[dsml] Re: File binding straw man

[rowley@netscape.com (Pete Rowley)]

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Jeff Parham wrote:

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On the otherhand if you would like to submit a different proposal for the file binding or an alternative change to the existing proposal, please do.

So, I slept on this.  I think the problem is that currently the representation
of the data is inextricably intertwined with the mechanics of the protocol.
 For other bindings this may not be such an issue, but for a file binding
it seems more limiting.  So, in an attempt to extract protocol mechanics
from data representation and formalise that process - how about adding an
optional URI which directs search result sets into another file which is
to be in dsml1.0 format?  Of course, to make that useful, similar functionality
would be needed for add operations.  Make sense?
  
Formalising the way to achieve a server to server data dump seems more useful
than requiring that "servers"  (of any kind) deviate from the standard in
order to provide everyday functionality.
-- 
Pete Rowley
Developer
Netscape Directory Server