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RE: [xacml] xpath-expression datatype

  • 1.  RE: [xacml] xpath-expression datatype

    Posted 08-27-2004 17:14
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    Subject: RE: [xacml] xpath-expression datatype


    
    Agreed that it is a bit late.  But I would think that is an important.
    
    For the dynamic composition purposes, we can introduce string-to-xpath
    mapping function.   Legacy policies then can be easily and automatically
    converted to 2.0 functions.
    
    Seems like an easy and safe change.
    
    Daniel.
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Seth Proctor [mailto:Seth.Proctor@Sun.COM] 
    Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 7:29 AM
    To: Anne.Anderson@Sun.COM
    Cc: 'XACML'
    Subject: RE: [xacml] xpath-expression datatype
    
    
    On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 10:17, Anne Anderson wrote:
    > [...comments about xpath-expression...]
    
    I think we all agreed that there should be stronger typing, but we also
    agreed that we shouldn't be trying to make significant changes like this
    at the last minute. I would strongly vote against making any changes to
    functions or datatypes at this point in the process. I do believe that
    people compose XPath expressions (I've seen examples of this in user's
    policies) dynamically, and they cannot do this with the xpath-expression
    datatype. I do not believe that the lack of type safety here is actually
    affecting anyone right now. Once we start talking about how to change
    this, there will be a cascade effect of other changes.
    
    My vote is to table this discussion.
    
    
    seth
    
    
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