OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) TC

Minutes of August 14, 2006 TC Call

  • 1.  Minutes of August 14, 2006 TC Call

    Posted 09-14-2006 18:38
    I. Roll Call & Administration
    
      Attendees
       Hal Lockhart (Co-chair)
       Michiharu Kudo
       Anthony Nadalin
       Ron Williams
       Argyn Kuketayev*
       Kamalendu Biswas
       Rich Levinson (new member)
       Erik Rissanen
       Greg Desmarais (observer)
       Bill Parducci (Co-chair, minutes)
       Anne Anderson
       Seth Proctor
       David Staggs
    
       Quorum was achieved (81% per Kavi)
    
      Vote on Minutes
       VOTE: Approve minutes from August 31, 2006 meeting
       Approved unanimously.
    
    
    II. Issues
    
      #39 - PAP Continuation
    
       Anne reviewed the discussion surrounding Kamalendu's proposal. She
       approached other TCs to ask if they are addressing this issue (they
       are not).
    
       The general consensus is that this is an implementation issue and
       should not be addressed by the TC. If the situation arises, the
       standard SAML error for this case "Too many responses" would be
       specified as the error to return.
    
       Hal noted that the current spec uses the term "applicable" for
       returning Policies, where we should have stated "potentially
       applicable" (or some clarifying statement addressing the level of
       processing on the PAP). The TC generally agrees that this should be
       clarified.
    
       In response to Anne's question on the matter, the TC generally agreed
       to leave in the reference of the PAP returning all policies where
       where the query is empty (does not contain a Request or policy
       references), with a disclaimer that this is not a provisioning
       protocol.
    
       Hal suggested that if we wish to pursue provisioning that perhaps
       SPML could provide the basis for doing so.
    
       Kamalendu asked about clarification on the current specification and
       it is generally accepted that there needs to be clarification in the
       current spec to address the issues raised.
    
      #3 - Attribute Category
    
       Daniel was to have posted further clarification of the proposal to
       the wiki. No discussion has begun yet on the list.
    
       Erik volunteered to begin mapping the Attribute Category proposal to
       the Delegation model to explore its suitability.
    
      #24 - Mixed administrative/access target
    
       Erik raised concerns that in recent discussions with colleagues he has
       become unsure if the solution that is in the current draft is useful.
       Erik will look into it in detail before formally reopening the Issue.
    
      #47 - WS-Policy Assertion Formats for XACML
    
       Anne noted that she has received external input indicating here is
       interest in pursuing this.
    
       Anthony was no longer on the call and as he introduced an initial
       concern discussion was postponed until the next meeting.
    
       Anne agreed to post her response to Anthony's concern to the list.
    
    
    III. Oasis Housekeeping
    
       Hal noted that he will have the Errata document procedural
       information ready for TC consumption by the next meeting.
    
    meeting adjourned.