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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
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>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
>
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>Bhavna Bhatnagar                		Sun Microsystems Inc.
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