How an application program sends a character string to CMIP services

An application program can send a character string value to CMIP services in as normal text strings, according to the following format:


                 (1)                        (2)   (1)          
>>-+-------+--+-----+---+--character string----------+---+-+---><
   '-label-'  |     +-"-+                            +-"-+ |   
              |     '-'-'                            '-'-' |   
              |       (3)                                  |   
              +-value--------------------------------------+   
              |          (3)                               |   
              +-variable-----------------------------------+   
              '-<--hex value-->----------------------------'

Notes:

Quotation marks are especially important when specifying values of character strings, because character strings are one of the few places where special characters are valid. Quotation marks are needed if any special characters such as spaces, parentheses, or commas are included in the value.
The characters that can be specified in this string are dictated by the ASN.1 type of the string. See the text for an explicit listing of the allowable characters.
Variables specified in this position must resolve to a hexadecimal or character string.

An application program can send a character string to CMIP services with or without quotation marks depending on whether the string contains special characters.