Re: (ITS#4161) Op. attrs. numSubordinates / numAllSubordinates

[michael@stroeder.com]

Howard Chu wrote:
> The other issue which I recall was raised the last time
> this suggestion was made, (and the reason we decided to only implement
> the hasSubordinates attribute) is that there was neither a formal
> specification nor an ad hoc standard defining the semantics of the
> numSubordinates attribute. Some vendors treated it only as the one-level
> count, while others treated it as the subtree count.

draft-boreham-numsubordinates-01.txt says:
[..]
Every  entry in the DIT MAY have a numSubordinates operational attribute
the contents of which indicate  how  many  immediate  subordinates  that
entry has.
[..]

Don't have a more recent copy of the draft.

Ciao, Michael.