attribute type ITU-T (X.500)

2.5.4.20

telephoneNumber

also known as Telephone-Number

A phone number in the loose printable form. Its matching rule ignores spaces and hyphens, so +1 555 123 4567 compares equal to +15551234567, which is the one genuinely considerate thing about this attribute.

OID
2.5.4.20
Name
telephoneNumber
Aliases
Telephone-Number
Kind
attribute type
Arcwho allocated the number
ITU-T (X.500) 2.5
Standardwho defined it
IETF · RFC 4519, RFC 2256

Definition

attributetype ( 2.5.4.20 NAME 'telephoneNumber' DESC 'RFC2256: Telephone Number' EQUALITY telephoneNumberMatch SUBSTR telephoneNumberSubstringsMatch SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.50{32} )

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