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short names, in general (Re: Comment on I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ldapbis-dn-08.txt)
At 08:13 AM 2002-08-28, David Chadwick wrote (in part):
>I would like 5.3 to be edited as follows
>
>5.3. Use of Other Names
>
> Attribute type names are not unique unless recorded in an
>internationally agreed document (such as an IETF standard like this one)
>or registry (such as IANA).
No. RFC 2251 says:
Attribute type textual names are non-unique, as two different
specifications (neither in standards track RFCs) may choose the same
name.
This means that there cannot be two "foo" on the Standard Track.
But there can be a "foo" on the Standard Track and multiple "foo"s
defined otherwise.
We'd actually have to mandate that only registered short names
(and private use names, e.g. x-name) be used in LDAP to eliminate
the possibility that a future registered name doesn't conflict
with preexisting names.
Is that what you want? What do others think?
Kurt