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Re: [xacml] Proposed semantics for operations involving INDETERMINATE

  • 1.  Re: [xacml] Proposed semantics for operations involving INDETERMINATE

    Posted 07-22-2002 16:54
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    Subject: Re: [xacml] Proposed semantics for operations involving INDETERMINATE


    > B.  urn:oasis:names:tc:XACML:0.15i:operators:or
    > 
    >     1) Order of evaluation: not specified.  Operands may be
    >        evaluated in any order.
    >     2) When does evaluation terminate: when any one of the
    >        following conditions holds:
    >        a) One evaluated operand returns TRUE
    >        b) All operands have been evaluated.
    >           i)  And at least one operand returned INDETERMINATE
    >           ii) And all operands returned FALSE
    >     3) What result is returned:
    >        2a)   TRUE
    >        2bi)  INDETERMINATE
    >        2bii) FALSE
    
    2bi seems to contradict 2a. in the case where i have 
    
    <or>
      1=1 (T)
      1=2 (F)
      1=fred (I)
    </or>
    
    i can yield T (2a) or I (2bi). may i suggest that 2b read:
    
    b) NO evaluated operand returns TRUE
       i)  And at least one operand returned INDETERMINATE
       ii) And all operands returned FALSE
    
    
    b
    
    
    
    


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