Re: [ldapext] name form for inetOrgPerson with uid as naming attribute?

[Michael Ströder <michael@stroeder.com>]

Jochen Keutel wrote:
>   it's common practice to store objects of object class
> inetOrgPerson with uid as naming attribute in an LDAP directory.
> But - AFAIK - there is no name form allowing that; so LDAP
> servers which care about name forms (e.g. X.500 servers) reject this.
>
> It's quite boring to define this name form in each new directory
> project I have ... (and, additionally, it's always a new
> object identifier of the OID branch of the customer ...).
>
> Is it possible to define this name form in any of the LDAP
> standard documents?

IMHO it would be most appropriate to define a name form applicable for a 
certain object class in the document defining this object class. How about 
starting a new revision of RFC 2798, e.g. draft-[something]-ldap-RFC2798bis?

BTW we could add other useful things needed by LDAP community...

Ciao, Michael.