RE: draft-ietf-boreham-numsubordinates-00.txt

[Alan Lloyd <Alan.Lloyd@OpenDirectory.com.au>]

One might also assume that the subordinates value in a top level server
/DSA represents all the entries in a subordinate  servers servers in the
namespace below that.

ie if I read this attribute at the root level server of all countries -
what would that server do - and respond with?

Does the text need to say anything about the integrity of this
attribute, ie is the action on a operational attribute at the top of a
namespace - atomic with the updates (adds/deletes)  on other objects
below that namespace.

This sounds like an interesting concept but its server specific - and
wont work across a distributed/replicated directory system with
integrity - but please do advise.

regards alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim Sermersheim 
> Sent:	Thursday, June 24, 1999 5:23 AM
> To:	dboreham@netscape.com; ietf-ldapext@netscape.com
> Cc:	Steve.Kille@messagingdirect.com
> Subject:	Re: draft-ietf-boreham-numsubordinates-00.txt
> 
> Good idea.  Could the draft be more explicit about the meaning of
> "subordinates"?  I think you mean the number of "one-level" of
> subordinates but some might assume it means the whole subtree.
> 
> Jim
> 
> >>> David Boreham <dboreham@netscape.com> 6/23/99 12:56:48 PM >>>
> 
> This is a short draft which describes a feature
> already supported by Netscape and MessagingDirect server 
> products. We welcome review comments from the list.