Re: NIS schema (ITS#879)

[Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]

At 09:58 PM 11/6/00 +0000, howard@syntax.com wrote:
>nis.schema (servers/slapd/schema/nis.schema v1.1.8.5), at line #172, says
>
>  objectclass ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.4 NAME 'ipProtocol' SUP top STRUCTURAL
>        DESC 'Abstraction of an IP protocol. Maps a protocol number
>              to one or more names. The distinguished value of the cn
>              attribute denotes the protocol"s canonical name'
>        MUST ( cn $ ipProtocolNumber $ description )
>        MAY description )
>
>  objectclass ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.5 NAME 'oncRpc' SUP top STRUCTURAL
>        DESC 'Abstraction of an Open Network Computing (ONC)
>              [RFC1057] Remote Procedure Call (RPC) binding.
>              This class maps an ONC RPC number to a name.
>              The distinguished value of the cn attribute denotes
>              the RPC service"s canonical name'
>        MUST ( cn $ oncRpcNumber $ description )
>        MAY description )

This is correct per RFC 2307.

>I believe the inclusion of "description" in MUST is a typo, and should
>be removed.

We're obligated to publish schema elements consistent with their
technical specification.

Kurt