Bob,
The idea of the IANA registry for common attribute values was
to establish a clearinghouse for attributes that are thought to be
generally useful and which all PEM UAs should be able to support. An
ID number seems to fit nicely in this category. I really think it
makes sense to have multiple entries that are distinguished by
inclusion of this sort of numeric ID attribute, but that it is harder
to justify using CN to record this info in a second tier of entries
below the "real" CN.
No beach for me, Bob. Off to SFO to speak at INET93, then be
a panelist at a conference at RASDSI, and then on to Austin to speak
at the "Networking and Telecommunications in Higher Education"
conference, before returning home for a day. Then, back to SFO to
teach a two-day tutorial at Interop and attend that conference for the
week. My move happens while I'm flying back to Boston on 8/27!
Steve