Re: [sca-policy] [NEW ISSUE] Policy Specification has incorrect examplesfor the @appliesTo attribute of PolicySet

[ashok malhotra <ashok.malhotra@oracle.com>]

Thank you, Mike!  I thought we had fixed these in response to an earlier 
issue but they seem to have fallen between the cracks!
All the best, Ashok


Mike Edwards wrote:
>
> Raiser:                Mike Edwards
>
> Target:                sca-policy-1.1-spec-cd02-rev6.doc
>
> Description:
>
> The Policy spec has numerous examples of the @appliesTo attribute of 
> the <policySet/> element.
>
> Most of these examples are formally incorrect.
>
> The example on line 372 is correct, with this form:
>
> appliesTo="//sca:binding.ws"
>
> The "//" at the beginning of the string is essential - the string is 
> an XPath expression and the expression is evaluated
> against all <composite/> document elements in the Domain.  "//" means 
> "any nodes of the following type anywhere
> in the hierarchy below the root element (ie below the composite 
> element(s)).
>
> All the other examples of @appliesTo in the Policy specification omit 
> the leading "//".  This has the meaning of selecting
> all the children of the stated binding element, where that element is 
> the root element (which of course, it never is).
>
> Here is an example from line 461, typical of the other occurrences:
>
> appliesTo="binding.ws"
>
> The following is a list of all the incorrect examples of @appliesTo in 
> the CD02 Rev6 document:
>
> Line #
>
> 461
> 493
> 543
> 557
> 596
> 1162
> 1268
> 1381
> 1932
>
>
> Proposal:
>
> For all examples of the @appliesTo attribute, ensure that the string 
> begins with "//".
>
> Here is a version of CD02 Rev6 with the complete set of proposed 
> updates (all changes accepted before creating
> this version of the document).
>
>
>
>
>
> Yours,  Mike.
>
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