;binary transfer of the binary syntax

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

Question:  Should an attribute of syntax binary be transferred
with or without the ;binary option?

That is, if I have
	( 1.2.3 NAME 'foo' SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.5 )

Should foo be transferred as "foo" or as "foo;binary"?

It seems to me one or the other should be mandated.  I would
prefer that just "foo" be used as "foo;binary" is redundant.
However, inetOrgPerson already has attributes of this syntax
and requires ;binary transfer of them.

I've noticed other schema items (such as Netscape's nsLIdata)
is published as syntax binary, but applications using this
attribute don't support or expect ";binary".

Seems we have a bit of an interoperability problem if we
don't specify consistent transfer defaults for LDAP syntaxes.

Is this something we need to address?  If so, how?

Kurt