RE: Distinguished values

["Ramsay, Ron" <Ron.Ramsay@ca.com>]

Yes, but you can't match attributes, only attribute values!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
[mailto:owner-ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Hallvard B Furuseth
Sent: Tuesday, 16 March 2004 06:36
To: Kurt D. Zeilenga
Cc: ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: Re: Distinguished values


Kurt D. Zeilenga writes:
> For instance, 2.2.1's
>   These AVAs are chosen from the attributes of the entry.
> could be replaced with:
>   These AVAs are chosen to match attributes of the entry.
> 
> And 2.5.4's
>   When an attribute is used for naming of the entry, one and only one
>   value of the attribute is selected to appear in the Relative
>   Distinguished Name.  This value is known as a distinguished value.
> 
> could be reworded:
>   When an attribute is used for naming of the entry, one and only
>   one value of that attribute is used in forming the Relative
>   Distinguished Name.  This value is known as a distinguishing
>   value.

Sounds good to me, except s/distinguishing/distinguished/ according to
X.500(1993).

I failed to come up with brief enough wordings myself.

-- 
Hallvard