Re: [ldapext] Complex knowledge information

[Mark Smith <mcs@pearlcrescent.com>]

Jim Sermersheim wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback so far. Do you think it would help if I 
> illustrated some extreme examples of storing stuff on values of the ref 
> attribute, and contrast that with returning that same kind of stuff in a 
> control, and further contrast those with returning small (reference 
> data) which would force the client to make a subsequent read?

I'll chime in and say that some examples would help clarify which 
problems you are trying to address.  It seems likely that at some point 
returning referrals to clients (which in your case are probably other 
servers or synchronization agents?) is too simplistic of an approach. 
It may be better for some types of LDAP clients to be able to access the 
knowledge information as a collection of attributes or subentries (seems 
like the cleanest approach to me).  Standardizing all of this for LDAP 
would be challenging, although that may or may not be crucial.

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Mark Smith
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