dc question

[marc.bigler@day.com]

Hello,

In the OpenLDAP quick-start guide you suggest to add the following:

dn: dc=example,dc=com
objectclass: dcObject
objectclass: organization
o: Example company
dc: example

What I do not quite understand is what the last dc is for ? The o I
understand that is for the company name but the dc has only example in it,
what should the dc value represent really ?

Is it also a good principle to add this short info to the LDAP directory or
is it only really to test in the purpose of the quickstart guide.

Many thanks for the answers

Regards