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Re: Syntax Issues

Date sent:      	Sun, 30 Jul 2000 05:35:35 -0700
To:             	d.w.chadwick@salford.ac.uk
From:           	"Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Subject:        	Re: Syntax Issues
Copies to:      	"Jim Sermersheim" <JIMSE@novell.com>, <ietf-ldapext@netscape.com>,
       	<ietf-ldapext@netscape.com>

> My opinion is that if you want more than BLOB semantics, then
> you need to define a new syntax.  However, new syntaxes should
> have a string representation.

Agreed. This is what has been done in the past, and I have done for 
certificates and CRLs
David

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