I would like to add my two cents in on this. I believe that there is enough daily use of LDIF that it should be reconsidered for standard track. cheers RFW Helmut Volpers wrote: > Hi, > > I aggree totally with Keith and because LDIF is used in a lot of > environments for IMPORT and EXPORT it is like a protocol and it should > exist a document which define completely the agreed standard "LDIF". > > Helmut > > Richardson K wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have some general LDIF-related questions. The current LDIF > > technical specification (draft-good-ldap-ldif-01.txt) is now an > > individual contribution although it was previously an ASID work > > item. Presumably this is now destined to be an informational RFC? > > If so, shouldn't we be considering giving LDIF a more formal > > status than this? All of the LDAP servers I know support LDIF to > > some degree and it seems to me that it would better if the > > format used to import/export and apply changes to different > > servers was an agreed standard - interoperability between servers > > goes beyond the basic protocol level. > > I guess if the LDIF status were to reviewed then the LDIF > > extensions needed to meet certain country's legal/regulatory > > directory requirements (draft-andersen-isss-ws-dir-ldifext-00.txt) > > would also need to be considered - possibly for optional > > implementation on top of a "standard" LDIF? > > Also, the changelog draft (draft-good-ldap-changelog-00.txt) > > which exploits LDIF expired on October 1st. Is a new draft planned > > or is the changelog proposal now considered to be superseded by the > > planned LDUP replication mechanisms? > > > > Keith Richardson > > ICL, Manchester, UK > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Volpers, Helmut <Helmut.Volpers@mch.sni.de> > Directory Server Architect > > Volpers, Helmut > Directory Server Architect <Helmut.Volpers@mch.sni.de> > Otto-Hahn-Ring 6 Fax: +49-89-63645860 > Munich Home: +49-89-1576588 > 81730 Work: +49-89-63646713 > Germany Netscape Conference Address > Netscape Conference DLS Server > Additional Information: > Last Name Volpers > First Name Helmut > Version 2.1
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