NameAttribute

Single name attribute within a distinguished name.

RFC 5280 / X.501 call this structure an AttributeTypeAndValue.

interface NameAttribute {
	readonly type: NameFieldKey;
	readonly value: string;
}

Properties

• readonly type: NameFieldKey — Which attribute type this pair represents.
• readonly value: string — The string value for this attribute (encoding chosen per field definition).

See also

• RFC 5280 Appendix A.1encodeName places each attribute in its own single-attribute RDN.
  encodeRelativeDistinguishedName packs several attributes into one RDN.