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Re: Hardcode 'description' and 'seeAlso'

At 10:26 AM 4/29/2005, Howard Chu wrote:
>>So, to avoid the chicken'n'egg problem that arises when one needs to
>>define monitor schema before reading slapd.conf, while allowing as much
>>flexibility as possible, I think hardcoding well-known, standard track
>>attributes is a reasonable trade-off.  But that's my (humble) opinion, so
>>here's the reason for my request for comments.
>I agree. 

I concur as well, with one caveat.  Any hardcoding of user
application schema elements MUST be done unconditionally by
the frontend.  Backends, overlays, and such should only
register operational schema (and be prepared that some other
module might register the same operational schema).

Kurt