RE: [wss] Missing /wsse:Security/@S11:MustUnderstand

["Martin Gudgin" <mgudgin@microsoft.com>]

Yes, SOAP 1.2 allows all 4 lexical values ( but NOTE they are all lower
case, whereas your original mail had uppercase 'T' and 'F' )

SOAP 1.1 only allows 2 lexical values ( '1' and '0') 

Gudge

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Lockhart [mailto:hlockhar@bea.com] 
> Sent: 02 June 2005 20:10
> To: Martin Gudgin; wss@lists.oasis-open.org
> Cc: Anthony Nadalin
> Subject: RE: [wss] Missing /wsse:Security/@S11:MustUnderstand
> 
>  
> > Actually, "True" and "False" are not legal lexical values of 
> > xs:boolean.
> > The legal values are "1", "true", "0", "false".
> 
> 
> Section 5.2.3 of the SOAP 1.2 spec seems to say "true" and 
> "false" are legal.
> 
> ----------
> 5.2.3 SOAP mustUnderstand Attribute
> 
> The SOAP mustUnderstand attribute information item is used to 
> indicate whether the processing of a SOAP header block is 
> mandatory or optional (see 2.4 Understanding SOAP Header Blocks)
> 
> The mustUnderstand attribute information item has the 
> following XML infoset properties:
> 
>     *
> 
>       A [local name] of mustUnderstand .
>     *
> 
>       A [namespace name] of "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope";.
>     *
> 
>       A [specified] property with a value of "true".
> 
> The type of the mustUnderstand attribute information item is 
> xs:boolean.
> 
> Omitting this attribute information item is defined as being 
> semantically equivalent to including it with a value of "false".
> 
> SOAP senders SHOULD NOT generate, but SOAP receivers MUST 
> accept the SOAP mustUnderstand attribute information item 
> with a value of "false" or "0".
> 
> If generating a SOAP mustUnderstand attribute information 
> item, a SOAP sender SHOULD use the canonical representation 
> "true" of the attribute value (see XML Schema [XML Schema 
> Part 2]). A SOAP receiver MUST accept any valid lexical 
> representation of the attribute value.
> 
> If relaying the message, a SOAP intermediary MAY substitute 
> "true" for the value "1", or "false" for "0". In addition, a 
> SOAP intermediary MAY omit a SOAP mustUnderstand attribute 
> information item if its value is "false" (see 2.7 Relaying 
> SOAP Messages).
> 
> A SOAP sender generating a SOAP message SHOULD use the 
> mustUnderstand attribute information item only on SOAP header 
> blocks. A SOAP receiver MUST ignore this attribute 
> information item if it appears on descendants of a SOAP 
> header block or on a SOAP body child element information item 
> (or its descendents).
> -------
> 
> Hal
>