Re: LDAP outcome entry

[Dave CROCKER <[e-mail]>]

Eliot,

Thanks for the followup.  Your note makes sense.

If folks agree, can one of you LDAP devotees modify the existing entry to match 
this?

d/

On 2/22/2010 8:46 AM, Eliot Lear wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> As I see it there are two parts to LDAP- the transport and the schema.
> If you were to break it up as such, you could say that the transport had
> little to do with X.500 and the schema can be said to be a derivative
> work, based on experimental experiences of the Quippu folk, led by
> Marshall Rose & Steve Kille.
>
> Eliot
>
> On 2/22/10 5:22 PM, Dave CROCKER wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> I'd like to get a consensus assessment on the LDAP entry in the IETF
>> Outcomes wiki:
>>
>> <http://trac.tools.ietf.org/misc/outcomes/wiki/IetfApplications#LDAP>
>>
>>
>> Specifically:
>>
>>
>> 1. Origin: LDAP is an X.500 derivative, but it indeed might be more
>> accurate to describe it as having been a fresh IETF effort that used
>> X.500 as input. This would explain the current entry's Origina
>> setting. Does anyone disagree with the current entry's claim that LDAP
>> originated in the IETF?
>>
>>
>> 2. Usage: My impression is that LDAP is hugely deployed and used
>> within enterprises, so that the ++ is correct. Yes? I'm curious about
>> the listing's asserting significant derivative work. While it makes
>> sense there would be this, I'd like to get confirmation here.
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> d/
>

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