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RE: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-pkix-ldap-schema-00.txt



> However, I seem to sense some opposition to the concept and this is
> where we have a real problem. If an entry holds two certificates,
> there is no way of setting other attributes in the entry so that each
> of their values are associated with the appropriate certificate. I
> think the matching rule approach is the only solution. 

I agree.

>You may be able
> to have 'magic' attributes that have order-dependent values, but this
> is in conflict with the X.500 standard.

Actually X.500(97) has a potential solution for this in the concept of 
attribute value contexts. But no-one to my knowledge has 
implemented contexts, and you would still have the management 
overhead of keeping the contexts on the whole package of 
attributes in sync.

David

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