RE: [xacml-dev] Xacml 3.0 Element <PolicyIdentifierList> Clarification

[Hal Lockhart <hal.lockhart@oracle.com>]

The PolicyIdentifierList is a list of zero or more PolicyIdReference and PolicySetIdReference elements. These elements are of type IdReferenceType which basically contains a policy or policy set ID and attributes containing the version.

BTW, the Version XML Attribute is not a number but a constrained string. (In the form of a.b.c)

Hal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: DRAGOSH, PAMELA L (PAM) [mailto:pdragosh@research.att.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 2:40 PM
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> Subject: [xacml-dev] Xacml 3.0 Element <PolicyIdentifierList>
> Clarification
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm hoping to get more clarification with regards to the
> PolicyIdentifierList element that is contained in the Response, I.e.
> Section 5.49.
> 
> The specification says the following:
> <PolicyIdReference> [Any number]
> 
> The identifier and version of a policy which was applicable to the
> request. See section 5.11. The <PolicyIdReference> element MUST use the
> Version attribute to specify the version and MUST NOT use the
> LatestVersion orEarliestVersion attributes.
> <PolicySetIdReference> [Any number]
> 
> The identifier and version of a policy set which was applicable to the
> request. See section 5.10. The <PolicySetIdReference> element MUST use
> the Version attribute to specify the version and MUST NOT use
> theLatestVersion or EarliestVersion attributes.
> 
> So BOTH the identifier and version of a policy is supposed to be what
> is contained within the element. However, the specification indicates
> [Any number] as the type. The policy identifier is a URI while the
> version is [Any number]. So not only is there a mixture of two
> different data types, there also is nothing indicated as how one parses
> out the identifier and version. Should we assume that the contents
> starts with a URI for the policy id and ends with a [Any number] for
> the version. Or am I missing something from the documentation?
> 
> Pam
> 
> Pamela L. Dragosh
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