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RE: String Encodings - was RE: Applicability Stmt (AS) rescinding "IESG Note" and defining "LDAPv3"
David,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Chadwick [mailto:d.w.chadwick@salford.ac.uk]
> Sent: Sunday, 9 July 2000 21:40
> To: ietf-ldapext@netscape.com; steven.legg@adacel.com.au
> Subject: Re: String Encodings - was RE: Applicability Stmt (AS)
> rescinding "IESG Note" and defining "LDAPv3"
>
>
>
> > It's a shame the LDAP string encodings for attribute values weren't
> > defined by some algorithmic relationship to the ASN.1 type of the
> > syntax, much like the way ASN.1 value notation is related
> to the type.
> > It wouldn't then be necessary to define a string encoding
> for each new
> > attribute value syntax or assertion value syntax imported
> from X.500,
> > X.509, etc. The required string encoding would fall out
> naturally from
> > the relevant ASN.1 type.
>
> How right you are. I have noticed this when writing the latest
> schema ID for PKIX.
>
> >
> > It's never too late to start though.
> >
>
> I could really do with a BNF wiz kid to help me do this on the PKIX
> schema. Are you such a person?
I can help you on this. I've seen more than enough BNF and ASN.1 to be
useful. Let me know what you need done.
Cheers,
Steven
>
> David
>
> > Regards,
> > Steven
> >
> >
>
>
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