Re: [ldapext] referencing one LDIF file from another

[Howard Chu <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

What do you think about using a URL here instead of a simple filename? 
For the common case it would usually be a FILE URL but I think we gain 
some future-proofing by making it fully hyperlinked. It may not be 
useful for utilities that just expect to process static data, but I have 
in mind to use LDAP URLs here as well.

Vithalprasad Gaitonde wrote:
> Howard,
> Following is the change we could do to section "*Formal Syntax 
> Definition of LDIF"
> *
> included-ldif-file-content = "include:" FILL fileName
> ;where the contents of filename confirm to ldif-file of type ldif-content
>
> included-ldif-file-content = "include:" FILL fileName
> ;where the contents of filename confirm to ldif-file of type ldif-changes
> included-content-ldifs = 1*(1*SEP included-ldif-file-content)
>
> included-changes-ldifs = 1*(1*SEP included-ldif-file-changes)
>
> ldif-file = ldif-content / ldif-changes / included-content-ldifs / 
> included-changes-ldifs
>
> ldif-content = version-spec included-content-ldifs 1*(1*SEP 
> ldif-attrval-record)
>
> ldif-changes = version-spec included-changes-ldifs 1*(1*SEP 
> ldif-change-record)
> Let me know what you think.
>
> Thanks,
> Prasad
>
>  >>> Howard Chu <hyc@highlandsun.com> 11/23/2004 12:33:06 PM >>>
> Vithalprasad Gaitonde wrote:
>  > RFC2849 doesnt seem to provide a way to include one ldif file into
>  > another ldif file though it does allow referencing an external file for
>  > an attribute value.
>  > Has this been considered in the past ?
>  > It seems like a useful thing to have when there are dependencies across
>  > several ldif files.
>
> I agree, I would definitely have a use for this. Haven't thought about
> what the syntax should be yet.

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