RE: [xacml] SAML Attribute Representation (compltete)

["Karl F. Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org>]

September list archives are at
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/xacml/200109/maillist.html

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Karl F. Best
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Lockhart [mailto:hal.lockhart@entegrity.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 12:39 PM
> To: 'xacml@lists.oasis-open.org'
> Subject: [xacml] SAML Attribute Representation (compltete)
>
>
> (Sorry. previous message was sent prematurely.)
>
> I promised the Policy Model Group I would post pointers to
> the current SAML
> Attribute Syntax and the debate over attribute scope vs. namespaces.
>
> The current core spec is here:
>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/security/docs/draft-sstc-
> core-19.doc
>
> and here:
>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/security/docs/draft-sstc-
> core-19.pdf
>
> depending on which format you prefer.
>
> Attributes are discussed in section 1.6.
>
> I just noticed that apparently OASIS only keeps public
> archives for the
> current month and some of the discussion was in late
> September.  However the
> key message is attached.
>
> To summarize, the discussion that followed, it was pointed
> out that scope
> can be provided in the schema used for any given attribute.
> Alternatively it
> can be imbeded in the attribute name by convention, for example:
> foo@sample.com.
>
> So Scott has withdrawn his request and I take it that
> Shiboleth will define
> attribute schemas that contain a scope element.
>
> Hal
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