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Re: Status of LDIF and Changelog?
Hi,
I agree with Gordon, let us move the current LDIF draft forward as a
proposed standard and don't push the changelog. I hope the changelog
will
not be the technology on which LDAP replication works.
Helmut
Gordon Good wrote:
>
> The timing of this thread is good!
>
> The plan I have, as document author, is to move the current LDIF draft forward
> as a proposed standard. I apologize for not getting this done sooner, but other
> things have gotten in the way. Here are some things to think about:
>
> - Is proposed standard the way to go? I think so. Having LDIF on standards
> track doesn't preclude other formats (like an XML DTD for directory entries)
> coming into existence. Instead, it's an acknoweledgement that many
> implementations already support LDIF, and will help ensure interoperability
> among implementations that choose to support LDIF.
>
> - What about the LDIF extensions draft
> (http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-andersen-isss-ws-dir-ldifext-00.txt)
> that Erik Andersen has written? Erik's draft addresses three main issues: it
> allows "ownership" of attribute values to be described in an LDIF file (to
> allow merging of data from multiple organizations), it allows for mapping
> between attribute names, and is more compact. The first two features enable
> LDIF to be used to perform certain metadirectory operations. The last is a
> feature which is orthogonal to the other features. In my opinion, these are
> interesting and potentially valuable features, but I would not want to see them
> become part of the basic LDIF specification. Doing so would unnecessarily
> burden implementors who do not require these features.
>
> - The changelog draft, in my opinion, should become an informational RFC. The
> LDUP group is not planning to use LDAP-accessible changelogs in its
> multi-master replication work.
>
> How does this sound? Are there any serious objections to these plans?
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