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Re: Models: Matching Rule Uses



At 01:17 AM 2/13/2003, Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
>Kurt D. Zeilenga writes:
>>At 11:42 PM 2/12/2003, Hallvard B Furuseth wrote:
>>> So caseIgnoreIA5Match can be used with attributes whose corresponding
>>> ASN.1 type is IA5String, but not e.g. bit string syntax.  I'm hoping
>>> that this also means that a caseIgnoreIA5Match matching rule use can
>>> only list attributes whose corresponding ASN.1 type is IA5String.
>> 
>> No, the assertion syntax and attribute value syntax can be quite
>> different.
>
>Well, the point is that if it may be a syntax which is not permitted by
>the restrictions I quoted from [Syntaxes], or whatever they are modified
>to say, that must be mentioned in [Models].

The data model places no restrictions on the specification
of matching rules in this area.

Can you offer a specific change to [Models] which attempts
to address your concern?

Thanks, Kurt