Re: [kmip] Groups - Name attribute modification to allow non-unique names uploaded

[Bruce Rich <brich@us.ibm.com>]

Bob,

I am strongly opposed to this breaking
change to the current protocol.

Applications today can count on the
uniqueness of the Name attribute to locate a specific object in KMIP.  Your
proposal robs them of that ability.  And your description is inaccurate.
 Your proposal does NOT allow "easy lookups of specific objects".
 It renders the process more complicated, in that it allows multiple
possible answers to a question that today would yield at most one specific
answer.

I would be totally OK with the introduction
of a "Nickname" attribute that behaves as you described in your
proposal.  Applications that wish to deal with the ambiguity of such
a mechanism could then opt to use it.  I think it wrong to change
the semantics of "Name" without a major protocol version change.

Bruce A Rich
brich at-sign us dot ibm dot com




From:      
 Robert Lockhart <Robert.Lockhart@thalesesec.com>
To:      
 kmip@lists.oasis-open.org
Date:      
 12/04/2012 08:39 AM
Subject:    
   [kmip] Groups
- Name attribute modification to allow non-unique names uploaded
Sent by:    
   <kmip@lists.oasis-open.org>

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Document Name: Name attribute modification to allow non-unique names

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Description
Modification to make the name attribute non-unique for a standard attribute
that allows easy lookups of specific objects by a human readable name.
Download Latest Revision
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Submitter: Robert Lockhart
Group: OASIS Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) TC
Folder: Proposals
Date submitted: 2012-12-04 06:37:15