RE: LDAP Client Update: consideration of alternative proposals

At 09:38 PM 5/28/2003, Ramsay, Ron wrote:
>I'm simply the devil's advocate. Is the purpose to synchronise meta-directories? I don't know.

In my opinion, the purpose of our deliverable is to provide a
LDAP content synchronization mechanism suitable for a broad range
of applications, including meta-directory applications.  If its
suitable for meta-directory, it also should be suitable for
applications (like master/slave LDAP replication) which have
similar content synchronization requirements.

>Surely the real point is that you (Kurt) seem to have admitted that it is under-spacified, or potentially under-specified, by referring to the draft that would say how it is done.

Surely not.

When I said:
>While Jong and I certainly intend to use LDAP Sync as a basis
>for single-master replication, this I-D does not attempt to
>detail how LDAP Sync might be used for single-master replication.
>(We saved that for a future draft.)

my point was that specification how a future LDAP Relication
specification might use LDAP Sync is beyond the scope of
draft-zeilenga-ldup-sync as draft-zeilenga-ldup-sync is
intended to be a complete technical specification of the
LDAP Content Sychronization Operation (a LDAPv3 client update
protocol).  Jong and I do believe draft-zeilenga-ldup-sync
is complete.

Kurt