RE: RE: PCELS position

David McTavish <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:30:09 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.policy
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One example of attribute re-use is the x500UniqueIdentifier attribute, which
is defined in RFC 2256, and again used in inetOrgPerson RFC 2798.
 
d.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Pana, Mircea [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:47 PM
To: 'John Strassner '; ''Robert Moore' '
Cc: ''Wijnen, Bert (Bert)' '; ''David McTavish' '; ''Joel M. Halpern' ';
Pana, Mircea; ''[email protected]' '
Subject: RE: [Policy] RE: PCELS position



 John, 


>  2) I do not believe that the word "reuse" applies when an 
>     attribute is defined in one class, with one set of 
>     semantics, and then is blopped into a new class with 
>     completely different semantics. That is what I meant 
>     by stealing an OID. 

I do not understand the difference in semantics that you are referring to. 

Let's take pcimRuleEnables one more time as example. PCLS defines it as: 
"An integer indicating whether a policy rule is administratively enabled
(value=1), disabled (value=2), or enabled for debug (value=3)". In PCLS this
attribute indicates the state of pcimRule, class mapped from PCIM's
PolicyRule. In PCELS we use (but not redefine) this attribute preserving its
its syntax and semantics to indicate the state of a pcimPolicyRule, class
mapped from PCIMe's PolicyRule. Doesn't the attribute (I stress: the
attribute not the class that uses it) have the same semantics in these two
cases?

Regards, 
Mircea. 


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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN class=871582715-24092003>One example 
of attribute re-use is the x500UniqueIdentifier attribute, which is defined in 
RFC 2256, and again used in inetOrgPerson RFC 2798.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Pana, Mircea 
  [mailto:[email protected]]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:47 
  PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'John Strassner '; ''Robert Moore' '<BR><B>Cc:</B> ''Wijnen, 
  Bert (Bert)' '; ''David McTavish' '; ''Joel M. Halpern' '; Pana, Mircea; 
  ''[email protected]' '<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Policy] RE: PCELS 
  position<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
  <P><FONT size=2>&nbsp;John,</FONT> </P><BR>
  <P><FONT size=2>&gt;&nbsp; 2) I do not believe that the word "reuse" applies 
  when an </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; attribute is 
  defined in one class, with one set of </FONT><BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; semantics, and then is blopped into a new 
  class with </FONT><BR><FONT size=2>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; completely 
  different semantics. That is what I meant </FONT><BR><FONT 
  size=2>&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; by stealing an OID. </FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>I do not understand the difference in semantics that you are 
  referring to. </FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>Let's take pcimRuleEnables one more time as example. PCLS 
  defines it as:</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>"An integer indicating whether a policy 
  rule is administratively enabled (value=1), disabled (value=2), or enabled for 
  debug (value=3)". In PCLS this attribute indicates the state of pcimRule, 
  class mapped from PCIM's PolicyRule. In PCELS we use (but not redefine) this 
  attribute preserving its its syntax and semantics to indicate the state of a 
  pcimPolicyRule, class mapped from PCIMe's PolicyRule. Doesn't the attribute (I 
  stress: the attribute not the class that uses it) have the same semantics in 
  these two cases?</FONT></P>
  <P><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Mircea.</FONT> 
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