RE: [xacml] Entity... Category... Attributes - JSON profile

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Sinnema, Remon <>
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2013-07-03T09:17:41+00:00
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RE: [xacml] Entity... Category... Attributes - JSON profile
All,

 

I agree with keeping aligned with core. At some point I’d like to change core, though.

 

 

Thanks,

Ray

 

 

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On Behalf Of David Brossard

Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 9:54 AM

To: xacml

Subject: [xacml] Entity... Category... Attributes - JSON profile

 

The last time I was on the call 3 weeks ago, I said I was ok with using the word entity.

 

All things considered, I don't want to do that. While I think it's a great idea, I don't want to deviate the JSON profile from XACML 3.0. It will make training and explanations more complicated.

 

If I decide to call the <Attributes/> element something else, I should call it Category since the first child is CategoryId and the notion of a category is well established in XACML 3.0

 

If I call it Entity then I'd have to rename CategoryId to EntityId or plain Id. I would then have to explain to users of the JSON profile what Entity is and why a different name was used. That just complicates things.

 

So I'll stick to the name Category.

 

Any big massive objection? I have been slow and delayed in this work so I now want to finish it off. This is -  I believe - the last detail. I've also written sample code which complies with the profile to verify the workability of the
 profile. It looks good so far.

 

Cheers,

David.

 

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