Subject: Re: UTC Time reference in RFC 2252

From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:31:19 -0800

In reviewing X.500 documents, the term "OBSOLETE", a
component of administrative policy, has specific
semantics which is quite different from simply stating
a particular schema element is "obsolete" (as is
"deprecated").

We should avoid adding "OBSOLETE" to any schema element
description but may add a note indicating that a
particular element is "obsolete" or "deprecated" where
appropriate.

In particular, for UTCtime, I suggest:
  Note: this syntax is deprecated in favor of the 
  generalizedTime syntax

Such a note does not disallow use of the element.

Kurt