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RE: Revised Matched Values Draft
From: "Lloyd, Alan" <Alan.Lloyd@ca.com>
To: Bruce Greenblatt <bgreenblatt@directory-applications.com>,
d.w.chadwick@salford.ac.uk, "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Copies to: ietf-ldapext@netscape.com
Subject: RE: Revised Matched Values Draft
Date sent: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:05:32 +1000
> My personal view..
>
> I agree with Bruce.. a directory is a common repository for many
> applications and users.. It follows that those using it are "looking
> for things fast" or browsing. It follows that good, predicatble schema
> design is essential if the directory is to be effective. A user who is
> looking for things will not have to much pre knowledge of an
> attributes value or values..
I disagree. The version that I am preparing has examples in which
this is precisely the case. They are
i) a user who wants a particular schema definition
ii) a user who wants a certificate with particular key usage bits (e.g.
an encryption certificate)
David
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