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3.2.5.1.5 Generating a Member Affiliation Attribute

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The management server MUST implement the following process for generating the member affiliation field:

  • Fetch Unicode strings containing the member's domain name and member name.

  • For each name string:

    • The Unicode string is converted into UTF-8 as defined in [RFC2279]

    • The UTF-8 value is hex-encoded:

      • Each byte is converted into the hexadecimal representation.

      • Each of the two resulting hexadecimal digits is then converted into the ASCII character ('0'-'9' and 'a'-'f').

      • The comma character ',' is added as a separator between each value (two hexadecimal digits representing a byte), but is not added after the last value.

    • The comma-separated string is then converted into a Unicode string.

    • The string "{<2.5.4.11=[13]" is pre-pended and the string ">}" is appended to the hex-encoded value.

  • One Unicode string is generated for each name. To form the result, these Unicode strings are concatenated, using "/" as a separator. The separator MUST not be used if there is only one string. It also MUST not be added after the last string.

  • When setting the attribute value, replace non-valid XML characters such as '<' and '>' with valid strings such as "&lt;" and "&gt;"

The newly created string is stored in the member's affiliation attribute. Any changes to the member's management domain name or full name MUST result in an updated affiliation attribute.