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Subject: Re: [xacml-comment] Inappropriate use of xsi:type in SAML profileprotocol schemas


Steven,

Thanks for spotting this. You are correct. They should be "type" not 
"xsi:type".

Best regards,
Erik

On 2010-12-03 00:27, Steven Legg wrote:
>
> Some of the Committee Specification 1 XML Schemas for the SAML 2.0 
> profile of
> XACML use the "xsi:type" XML attribute in element definitions where 
> they should
> use the "type" attribute. The affected schemas are:
>
>     xacml-1.0-profile-saml2.0-v2-schema-protocol-wd-13.xsd.xml
>     xacml-1.1-profile-saml2.0-v2-schema-protocol-wd-13.xsd.xml
>     xacml-2.0-profile-saml2.0-v2-schema-protocol-wd-13.xsd.xml
>     xacml-3.0-profile-saml2.0-v2-schema-protocol-wd-13.xsd.xml
>
> The following element definition is a typical case:
>
> <element name="Extensions" xsi:type="xacml-samlp:ExtensionsType" />
>
> This definition is actually attempting to extend the XML Schema "element"
> element, which is of the XML Schema "topLevelElement" type, but is 
> invalid
> because "xacml-samlp:ExtensionsType" isn't derived from 
> "topLevelElement".
> The "type" attribute is no doubt intended instead of the "xsi:type" 
> attribute.
> Because the "type" attribute is omitted from the element definition, 
> the type
> for the "Extensions" element defaults to the XML Schema "anyType", 
> perhaps
> explaining why the defect has escaped detection previously.
>
> Regards,
> Steven Legg
>



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