Common Elements of Generic String Encoding Rules Encodings
RFC 3642, “Common Elements of Generic String Encoding Rules Encodings”, is an Informational document published in October 2003 by S. Legg. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The Generic String Encoding Rules (GSER) describe a human readable text encoding for an Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) value of any ASN.1 type. Specifications making use of GSER may wish to provide an equivalent Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) description of the GSER encoding for a particular ASN.1 type as a convenience for implementors. This document supports such specifications by providing equivalent ABNF for the GSER encodings for ASN.1 types that commonly occur in Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) syntaxes.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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