OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) TC

Use of AttributeId "...resource:xpath"

  • 1.  Use of AttributeId "...resource:xpath"

    Posted 09-11-2009 06:33
    Hi all,
    
    I'm curious as to what the Resource AttributeId
    "urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:resource:xpath" signifies.
    
    I found the following in XACML 1.0, but it's not referenced in XACML 2.0
    except for in some examples.
    
       "This identifier indicates that the resource is specified by an XPath
       expression.
            urn:oasis:names:tc:xacml:1.0:resource:xpath"
    
    What is this attribute for?  What should a ResourceAttributeDesignator with
    this AttributeId return?
    
    Regards,
    Craig
    
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    craig forster | staff software engineer | ibm australia development labs