Re: [fotis@xos.nl: bug/typo in RFC2256?]

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

If you have issues regarding the LDAP technical specification,
I suggest you take them to the IETF LDAPbis WG.  LDAPbis is
specifically chartered to revise the LDAP technical specification.
        http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ldapbis-charter.html

-- Kurt

At 03:54 AM 2002-07-04, Fotis Georgatos wrote:
>This is only FYI.
>
>I have the impression that some LDAP implementations can get confused
>and "hide" data within the double-defined preferredDeliveryMethod attribute.
>
>BTW. The same attribute is also double in objectclass "residentialPerson"
>
>cheers,
>Fotis
>
>----- Forwarded message from Fotis Georgatos <fotis@xos.nl> -----
>
>Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 17:41:57 +0200
>From: Fotis Georgatos <fotis@xos.nl>
>To: M.Wahl@critical-angle.com
>Cc: openldap-its@OpenLDAP.org
>Subject: bug/typo in RFC2256?
>
>Dear Mark et al,
>
>while investigating the organizationalRole objectclass,
>through the nice web interface at http://ldap.akbkhome.com,
>I found, to my surprise, "preferredDeliveryMethod" being defined twice.
>
>I traced it back and saw that it is defined in RFC2256, exactly as such.
>It is even a SINGLE-VALUE field, which means that it has to be corrected.
>
>Even the default OpenLDAP's schemas have it like this,
>so I presume the rest of the LDAP world has now to fix this minor typo...
>
>cheers,
>Fotis
>
>----- End forwarded message -----