Scott Cantor wrote:
>
> > All URIs contained in SAML elements (whether as element or attribute
> > values) MUST be compared as specified in [RFC2396]. In particular this
> > means that "http://foo.com/go/to/the/pub/" represents the same
> resource
> > as "HTTP://FoO.CoM:80/go/../go/to/the/pub".
>
> Stephen, do you (or anyone else) know if this is the rule specified by
> the relevant XML standards for comparing namespace URIs?
That being an XML question the obvious answer is: "Dunno" :-)
> I'm specifically curious about that in the context of using URIs as
> identifiers for things like confirmation methods or audience
> restrictions.
Good catch. I was only thinking of resources.
Stephen.
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