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Re: ;binary and *
"Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:
>
> There needs to a clarification regarding transfer encoding
> to use when the attribute was not requested by attribute
> description. E.g., by * or an empty attribute list.
>
> I suggest that if "foo" is to returned (when not requested
> by attribute description), that the server is to use the
> "native" transfer encoding if the server supports such for
> that attribute.
agreed
> Otherwise, the server may choose to return
> the attribute in any one of the transfer encodings it does
> support
replace may choose to with shall
>OR not return the attribute.
Absolutely not. The user has asked for ALL attributes. Unless access
controls prevent it, all should be returned, even if the user cant
handle them. For example, pictures should be returned, even though today
some well known windows clients cant display them (whilst others can).
This is no different to sending others back using ;binary encoding. The
server does not know what the client supports, so should assume it can
support everything since it has not limited what it wants.
>
> Additionally, the TS should say that clients MUST NOT
> expect any particular transfer encoding of attributes
> which are not requested by attribute description. Where
> a client desires a particular transfer encoding, including
> the native encoding, the client SHOULD request the
> attribute using an attribute description indicating
> the desired transfer encoding.
>
agreed
David
> In examples, please avoid use of userCertificate and other
> attributes which mandate use of particular transfer
> encoding options.
>
> Kurt
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