Re: [saml-dev] Metadata extensions

["Alistair Young" <alistair@smo.uhi.ac.uk>]

That's spot on Tom! Just what I was looking for.

I have a use case for another RoleDescriptor extension but it's unlikely
it would be of much use to other SAML2 adopters. Unless people are
interested in web service metadata.

cheers,
Alistair

-- 
Alistair Young
Senior Software Engineer
UHI@Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Isle of Skye
Scotland

> On 7/28/05, Alistair Young <alistair@smo.uhi.ac.uk> wrote:
>> I'm defining an new implementation of SAML2 Metadata RoleDescriptor and
>> was wondering why the schema didn't allow substitution groups. It seems
>> I
>> need to use xsi:type to extend RoleDescriptor and use <RoleDescriptor>
>> in
>> the instance document rather than defining a new element.
>
> I can't answer your first question, Alistair, but a new RoleDescriptor
> type does the trick, yes.  See
>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/11805/draft-saml-metadata-ext-01.pdf
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/11806/draft-saml-metadata-ext.xsd
>
> for an example.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Tom
>