Re: Evaluation of an unknown attribute description in a presence filter

["andrew.sciberras@eb2bcom.com" <andrew.sciberras@eb2bcom.com>]

Hi,

Thank you for your responses to this issue.


>----Original Message----
>From: Kurt@OpenLDAP.org
>Date: 20/05/2005 10:16:59
>To: Jim Sermersheim <jimse@novell.com>
>Cc: rici@ricilake.net, andrew.sciberras@eB2Bcom.com, ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.
org
>Subj: Re: Evaluation of an unknown attribute description in a  presence filter

>We should remain consistent with X.500.
>
>In regards to Andrew's suggestion, X.500 says:
>  The present match tests for the presence of any value
> of a particular type.
>


>So, I think [Protocol, 4.5.1.7.5] should read:
>   
>        The present match evaluates to TRUE where there is an attribute or
>        subtype of the specified attribute description present in an entry,
>        FALSE where an attribute or subtype of the specified attribute
>        description is absent, and Undefined otherwise.
>

Kurt, 

Based on your above reference, I think that in order to retain consistency with X.500,  
your suggested text should be making reference to values being present in 
the entry, not the attribute description. 

Cheers,
Andrew

>
>Kurt 
>
>