RE: short names (descriptors) proposal

["Ramsay, Ron" <Ron.Ramsay@ca.com>]

This phrasing, and the previous one, seem to suggest it is a really good
idea to use the same name in different namespaces. Why not

The same name SHOULD NOT be used for different OIDs, even if these OIDs
refer to different schema elements.

It's a bit like glue-sniffing - don't tell people that it happens and don't
tell them how to do it.

Ron.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt D. Zeilenga [mailto:Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]
Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 6:17 AM
To: Michael Ströder
Cc: Timothy Hahn; ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: Re: short names (descriptors) proposal


At 06:00 AM 2002-11-04, Michael Ströder wrote:
>Timothy Hahn wrote:
>>Regarding the use of the same name for an attribute type and an object
>>class - I agree that it should be "discouraged".  I don't think the
>>specifications need to explicitly DIS-allow it.
>
>Maybe it would be helpful for application developers if the standard
document explicitly states that an attribute type and an object class MAY
have the same name although discouraged. I had to learn it the hard way...

How about adding the following to 6.2: 
  Note: While discouraged, one name may (for historical reasons)
  be an alias for multiple OIDs each referring to a different kind
  of schema element.  That is, there may be an objectClass 'fubar'
  and an attributeType 'fubar'.