Then again I may be wrong.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Jim Schaad > Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 7:23 PM > To: Sam Hartman; Josh Howlett > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [abfab] Comments on the draft abfab-gss-eap-naming > > I think that I have some issues with this document. > > 1. I am reviewing the private copy that I was given by Sam. This document > has expired and should be republished - even with no changes - ASAP. > > 2. In section 3 - you state that the naming used in SAMLCORE has two parts > - a URI describing the format of the name > - the actual name in a format described above. > > I believe this is totally incorrect. Based on my reading of the document an > attribute contains the following information: > - A string name of an attribute - with any luck this will be a uri but > there is no requirement that it be so > - a URI describing the format of the attribute value > - the actual attribute value > > There are some additional fields that can be included such as a Friendly Name > (a string). > > I think that above discrepancy has some drastic changes in parts of the draft. > Note that one of the things that is listed above is a text based attribute > name. Thus there is nothing that says that a single name cannot be used by > different IdPs in a different manner. I would not expect the same to be true > for a uri based attribute name. I think that this means you need the > following elements: > > a) An (optional) IdP name to identify a domain that the attribute is coming > from > b) A text string identifying the attribute name -this may be pure text or it > may be a uri > c) A format for the attribute value > > The question then arises should you query first the name for the value type > and then for the value? > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > abfab mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/abfab _______________________________________________ abfab mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/abfab
