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Subject: RE: [saml-dev] Attribute Statement example
Thanks a lot for clarifying Ryan. Bhavna >Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 13:14:55 -0400 >From: Ryan Eberhard <ryan.eberhard@entegrity.com> >Subject: RE: [saml-dev] Attribute Statement example >To: "'Bhavna Bhatnagar'" <bhavna.bhatnagar@sun.com>, saml-dev@lists.oasis-open.org >MIME-version: 1.0 >Hop-count: 1 >X-MAILWATCH-INSTANCEID: 01020003d9744ee4-aad2-434c-a86c-d0caffcc25e5 >List-Owner: <mailto:saml-dev-help@lists.oasis-open.org> >List-Post: <mailto:saml-dev@lists.oasis-open.org> >List-Subscribe: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl>, <mailto:saml-dev-request@lists.oasis-open.org?body=subscribe> >List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl>, <mailto:saml-dev-request@lists.oasis-open.org?body=unsubscribe> >List-Archive: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/saml-dev/> >List-Help: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/elists/admin.shtml>, <mailto:saml-dev-request@lists.oasis-open.org?body=help> >List-Id: <saml-dev.lists.oasis-open.org> >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 May 2002 17:18:47.0987 (UTC) FILETIME=[BF0E5030:01C1F846] > >Bhavna, > >I was originally responsible for that piece of verbiage... sorry for any >confusion. > >What I meant was that because AttributeValue is an anyType, it seemed >sensible to put some limits on what would be included in this element, but I >wanted to suggest the least restrictive limit. Therefore, the schema type >of AttributeValue should be specified with an xsi:type attribute (rather >than a substitution group), the type should extend "string", and it should >remain a simple type. In practice, this means that the AttributeValue >schema could only be extended to include custom attributes. > >For example: > ><AttributeValue xsi:type="string">Administrator</AttributeValue> > >Or... > ><AttributeValue xsi:type="vendor:MyAttributeValue" vendor:attr1="a" >vendor:attr2="b"> > Administrator ></AttributeValue> > >Ryan > >-----Original Message----- >From: Bhavna Bhatnagar [mailto:bhavna.bhatnagar@sun.com] >Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 12:18 PM >To: saml-dev@lists.oasis-open.org >Subject: [saml-dev] Attribute Statement example > > >Hi Prateek/Anyone, > >I was revisiting Prateek's original proposal regarding the artifact profile >testing and was wondering if you could give me an example of how an >Attribute >Statement might look like. > >I was having difficulty understanding these lines from the doc.: > >We suggest that AttributeValues be defined by a schema that has >simpleContent >and derives from string (or is string), i.e. extra attributes only, and that >the >xsi:type mechanism be used. This way, portal sites can be guaranteed of >getting >a string pair for AttributeName and AttributeValue. > > >Thanks much. > >Bhavna > >________________________________________________________________________ >Bhavna Bhatnagar Sun Microsystems Inc. > >Identity Management group __o >Tel: 408-276-3591 _`\<,_ > (*)/ (*) > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription >manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> ________________________________________________________________________ Bhavna Bhatnagar Sun Microsystems Inc. Identity Management group __o Tel: 408-276-3591 _`\<,_ (*)/ (*) ________________________________________________________________________
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