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Re: SUBCLASSING, again



Hi Kurt!

Responses in-line.

Thanks,
Kathy


"Kurt D. Zeilenga" wrote:

> At 06:56 PM 2/11/2004, Kathleen Dally wrote:
> >I would have no trouble deleting the sentence from Models, section
> >2.4.3:
> >        " Auxiliary object classes cannot subclass structural object
> >classes."
>
> Even though the model makes no sense in face of such
> constructions?

kd:  I agree that this seems nonsensical.  I haven't seen any use made of
such a subclassing.

>

>
>
> >However, I do not believe that the intent to permit Auxiliary object
> >classes to subclass Structural object classes is as clear in X.501.
>
> Why?  Since X.501 didn't explicitly disallow this, why do
> you think it clear that the intent was to disallow this?

kd:  The intent that I am speaking about is the nature of Auxiliary
Object Classes being a means of augmenting other classes and entries with
groups of attributes.

>
>
> Kurt