Boxcarring of multiple attributes in an assertion

["Eve L. Maler" <Eve.Maler@Sun.COM>]

We have explicitly said that multiple statements in an assertion are 
equivalent to multiple assertions each with one statement, but we forgot 
to account for "boxcarring" of multiple attributes in a single 
statement.  Should they in fact be equivalent?  (I believe so.)

	Eve

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Multiple Attributes in an Assertion
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 11:40:20 -0500
From: Anne Anderson <Anne.Anderson@Sun.COM>
Reply-To: Anne.Anderson@Sun.COM
To: Eve Maler <Eve.Maler@Sun.COM>
CC: Anne.Anderson@Sun.COM

In sstc-saml-schema-assertion-2.0.xsd.xml for core-07:

A SAML Assertion may contain an unbounded number of
AttributeStatement elements.  Each AttributeStatement might have
a different SessionIndex attribute, but that attribute is
optional.

Each AttributeStatement may contain an unbounded number of
Attribute elements.

So are the following equivalent?

  <Assertion ...>
    <AttributeStatement>
       <Attribute Name="A1" .../>
       <Attribute Name="A2" .../>
    </AttributeStatement>
  </Assertion>

  <Assertion ...>
    <AttributeStatement>
       <Attribute Name="A1" .../>
    </AttributeStatement>
    <AttributeStatement>
       <Attribute Name="A2" .../>
    </AttributeStatement>
  </Assertion>

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