Subject: Attribute subtypes and sorting

From: "Jim Sermersheim" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 11:41:28 -0600

Are attribute subtypes to be taken into account when evaluating the sort keys contained in a sort control? For example, if a server supports attribute subtypes (say, 'name' and it's subtypes), and a sort control is passed, which contains 'name' as a sort key, what does the server use as a sort key?

A related example is the handling of language codes. If a sort key is 'CN' and a matching entry holds 'CN' as well as 'CN;lang-en' and 'CN;lang-fr', how should it proceed?

It seems like the easiest to implement answer is "attribute subtypes are disregarded when evaluating sort keys". Should that be inserted in the draft somewhere?

Jim