RE: Attribute value data types

Title: RSA Interop 2005 Guidelines

I 
agree.

  
-----Original Message-----
From: Philpott, Robert 
  [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 
  8:34 PM
To: Ciochon, Robert; samldemotech
Subject: 
  Attribute value data types

  

  
I believe we did all 
  agree that attribute data in the Attribute elements will be in the 
  “urn:…:attrname-format:basic” format.  We currently have defined 3 
  attributes to be included: MemberLevel, EmailAddress, and CommonName.  We 
  didn’t declare the expected datatypes for the values of these 
  attributes.  I am assuming all of them will be 
  xsi:type=”xs:string”.  That clearly makes sense for EmailAddress and 
  CommonName. Last year, we used “1” for the MemberLevel, but didn’t document 
  its type in the spec.  I believe we ended up making it a string 
  also.

  
 

  
So I recommend that 
  we stick to strings for all attribute values.  Anyone 
  disagree?

  
 

  
I also believe we 
  previously agreed that we would not state that everyone has to use the same 
  attribute values for these attributes (as we did last year).  But one 
  thing I think we did agree on is that these would all be single-valued 
  attribute values.

  
 

  
Anyone 
  disagree?  So, for example, I might send or expect to receive the 
  following attributes:

  
 

  
<saml:Attribute 
  NameFormat=”urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic” 
  Name=”EmailAddress”>

  
    
  <saml:AttributeValue 
  xsi:type=”xs:string”></saml:AttributeValue>

  
</saml:Attribute>

  
<saml:Attribute 
  NameFormat=”urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic” 
  Name=”CommonName”>

  
    
  <saml:AttributeValue xsi:type=”xs:string”>Alice Marie 
  Smith</saml:AttributeValue>

  
</saml:Attribute>

  
<saml:Attribute 
  NameFormat=”urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic” 
  Name=”MemberLevel”>

  
    
  <saml:AttributeValue 
  xsi:type=”xs:string”>1</saml:AttributeValue>

  
</saml:Attribute>

  
 

  
Sound 
  okay?

  
 

  
If so, Bob, could you 
  please update the spec with the additional info?

  

  
Rob 
  Philpott
Senior Consulting 
  Engineer 
RSA Security 
  Inc. 
Tel: 781-515-7115 
Mobile: 617-510-0893 
Fax: 781-515-7020 
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From: 
  Ciochon, Robert [mailto:] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:17 
  PM
To: 
  samldemotech
Subject: RSA 
  Interop 2005 Guidelines

  
 

  
Hi, 
Attached 
  is the first cut at defining the guidelines and use cases for the SAML Interop 
  at RSA 2005.  Please send me any feedback, questions, clarifications, 
  etc...

  
Regards, 
Bob 
<<RSA2005-saml-interop.doc>> 
  

  
 

  
Robert 
  Ciochon 
eTrust Development 
  Manager 
Computer Associates 
  
San Diego, 
  California 
(858) 625-6866