distinguishedName attribute type

Hallvard B Furuseth <[email protected]> Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:08:40 +0100

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schema-08 says:

> 2.7  distinguishedName
>
>    The distinguishedName attribute type is the attribute supertype from
>    which attribute types with DN syntax inherit, instead of containing
>    values which name the object itself.

[Syntaxes] 3.3.9 (DN) does not say that, and it would seem strange
to me if it did.  I expect the above text should refer to DN-valued
attribute types defined in the schema draft itself.  The DN-valued
attributes in [Models] do not have 'SUP distinguishedName'.

Though [Syntaxes] 3.3.9 could RECOMMEND that schema specs prefer
"SUP distinguishedName" over "SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.12",
if that's what the above text wants to accomplish.

-- 
Hallvard