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title: Directory String
description: Values of this syntax hold strings of one or more arbitrary characters from the Universal Character Set (UCS). A zero-length character string is not permitted for this syntax.
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# Directory String

Values of this syntax hold strings of one or more arbitrary characters from the Universal Character Set (UCS). A zero-length character string is not permitted for this syntax.

LDAP encodes these values in UTF-8, as specified in [RFC 3629](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3629.html) .

Client applications must accept arbitrary UCS code points, including code points outside the printable range, and code points not presently assigned to any character.

|               |                                                           |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*         | 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.15                             |
| *Description* | Directory String                                          |
| *Origin*      | [RFC 4517](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4517) |