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Multilingual Considerations
If you have workstations running in different languages, you might want to limit object names to
characters that are viewable on all the workstations. For example, a name entered in Japanese cannot
contain characters that aren’t viewable in Western languages.
HP-UX supports only the English language.
IMPORTANT: The Tree name should always be specified in English.
Sample Standards Document
The following is a sample document containing standards for some of the most frequently used
properties. You need to have standards only for those properties you use. Distribute the standards
document to all administrators responsible for creating or modifying objects.
Object Class | Property Standard Examples Rationale
User | Login name First initial, middle initial (if
applicable), and last name
(all lowercase). Eight
characters maximum. All
common names are unique
in the company. msmith, bjohnson Using unique names
company-wide is not
required by eDirectory but
helps avoid conflicts within
the same context (or
bindery context).
User | Last name Last name (normal
capitalization). Smith Used for generating
mailing labels.
Telephone and fax
numbers Numbers separated by
hyphens. US: 123-456-7890
Other: 44-344-
123456 Used by autodialing
software.
Multiple classes |
Location Two-letter location code
(uppercase), hyphen, mail
stop. BA-C23 Used by interoffice mail
carriers.
Organization | Name The name of your company
for all trees. YourCo If you have separate trees,
a standard Organization
name allows for future
merging of trees.
Organizational Unit |
Name (based on
location) Two- or three-letter location
code, all uppercase. ATL, CHI, CUP, LA,
BAT, BOS, DAL Short, standard names are
used for efficient
searching.
Organizational Unit |
Name (based on
department) Department name or
abbreviation. Sales, Eng Short, standard names
make it easy to identify
which department the
container is servicing.
Group | Name Descriptive name. Project Managers Avoid extremely long
names; some utilities will
not display them.
Directory Map | Name Contents of the directory
indicated by the Directory
Map. DOSAPPS Short, standard names
make it easy to identify
which department the
container is servicing.