On Monday, September 20, 2004, 12:23:33 PM, Graham wrote: GK> Jeff, GK> That wording looks OK to me. GK> One additional point to consider, but I think it's marginal: the case when GK> the default namespace is a SAML namespace. (In practice, I think anyone GK> who knows enough about XML to use this stuff will understand that case is GK> implied, but maybe it's better to be explicit.) I agree (especially in a section on magic numbers and by extension, magic strings) its better to avoid any mention of potentially magical prefixes in the registration document. Just state the URI of the namespace or namespaces. Since this is a +xml type, its okay to assume that an XML processor is being used rather than plain text regexps and so on. State the element local name and its namespace, and you are all set. GK> #g GK> -- GK> At 11:52 06/09/04 -0700, you wrote:
I'm a bit concerned that this might be read as asserting that a application/samlassertion+xml object must use the specific namespace prefix "saml", rather than any namesp[ace prefix that maps to a SAML namespace URI.
good catch, thanks.
Assuming this is not being claimed, I'd suggest: [[ Additional information:
Magic number(s): In general, the same as for application/xml [RFC3023]. In particular, the XML root element of the returned object will be <saml:Assertion>, where "saml" as any namespace prefix that maps to a version-specific SAML assertion namespace URI, as defined by the appropriate SAML "core" specification (see bibliography). In the case of SAMLv2.0, the root element of the returned object may be either <saml:Assertion> or <saml:EncryptedAssertion>, where "saml" is a prefix that maps to the SAMLv2.0 assertion namespace URI: urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion. ]]
how 'bout this build:
Magic number(s): In general, the same as for application/xml [RFC3023]. In particular, the XML root element of the returned object will be <saml:Assertion>, where "saml" represents any XML namespace prefix that maps to a version-specific SAML assertion XML namespace URI, as defined by the appropriate version-specific SAML "core" specification (see bibliography).
With SAMLv2.0 specifically, the root element of the returned object may be either <saml:Assertion> or <saml:EncryptedAssertion> , where "saml" is an XML namspace prefix that maps to the SAMLv2.0 assertion namespace URI: urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion.
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thanks,
JeffH
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