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Re: Schema evolution

Ashish,

RFC 2252 (LDAP-v3: Attrbiute Syntax Definitions) states that
'An object class definition should not be changed without having a new
identifier assigned to it' in 4.4.  It seems that this sentence suggests
STRONGLY NOT to modify existing schema elements.


Christine Won-Yoon

At 09:01 AM 08/19/1999 -0700, Ashish Kolli wrote:
>Hi,
>
>As LDAP centric applications evolve, there will definitely be a need to
>support slight changes in the schema.
>One well known way to do it is to create auxiliary object classes and add
>them onto existing entries in the DIT. Another way to do it is to provide
>limited support of extending the existing schema in the directory (like
>adding additional optional attributes to an objectclass). Is the latter
>method a "well-accepted" way of supporting schema evolution?
>
>
>regards,
>
>Ashish Kolli
>OiD Group
>
>