RFC 7643, "System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Core Schema", September 2015

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 9865

Errata ID: 8415
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Matthias Winter
Date Reported: 2025-05-14
Verifier Name: Deb Cooley
Date Verified: 2025-10-28

Section 8.7.1 says:

            "name" : "subAttributes",
            "type" : "complex",
            "multiValued" : true,
            "description" : "Used to define the sub-attributes of a
              complex attribute.",
            "required" : false,
            "mutability" : "readOnly",
            "returned" : "default",
            "subAttributes" : [
              {
                "name" : "name",
                "type" : "string",
                "multiValued" : false,
                "description" : "The attribute's name.",
                "required" : true,
                "caseExact" : true,
                "mutability" : "readOnly",
                "returned" : "default",
                "uniqueness" : "none"
              },
              {
                "name" : "type",
                "type" : "string",
                "multiValued" : false,
                "description" : "The attribute's data type.
                  Valid values include 'string', 'complex', 'boolean',
                  'decimal', 'integer', 'dateTime', 'reference'.",
                "required" : true,
                "caseExact" : false,
                "mutability" : "readOnly",
                "returned" : "default",
                "uniqueness" : "none",
                "canonicalValues" : [
                  "string",
                  "complex",
                  "boolean",
                  "decimal",
                  "integer",
                  "dateTime",
                  "reference"
                ]
              },

It should say:

            "name" : "subAttributes",
            "type" : "complex",
            "multiValued" : true,
            "description" : "Used to define the sub-attributes of a
              complex attribute.",
            "required" : false,
            "mutability" : "readOnly",
            "returned" : "default",
            "subAttributes" : [
              {
                "name" : "name",
                "type" : "string",
                "multiValued" : false,
                "description" : "The attribute's name.",
                "required" : true,
                "caseExact" : true,
                "mutability" : "readOnly",
                "returned" : "default",
                "uniqueness" : "none"
              },
              {
                "name" : "type",
                "type" : "string",
                "multiValued" : false,
                "description" : "The attribute's data type.
                  Valid values include 'string', 'boolean',
                  'decimal', 'integer', 'dateTime', 'reference', 'binary'.",
                "required" : true,
                "caseExact" : false,
                "mutability" : "readOnly",
                "returned" : "default",
                "uniqueness" : "none",
                "canonicalValues" : [
                  "string",
                  "boolean",
                  "decimal",
                  "integer",
                  "dateTime",
                  "reference",
                  "binary"
                ]
              },

Notes:

As in erratum 5606, the valid value 'binary' is also missing for the subAttributes on page 88. Furthermore, complex attributes must not contain complex subAttributes (section 2.3.8). Thus, the data type 'complex' should not be listed as valid value for subAttributes.

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