Re: Q: How can I use a different core.schema with 2.3.x?

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Kevin Spicer wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 14:25 -0500, Mark Swanson wrote:
>   
> > The problem is that other software allows basic text strings for 
> > attributes like telephoneNumber. I can't blame a user for using it as a 
> > string if the software lets them. Unless Outlook/cell phones, etc.. 
> > force users to use the LDAP syntax users aren't going to do it on their 
> > own. Since Outlook/cell phones/etc.. have not forced this behaviour in 
> > the past telephoneNumbers will never be in the RFC syntax.
> >     
>
> One suggestion, could you create a custom schema that defines those
> attributes that you want to deviate from the core, but with a prefix.
> e.g. telephoneNumber becomes myTelephoneNumber.  You could then (I
> think) use the rewrite overlay (slapo-rwm) to map requests for
> telephoneNumber to myTelephoneNumber.  Note that I've never actually
> done this (just trying to throw an idea in), perhaps someone with some
> practical experience of the overlay could comment on whether this would
> be a practical solution. 
>   
Probably not, the front end does normalization of e.g. search filters 
and other parameters first, before overlays are run.
Defining your own schema is still a viable approach; you just have to 
reconfigure the client software to use your schema elements.

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