RE: Comments on draft-ryan-java-schema-02

[Rosanna Lee <rosanna.lee@eng.Sun.COM>]

draft-ryan-java-schema-02 defines a schema for storing Java objects.
It is NOT a schema for storing the Java runtime, or any parts thereof.
Therefore, such requirements are outside the scope of this proposal.

Yes, LDAP is useful for many things. You might even want to store
the whole VM there and download the one that best suits your needs.
Why stop with just the JARs :-) But please don't confuse any of that with
this proposal.


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Rosanna Lee
Java Software, Sun Microsystems, Inc
rosanna@eng.sun.com


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Comments on draft-ryan-java-schema-02
> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:28:21 +1000
> From: Andrew Probert <AndrewP@rotek.com.au>
> To: "'Vincent Ryan'" <Vincent.Ryan@ireland>,Jeffrey
> Spirn<jspirn@us.oracle.com>
> CC: ietf-ldapext@netscape.com, arbldap@us.oracle.com,
> aezzat@us.oracle.com,jcooper@us.oracle.com
> 
> I agree with Jeffrey's requirement and to not include this requirement
> cuts
> off a whole avenue of interesting possiblities.
> 
> In the case of distributed directories, it is very useful to use LDAP to
> retrieve JAR files from the nearest directory, or allow that directory
> to
> retrieve content from other trusted directories to which it may be
> interconnected.
> 
> I think the statement "The general model for a directory is to store
> (reference) information about entities rather than storing the entities
> themselves" is not a supportable assumption.
> 
> There is certainly work going on the in the network management field,
> where
> LDAP, DAP, DSP protocols are being used to route management queries, and
> data around complex networks.
> 
> 
> 
> Andew Probert
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