Re: Models: preservation of user information

["Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>]

At 10:26 AM 1/31/2003, Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
>Christopher Oliva writes:
>> I would prefer mandating servers to return the exact value that was
>> originally added (when there are no explicit constraints in the schema
>> definition for that item).
>
>Well, that has been shot down, but maybe this sentence in [Models] 6.1:
>
>  Where such requirements have not be explicitly stated, servers SHOULD 
>  preserve the value of user information but MAY return the value in a 
>  different form. 
>
>can be strengthened a little:  Append
>
>  ..."provided that the implementation documents possible divergences."

Interoperability should not depend on the availability
of documentation of implementations.