RE: Registration of non-LDAP schemas?

[capple@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Christopher W Apple)]

>Hmm, to the best of my understanding, I think you're saying this is a 
>"by-reference" vs. "by-value" issue.  The approach of this group seems to 
>be a "by-reference" approach, whereas you're feeling that the DTDs are a 
>"by-value" approach.  Is this a good summary?

Yes, I believe so. Viewing the service from a high-level point of
view, the metadata in the listing service really serves a single
purpose: cataloging listings by characteristics not contained within
detailed specifications of discrete schema elements. Such discrete
schema elements are referenced in the metadata by a URL based on
the file name that contains the specification of the details.
A DTD could be considered one such discrete schema element type
for the case of listing XML schema.

>> >So, the question I raise is: should non-LDAP schemas be capable of
>> >registration and retrieval using the mechanisms defined by this working
>> >group?
>> >
>> >- Jim
>>
>> Eventually. The timeframe in which the service is opened up to
>> non-directory-service schemas is open for debate. The only answer
>> that is plausible (in the most general sense): not immediately.
>
>Staged implementation of the listing service sounds OK to me, but I do want 
>to make sure that in the haste to create a listing for directory schemas, 
>listing of other schemas isn't made more difficult, or awkward.
>
>- Jim

To a certain degree this will be unavoidable. We cannot accurately
predict requirements for listing schema of yet-to-be-invented (or even
all existing) protocols/technology. We are revising the various documents
published to date to make them and the service platform as extensible as
time permits. They _should_ be on their way to the I-D editor before
monday, next week. Stay tuned...

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