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RE: Status of LDIF and Changelog?
LDIF looks like XML to me.
.02 cents
> ----------
> From: Russel F. Weiser[SMTP:rweiser@digsigtrust.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 13, 1998 10:03 AM
> To: Helmut Volpers
> Cc: Richardson K; ietf-ldapext@netscape.com
> Subject: Re: Status of LDIF and Changelog?
>
> 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 or is the changelog proposal now considered to be superseded by the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
> >
> >
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