R.Matl wrote
>
> >Some questions: Is there a specific syntactical reason for the notation
> >in particular the choice capitalization in LDAP?
> >DC implementations in XML binding are rather sensitive in this respect
> >- From this there is some (pedagogical) argument to use xml notation
> >- if possible - as default.
>
> I'm not sure if I understand well the question, if you mean the
> dcTitle..dcRights and dcContianer, these names are case insensitive
> (RFC 2251, attributetype).
Thanks for clarification. May i suggest to mention this explicitly
in a forthcoming version.
>
> > What is the role of the proposed Container for DC?
>
> It was supposed to be optionally used to encapsulate DC attributes.
>
> > Wouldn't it be possible to associate dc terms to each other using
> > LDAP dc-container?
>
> I think yes, to be authoritative I would need deeper understanding
> of associating of dc terms.
>
> >Section 2 in its current form does not allow associations - is this
> >correct reading?
> AFAIK yes, the dc-container would help
Could you come up with some test cases?
>
> >There doesn't seem a formal LDAP definition for dc with qualifiers -
> >Do i understand correctly, that the proposal says: Qualifiers commute?
>
> yes
>
> >One would be tempted to have DCTERMS extent as LDAP attribute.
>
> Yes, it is probably not a bad idea.
> I think, and I was told some time ago, that qualified DC in LDAP
> should be addressed in a separate document.
Why not...would just leave us with dcContainer as a magic in
the first run.
Cheers,
rs
> Maybe I should use
> that approach, it seems more consistent with LDAP -- it would
> need only extend LDAP with encoding schema definition and let
> the content issues to be application-specific.
> Thank you for this comment especially. :)
>
> >How a client with knowledge is supposed to deal with qualifiers.
> >RFC2596 has some thoughts about matching rules for language qualification.
>
> Client with knowledge of qualifiers can search for queries with
> particular qualifier, eg. list only entries whose dcIdentifier
> is URI, or is URI and refinement is Alternative.
>
> Rostislav Matl
>
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