Re: distinguishedName attribute type

At 09:08 AM 3/25/2005, Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
>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.

I think the RFC 2256 wording was better...
   This attribute type is not used as the name of the object itself, but
   it is instead a base type from which attributes with DN syntax   
   inherit.

But s/attributes/some attributes/
or even s/attributes/some user attributes/
        
>[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