The root context consists of the root entry of the DIT, plus a complete set of subordinate or non-specific subordinate references, of catagory master, to all the First Level naming contexts. How this is achieved is outside the scope of this standard. The root context may be shadowed by shadow First Level DSAs, using the procedures of X.525. Whilst the root entry of the DIT does not contain any user attributes, it may contain operational attributes that need to be copied between the First Level DSAs, e.g. the nonSpecificKnowledge Attribute. We need to add text to X.525 to specify exactly how the root context can be shadowed by shadow First Level DSAs.
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Two defect reports that suggest the above fixes are appended below. Root context, or root naming context, are no longer mentioned in the 1993 edition of the standard. This terminology would be useful, as an aid to describing the replication between first level DSAs. The root context consists of the root entry of the DIT, plus a complete set of subordinate or non-specific subordinate references, of catagory master, to all the First Level naming contexts. How this is achieved is outside the scope of this standard.