Re: [Shared] [Schema API] Shouldn't getName[s] really be getAliases[s]

[Alex Karasulu <ak...@gmail.com>]

Ahh ok you're right I did not consider the confusion with alias entries that
could result.

On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@apache.org>wrote:

> Stefan Seelmann wrote:
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>> Alex Karasulu wrote:
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>>> Thoughts?
>>>
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>> >From RFC 4512:
>>   The NAME field provides a set of short names (descriptors) that are
>>   to be used as aliases for the OID.
>>
>> So there are at least three synonyms for the same thing.
>>
>> I'd use the terms defined in the ABNF and that is 'NAME'. Otherwise also
>> many other methods could be renamed (e.g. getMayAttributeTypes could be
>> named getAllowedAttributeTypes or getOptionalAttributeTypes).
>>
>>
> +1. I think that sticking to the RFC names eliminate the confusion. Aliases
> are something different in LDAP terminology. In this very case, the RFC call
> those NAME aliases, but the Description uses NAME, not ALIAS.
>
>> My 2 cents,
>> Stefan
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