Re: [xacml-comment] Two comments on XACML Implementers Guide

[Polar Humenn <polar@syr.edu>]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Satoshi Hada wrote:

> Two comments on XACML Implementers Guide:
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/xacml/repository/xacml-implement-guide-1.1.doc
> 
> >> Section4 Bags
> >> A singleton bag is NOT the same
> >> as an instance of the datatype contained in the bag.
> 
> What does "a singleton bag" mean?
> Does it mean a bag that contains a single attribute value?

Yes. 

> >> Section6 Combining algorithm.
> >> First-Applicable: The "applicability" test is based solely on 
> >> evaluation of the Target.
> 
> It seems to me that this is a description about 
> Only-one-applicable (Appendix C.4)
> rather than First-applicable (Appendix C.3).

I don't understand your point. The "applicability" test is based solely on
the evaluation of the target, whether it is only-one-applicable, or
first-applicable. Are you saying that the descriptions in Section six are 
merely misplaced?

Cheers,
-Polar

> Satoshi Hada
> IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory 
> mailto:satoshih@jp.ibm.com