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4.1.11 comment (RE: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-ldapbis-protocol-01.txt)

At 04:51 PM 3/1/01 -0700, Jim Sermersheim wrote:
>>4.1.11
>>
>>   The referral is not returned for a singleLevel or wholeSubtree search
>>   in which the search scope spans multiple naming contexts, and several
>>   different servers would need to be contacted to complete the
>>   operation. Instead, continuation references, described in section
>>   4.5.3, are returned.
>>
>>Doesn't this rather miss the point. A referral is only returned if the base
>>object couldn't be located (navigated to). The response to a search 'in
>>which the search scope spans multiple naming contexts' may be a referral or
>>not - it doesn't depend on scope or naming contexts.
>
>I think this is just extra information. We could choose to pull it out, and doing so wouldn't affect the protocol, but I don't see it as misleading or confusing. Do you think it causes problems?

I believe this statement helps clarify the use of referrals
vs. continuation references.  I'd prefer it be left in.  It
could prefixed it with "Note:" to indicate the nature of
the statement.