RE: ;binary transfer of the binary syntax

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

At 04:03 PM 9/21/00 +1100, Steven Legg wrote:
>This is one of those situations where using names instead of OIDs in
>the protocol bites.

One of my pet peeves is that RFC 2251 recognizes that names are non-unique:
   Attribute type textual names are non-unique, as two different
   specifications (neither in standards track RFCs) may choose the same
   name.

but requires:
   If the server has a textual name for an attribute type, it MUST use a
   textual name for attributes returned in search results.  The dotted-
   decimal OBJECT IDENTIFIER is only used if there is no textual name
   for an attribute type.

I believe we need to allow use of OIDs ESPECIALLY where the server
has knowledge that the requested name has multiple definitions
(in independent subschemas controlling entries within search scope).