Re: Several name forms for a structural object class?

HI!

Thanks Steven and Howard for pointing out the relevant part in X.501.

Steven Legg wrote:
> Michael Str=F6der wrote:
>> Looking at section 4.1.7.2. "Name Forms" in=20
>> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4512.txt it's not really clear to me=20
>> whether more than one name form may be associated with the same=20
>> structural object class. I think it's possible (and I've implemented=20
>> it that way in web2ldap) but the server I'm currently testing with=20
>> disallows it.
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> X.500 seems to allow it. Consider X.501:2005, Clause 13.7.2:
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>     "If different sets of naming attributes are required for entries of=
 a
>      given structural object class, then a name form shall be specified=
 for
>      each distinct set of attributes to be used for naming."
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> Our server also allows it, though we impose restrictions so that
> there is always only one possible name form that could apply to any
> given combination of RDN and structural object class.

Hmm, it would be interesting to test this whole stuff against different=20
LDAP server implementations supporting DIT structure rules and name=20
forms (and publishing these schema elements in subschema subentry).

Ciao, Michael.

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Michael Str=F6der
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