[DIRSERVER-1755] TelephoneNumberSyntaxChecker should allow hash (#), star (*), pause (,) and wait (;)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: schema-plugin
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Warren Janssens
• Created: 01/Nov/12 16:08
• Updated: 17/May/13 11:51
• Resolved: 19/Feb/13 17:52

Description

Receiving systems often use the # and * tones for menu navigation.
Calling systems use , and ; for pausing and waiting. The semicolon is especially useful for dealing with extensions.

I would say these 4 symbols are more useful than hyphen and parenthesis since they are used for formatting only.

Almost every phone ever made has # and * keys.
Almost every modem and cellphone ever made supports , for pause and ; for wait.

Although I didn't verify this, the fax number validator likely has the same problem.

Since E.123 and X.520 are somewhat vague on the subject, I think taking a pragmatic approach and allowing these symbols that are in common use to be allowed.