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I'll review my usage of the terms "client" and "user" and try to
consistently user the term client to mean an executing LDAP client application
and the term user to mean a human being interacting with a client
application.
Roger
>>> "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org> 12/6/2001 2:26:37 PM >>> At 01:02 PM 2001-12-06, Steve Sonntag wrote: >> >> >>>>> "Kurt D. Zeilenga" < Kurt@OpenLDAP.org > 06-Dec-01 1:43:10 PM >>> >>Here are my personal thoughts on this. >> >>It may be useful to distinguish between the user (a human or >>application entity) and the client (director user agent). >> >>It would be inappropriate to distinguish components of the client, >>in particular which portions are part of APIs shared between >>multiple clients and portions specific to the particular client. >> >>Kurt > >Agreed, I had no intent of identifying or separating client >components, Good, but... >but instead wanted only to identify what is the responsibility of the >application/user >versus the LDAP client protocol agent. these terms ("application/user" and "client protocol agent") I find confusing as "application" implies an "implementation" not an entity acting as a human. |