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RE: ModifyDN -- subtrees or not?
Hi -
At 09:41 19/09/2001 -0700, Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:
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Comments: (c.harding 56310)
At 09:10 AM 2001-09-19, Jim Sermersheim wrote:
>Due to the amount of confusion regarding this issue. I suggest that
either a general and very concrete statement is made that explicitly
allows a server to refuse to service any operation for any reason,
I believe that some general statement could be made in section
3.1. Protocol Model. It should note that a request is only
a request to perform, not a mandate to perform, an operation.
>or that each operation be reworded to replace "will" language with
something along the lines of "attempts to".
Yes, and not just in this particular case, but in other such cases.
I'd suggest not using the phrase "attempts to". Wording like " . . a server
that honors the request MUST . . " might be better.
If "attempts to" is kept, it should be carefully and explicitly defined at
the start of the document. It means something in the case of people, but
doesn't mean much in the case of computer software. Its use without careful
definition in 2251 is the source of the current difference of
interpretation. If a general statement is made in section 3.1 then such a
definition could form part of it.
Regards,
Chris
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