Re: (ITS#6151) Update cosine.schema to RFC 4524

[kurt@OpenLDAP.org]

On Apr 21, 2010, at 6:03 PM, masarati@aero.polimi.it wrote:

>> Kurt Zeilenga wrote:
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>>> On Jun 1, 2009, at 4:30 AM, michael@stroeder.com wrote:
>>>> Updated schema file cosine-update.schema attached.
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>>> I note that differs are generally preferred, even where the file is
>>> mostly changed.  This helps ensure changes that others might make to =
the
>>> file you started with are not lost.
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>> I thought about sending a diff but the file in this form is more
>> readable for easy review. Could someone please look at it whether =
that's
>> ok?
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>> Another approach would be to have two schema files, one which only
>> contains the schema descriptions from RFC 4524 and one with the =
missing
>> schema descriptions from RFC 1274 with the latter obviously being
>> dependent on the former.
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> I have one preliminary question for Kurt: since rfc4524 obsoletes =
rfc1274,
> should those schema items that were not brought forward be marked as
> OBSOLETE?

obsoletes !=3D OBSOLETE, so no.   That is, the meaning of the term =
'obsolete' is quite different in these two contexts.

The latter context the term is defined as follows:
    The OBSOLETE field, if present, indicates the element is not active.

For user application attribute types, whether the type is active or not =
is, I think, best left to the schema administrator.  (Update operations =
upon an inactive element is limited to removal of the element.)

> If yes, then all schema could fit in one file.  I'd like a
> clear way to separate valid from obsolete schema.  The obsolete items
> should be available for backwards compatibility.  As an alternative, =
I'd
> like to have a "slim" (without obsolete) and a complete version of the
> file.

I rather no element be specified in multiple files.

> Could you please upload the file?  Through the ITS attachments
> don't work too well.
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>>>> IPR notice:
>>>> This patch file is derived from OpenLDAP Software and RFC 4524 and =
RFC
>>>> 1274. All of the modifications to OpenLDAP Software represented in =
the
>>>> attached file were developed by Michael Str=F6der =
<michael@stroeder.com>.
>>>> I have not assigned rights and/or interest in this work to any =
party.
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>>> While this notice of origin is fine, you did not include a rights
>>> statement.
>>=20
>> I, Michael Str=F6der, hereby place the modified schema file =
cosine.schema
>> attached to ITS#6151 (and only these modifications) into the public
>> domain. Hence, these modifications may be freely used and/or
>> redistributed for any purpose with or without attribution and/or =
other
>> notice.
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> Am I right in assuming this IPR is fine?  Thanks, p.

Yes.  - Kurt