Re: [Ldap-dir] DLAP Directorate review request for draft-dawkins-ldapext-subnot

[Kurt Zeilenga <[e-mail]>]

On Nov 9, 2009, at 7:06 AM, Mark Smith wrote:

> I believe that the line between some content synchronization  
> scenarios and some event notification scenarios is blurry.

While I agree that the line between scenarios can be blurry, I do  
think it reasonable possible to categorize whether a mechanism is a  
general purpose content synchronization mechanism or a general purpose  
event notification mechanism.  The latter would typically include  
broad support for notification of events which didn't result in change  
the content(*) (such as non-update requests, failed update requests)  
and the former would not.

* While a failed operation might be recorded in the directory (such as  
in an audit log, or even in operational attributes of the target  
entry), failed operations are not (per directory specifications) alter  
directory content.  In categorize mechanisms, one should look only at  
truly "user application" content (content not maintained by the  
directory service).

-- Kurt