The DirXML-EntitlementRef NameSpaceType Field indicates if the DirXML Entitlement is Granted or Revoked.
Because the attribute is Write-managed, the agent setting the DirXML-EntitlementRef attribute value on an eDirectory object must have write access to the DirXML-EntitlementRef attribute on the object that is being written to and must also have write access to the ACL attribute on the DirXML-Entitlement object that is referred to by the DN portion of the DirXML-EntitlementRef value.
The Path Field (or string) portion of the DirXML-EntitlementRef attribute contains an XML document whose root element is <ref>.
The NameSpaceType Field (or integer) portion of the DirXML-EntitlementRef attribute is used as a Bitmask to hold a set of flags.
Bit 0 of the 32-bit integer is used for this flag value and is known as the state bit where:
Bit 1 is used to flag a granted entitlement that is the result of the upgrade process and is known as the upgrade bit where:
Bits 2-31 are reserved for future use.