OSI/MHS Gateway Programmatic Interface (GPI) Reference Manual

Information Architecture and Data Structures
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Data Structures
OM-S-OBJECT-IDENTIFIER-STRING
Value is one of the ordered sequences of octets within the encoding of a value of an
ASN.1 object-identifier type, accompanied by its length in octets. The alternate
spelling, OM-S-OBJECT-ID-STRING, is valid.
OM-S-OCTET-STRING
Value is an ordered sequence of zero or more octets, accompanied by its length in
octets.
OM-S-ONFILE-STRING
Value is an alternate syntax value for certain attributes (see Object Classes and
Attribute Types on page 3-1) and not a basic syntax value defined by standards.
Client applications can specify this syntax value for outbound messages when
creating and/or inserting strings that might exceed the in-memory table data space.
Choice of this syntax causes the string to be written to a file, rather than into the
string-data memory space. If the client does not choose this syntax value for strings
that exceed the in-memory, string-table data space, GPI automatically converts the
syntax to OM-S-ONFILE-STRING and stores the string in a file.
OM-S-PRINTABLE-STRING
Value is an ordered sequence of zero or more characters preceded by the string’s
length in octets. The string conforms to the ASN.1 printable string defined type . In
addition to spaces and alphanumeric characters, the string can include the following:
‘ ( ) + , - . / : = ?
OM-S-TELETEX-STRING
Value is an ordered sequence of zero or more characters and presentation commands
chosen from the set defined by Recommendation T.61[3]. The characters are
preceded by the string’s length in octets. The string conforms to the ASN.1 defined
type: T.61 string.
OM-S-UTC-TIME-STRING
Value is one of the ordered sequences of characters permitted by the ASN.1 defined
type: Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). The string is accompanied by its length
in octets.
OM-S-VIDEOTEX-STRING
Value is an ordered sequence of zero or more characters chosen from the set defined
by the Data Syntaxes of Recommendation T.101 [9] or the options from
Recommendation T.100 [4]. The characters are preceded by the string’s length in
octets. Each octet contains a single numeric code. The string conforms to the
ASN.1 defined type: Videotex string.
Data Structures
The object management procedures use specific data structures for attribute descriptors,
bit strings, descriptor lists, and string buffers.