I consider this a pretty obvious editorial error that most readers of
the spec would ultimately catch. I have no problem with our fixing it...
Eve
Philpott, Robert wrote:
> I just noticed this one a few minutes ago...
>
> Line 1262 of core-31 says the IssueInstant of a RESPONSE is the "time
> instant of issue of the REQUEST". I really do believe this is a cut and
> paste error and should really be the "time issue instant of the
> response". It really does change the normative meaning of the
> definition so it's not quite just an editorial change.
>
> What harm will occur if this is left as-is for V1.0? As far as I can
> recall, we specify no processing requirements in the spec for the
> IssueInstant. If that's the case, then there probably is no harm in
> leaving it and fixing it in V1.1.
>
> But if an authority uses the response creation time, then and some
> relying party incorrectly assumes that it is supposed to be the response
> instant of the corresponding request, then it might decide to reject the
> response because of a mismatch.
>
> Thoughts?
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