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From: mark@ditmela.oz (Mark Blakey)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: X.500 Directories : Does NIST mandate recursive DNs ?
Keywords: X.500, NIST, Directories, Distinguished Names
Message-ID: <8025@ditmela.oz>
Date: 16 Nov 89 03:43:04 GMT
Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology, Australia
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X.500 permits attribute value assertions (AVA) of all attribute types.
If the attribute type is "Distinguished Name" then the AVA is recursive
(since DNs are sequences of RDNs which are sequences of AVAs).

Can someone from NIST advise me whether the support of recursive DNs
is mandatory under the 1989 agreement (we have the 1988 version which
does not address this issue).

Can anyone think of a real-world application for a recursive DN?

Mark Blakey
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