Configuring Your System

<ct>1001</ct>

<sd>1</sd>

<rt>1</rt>

<dc/>

<ad>0</ad>

<ar>0</ar>

<bw>0</bw>

<bb>0</bb>

</item>

...

<item>

<lb>Dr</lb>

<ln>Smith</ln>

<fn>Bill</fn>

<ct>1003</ct>

<sd>3</sd>

<rt>3</rt>

<dc/>

<ad>0</ad>

<ar>0</ar>

<bw>0</bw>

<bb>0</bb>

</item> </item_list>

</directory>

Element

Permitted Values

Interpretation

 

 

 

lb

UTF-8 encoded string

label

 

of up to 40 bytes

Note: In some cases, this will be less than 40 characters due to

 

 

UTF-8’s variable length encoding.

 

 

Note: The label of a contact directory item is by default the label

 

 

attribute of the item. If the label attribute does not exist or is Null, then

 

 

the concatenation of first name and last name will be used as label. A

 

 

space is added between first and last names.

 

 

 

fn

UTF-8 encoded string

first name

 

of up to 40 bytes

Note: In some cases, this will be less than 40 characters due to

 

 

UTF-8’s variable length encoding.

 

 

 

ln

UTF-8 encoded string

last name

 

of up to 40 bytes

Note: In some cases, this will be less than 40 characters due to

 

 

UTF-8’s variable length encoding.

 

 

 

ct

UTF-8 encoded string

contact

 

containing digits (the

Used by the phone to address a remote party in the same way that a

 

user part of a SIP

 

string of digits or a SIP URL are dialed manually by the user. This

 

URL) or a string that

 

element is also used to associate incoming callers with a particular

 

constitutes a valid SIP

 

directory entry.

 

URL

 

Note: This field cannot be null or duplicated.

 

 

 

 

 

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SIP 3.1 specifications

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