Chris Dukes wrote: > I have to work with IBM Directory Server on a regular basis, and that > includes some nasty schema analysis for moving some history local schema > modifications to new versions of the product. > I was able to use ldap.schema to simplify most of the nastiness. > > However, IBM extends the schema with the additional attribute > IBMAttributetypes, which describes chracteristics of how attributes will > be stored in the backend. > > IBM was polite enough to document the grammar for this new attribute and > I'll be attempting to create an IBMAttributetype class to hold these.
I vaguely remember coming across these proprietary IBM schema attributes. I wonder why they did not add their specific things to normal AttributeTypeDescription like other directory vendors did. Oh, well... Could you please refer to docs of the grammar? > Now, should I just add the new class to ldap.schema.models and submit a > patch once done? Or should a long term approach of being able to > indicate the addition of server specific extensions be contemplated? I already thought about this when looking at vendor-specific extensions for AttributeTypeDescription for Novell eDirectory and OpenLDAP. Here are some remarks: 1. ldap.schema is somewhat experimental although quite robust in recent deployments. The API is still undocumented mainly because I would be willing to change it if someone comes up with good ideas how to improve it. 2. Lib/ldap/schema/models.py is very closely modeled after RFC 4512. If the IBM grammar loosely follows what's in that RFC 4512 you have a good chance to derive from these classes and extend them by setting class attribute token_defaults according to what's needed. 3. There's ldap.schema.subentry.SCHEMA_CLASS_MAPPING which maps subschema subentry attribute types to Python schema classes in ldap.schema.models. So you have to somewhat register the IBM-specific attributes there. Curious to hear about how to proceed with that. Ciao, Michael. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Python-LDAP-dev mailing list Python-LDAP-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-ldap-dev
