Re: I-D ACTION:draft-zeilenga-ldapbis-strprep-00.txt

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

This I-D describes stringprep-based algorithms for
preparing strings for matching.   They are compatible
with algorithms suggested for use in X.500:  "Internationalized String Matching Rules for X.500"
  <draft-zeilenga-ldapbis-strmatch-02.txt>

I believe this I-D should become a WG I-D and become
an integral part of the LDAP Technical Specification
[Roadmap] and that the LDAP: Syntaxes and Matching
Rules [Syntaxes] I-D be updated to require textual
strings be prepared for matching according to it.

Hence, I ask for your comments on this proposal.
As I authored this I-D, I defer chair responsibilities
with regard to this proposal and this I-D to my
co-chair.

Kurt


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>        Title           : LDAP: Internationalized String Preparation
>        Author(s)       : K. Zeilenga
>        Filename        : draft-zeilenga-ldapbis-strprep-00.txt
>        Pages           : 10
>        Date            : 2003-5-5
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>The previous Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) technical
>specifications did not precisely define how string matching is to be
>performed.  This lead to a number of usability and interoperability
>problems.  This document defines string preparation algorithms for
>matching rules defined for use in LDAP.
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