Re: Enumerations in schema

Hi Berin -

>My guess is that you are using Xerces-J?  (I'm using Xerces-C)

That's right, I am using Xerces-J.

Regards,
Tommy

>From: Berin Lautenbach <berin@wingsofhermes.org>
>To: tommy lindberg <lindberg_tommy@hotmail.com>
>CC: www-xkms@w3.org
>Subject: Re: Enumerations in schema
>Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 21:01:50 +1000
>
>Tommy,
>
>My guess is that you are using Xerces-J?  (I'm using Xerces-C)
>
>Strictly speaking, I don't think the behaviour below can be relied on in 
>all parsers.  As I understand it, Xerces-C behaviour is perfectly 
>acceptable for a schema validating parser.  So if we leave it as is, we are 
>going to have cases where the messages cannot be validated because the 
>parser is being very strict.
>
>Cheers,
>	Berin
>
>
>tommy lindberg wrote:
>
>>Berin, Rich
>>
>>>I guess everyone tested using 'xkms' as the NS prefix.
>>
>>
>>I didn't. :)
>>
>>It seems to work ok for me; whatever prefix is bound to the XKMS namespace 
>>must be used for the attributes and elements of type QName.
>>
>>E.g. if I bind 'km' to the XKMS namespace and used 'xkms' as the prefix 
>>for a KeyUsage value, this is what Xerces emits:
>>
>>UndeclaredPrefix: Cannot resolve 'xkms:Signature' as a QName: the prefix 
>>'xkms' is not declared.
>>The value 'xkms:Signature' of element 'km:KeyUsage' is not valid.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Tommy
>>
>>
>>>From: Rich Salz <rsalz@datapower.com>
>>>To: Berin Lautenbach <berin@wingsofhermes.org>
>>>CC: "www-xkms@w3.org" <www-xkms@w3.org>
>>>Subject: Re: Enumerations in schema
>>>Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 12:29:27 -0400 (EDT)
>>>
>>>
>>> >     <simpleType name="KeyUsageType">
>>> >         <restriction base="QName">
>>> >             <enumeration value="xkms:Encryption"/>
>>> >             <enumeration value="xkms:Signature"/>
>>> >             <enumeration value="xkms:Exchange"/>
>>> >         </restriction>
>>> >     </simpleType>
>>> >
>>> > I'm not a huge expert in XMLSchema, but my understanding is that
>>> > enumeration values are literal.
>>>
>>>You are correct.
>>>
>>>Bummer. :)
>>>
>>>I guess everyone tested using 'xkms' as the NS prefix.
>>>
>>>I *hate* qname's as attribute values.  It is very late to change them to
>>>URI's, although I know what WS-Security did it at last-call stage. WE
>>>could then use Gudge's "open enumeration" technique to list the URI's 
>>>that
>>>are pre-defined by the standard.
>>>
>>>
>>>*Something* has to be fixsed, either the schema enumeration values
>>>removed, or QNAME->URI.  I vote for the second choice.
>>>
>>>     /r$
>>>
>>>--
>>>Rich Salz                  Chief Security Architect
>>>DataPower Technology       http://www.datapower.com
>>>XS40 XML Security Gateway  http://www.datapower.com/products/xs40.html
>>>XML Security Overview      
>>>http://www.datapower.com/xmldev/xmlsecurity.html
>>>
>>
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Received on Tuesday, 6 July 2004 07:31:00 UTC