Re: [security-services] FW: boolean attributes in SAML 2.0

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Cantor, Scott <>
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2014-02-28T14:49:40+00:00
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Re: [security-services] FW: boolean attributes in SAML 2.0
On 2/28/14, 9:35 AM, "Thomas Hardjono" <> wrote:

>Is it valid for a xsd:Boolean attribute in SAML 2.0 (specifically, the
>AllowCreate attribute as defined in
>http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-core-2.0-os.pdf ) to
>be encoded as any of the literals {³0², ³1², ³true²,³false²}, or are ONLY
>the literals {³true², ³false²) valid in the context of SAML 2.0?

Yes.

>Which interpretation is correct?  Are there documents, standards,
>comments, guidance, etc. that can be referred to the support a given
>interpretation?

The schema grammar defines the lexical syntax unless overridden by a
specific statement, such as those in section 1 of core, or in a specific
item definition.

-- Scott