Re: distinguishedName attribute type

At 10:05 AM 3/25/2005, Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
>Kurt D. Zeilenga writes:
>>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/
>
>Aah, of course [Models] doesn't do it.  Yes, definitely "user
>attributes".
>
>Another variant: "from which user attributes with DN syntax can inherit".
>
>Except, isn't [schema] right about saying "attribute types" rather than
>"attributes"?

Yes.

>Also, the same error occurs in 2.18 (name):
>   "The name attribute type is the attribute supertype from which
>   attributes with the name syntax inherit."
>
>-- 
>Hallvard