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Re: Models: Change of structural object class

To: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Subject: Re: Models: Change of structural object class
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 10:45:41 -0800
Cc: ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
In-reply-to: <HBF.20030131ksnu@bombur.uio.no>

At 11:57 AM 1/31/2003, Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
>[Models] 3.3 (The 'objectClass' attribute) says:
>
>  Servers which follow X.500(93) models SHALL restrict modifications of
>  this attribute to prevent the basic structural class of the entry from
>  being changed.  That is, one cannot change a 'person' into a
>  'country'.
>
>This statement is redundant, because 2.4.2 (Structural Object Classes)
>says:
>
>        The structural object class of an entry shall not be changed.

I don't consider these statements as being redundant.  The first
is describing the data model.  The second says servers are
responsible for ensuring this part of the model is adhered to.

Kurt

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