Re: [security-services] The debut of the Approved Errata document

["Tom Scavo" <trscavo@gmail.com>]

Your edit looks good to me, Eve!

Thanks,
Tom

On 2/12/07, Eve L. Maler <Eve.Maler@sun.com> wrote:
> I'm finishing up the last few errata editing items.  On E61, in
> reviewing Tom's suggested edit, I was feeling a little uncomfortable
> that it makes such deep edits (something we should avoid when we can
> in errata) for a relatively trivial point, and also I noticed that
> it goes against the introductory sentence in Section 7.1 that says
> "The following sections discuss only elements and types that have
> been specifically designed to support extensibility."
>
> Since it seems we didn't officially approve the wording for E61 yet
> (I couldn't find it in the 16 Jan 2007 notes), I'd like to suggest
> we take another look at this in tomorrow's call.  Here is the
> wording I propose as an alternative -- I will include this in the
> edits I make on a prospective basis, but can change it afterward if
> need be.
>
> "The following SAML protocol *construct*s are intended specifically
> for use as extension points in an extension schema; *the types
> listed* are set to abstract, and are thus usable only as the base of
> a derived type:
>
> • RequestAbstractType
> • <SubjectQuery> and SubjectQueryAbstractType"
>
>         Eve
>
> Tom Scavo wrote:
> > On 1/14/07, Eve L. Maler <Eve.Maler@sun.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> - Are edits to Core for E61 acceptable?
> >
> > Since SubjectQueryAbstractType is derived from RequestAbstractType, I
> > wonder if the latter should be mentioned first.  I offer the following
> > rewrite as one possible alternative:
> >
> > 7.1.2 Protocol Schema Extension
> >
> > The samlp:RequestAbstractType is available for use as an extension
> > point in extension schema.  The following SAML protocol element, which
> > itself is an extension of samlp:RequestAbstractType, is also available
> > for use as an extension point:
> >
> > <SubjectQuery> and SubjectQueryAbstractType
> >
> > The following SAML protocol elements are derived from
> > samlp:SubjectQueryAbstractType and are therefore particularly
> > interesting targets for extension:
> >
> >  <AuthnQuery> and AuthnQueryType
> >  <AttributeQuery> and AttributeQueryType
> >  <AuthzDecisionQuery> and AuthzDecisionQueryType
> >
> > Likewise the concrete type samlp:StatusResponseType is a possible
> > extension point.
> >
> >> - Unmade edit to change "tc" to "TC" at lines "1571-1572" in Core:
> >>    The problem is that I can't find where to do this!  Can someone
> >>    remind me?  (Tom S.?)
> >
> > I'm not following you, Eve.  This doesn't have anything to do with E60
> > or E61, right?  In any event, I can't find the lines you're referring
> > to, either in core original or core amended.
> >
> > Tom
> >
>
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