of the identifier are for local definition. For a person, this might be an institution-wide payroll number. For an organizational unit, it might be a department code.

LDAP Attribute Definition#

The UniqueIdentifier AttributeTypes is defined as:

• OID of 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.44
• NAME: UniqueIdentifier
• DESC:
• EQUALITY: CaseIgnoreMatch
• ORDERING:
• SUBSTR: CaseIgnoreSubstringsMatch
• SYNTAX: 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15 (Directory String)
  • UPPERBOUND: 512
• USAGE: UserApplications
• Extended Flags:
  • X-ORIGIN: RFC 4524
• Used as MUST in:
• Used MAY in:

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.44
• Decentralized Identifier
• LDAP Object Identifier Descriptors
• Mobile Device
• Web Blog_blogentry_161018_1
• X500UniqueIdentifier