Re: registration of LDAP syntax OIDs

[Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>]

Jim Sermersheim writes:
>>>> "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org> 10/24/04 2:52:57 AM >>>
>> So, at this point, I guess I have to say I now
>> prefer option 1 and dislike both 2 and 3.
>>
>> I note that Option 1 doesn't preclude a future
>> extension from introducing 'syntax descriptors',
>> but it does (and I think properly so) defers the
>> introduction to a future extension specification.
> 
> I don't think harm will be introduced either way. I still favor 2, but
> it's not keeping me up at night.

I vote for 1 (a new table specifically for Syntaxes).  Partly to be sure
nobody thinks syntax descriptors can be used for OIDs in the protocol,
but also in case someone wants longer and more descriptive DESC strings
than the current ones, so they won't fit nicely into the table.

-- 
Hallvard