RE: AttributeTypeValue and binary

["Steven Legg" <steven.legg@adacel.com.au>]

Kurt,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Kurt D. Zeilenga
> Sent: Saturday, 20 January 2001 14:19
> To: steven.legg@adacel.com.au
> Cc: ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: RE: AttributeTypeValue and binary
> 
> 
> At 02:30 PM 1/19/01 +1100, Steven Legg wrote:
> >For most current syntaxes the default encoding is SSER.
> 
> One could argue that most syntaxes have no default encoding.
> That is, there is no statement in the TS that states that
> unless otherwise specified the default encoding is SSER.

Exactly so with the RFCs as written, but if we choose to adopt this notion
of there being a default encoding for each attribute syntax then most
current syntaxes would obviously have SSER as that default.

> However, one could argue that the intent and common interpretation
> is for SSER to be the default encoding.   We should either
> clarify that there is no default encoding or specify one.

Isn't the first step to decide if there is consensus on making this
idea of a per-syntax default encoding overt in the revised LDAP
specifications ? Then we decide whether each syntax states its default,
or the default is assumed to be SSER unless otherwise stated, etc.

Regards,
Steven

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> Kurt
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