Re: [scim] User resource's lastModified attribute behavior on Group resource update

I believe the spec is silent on this matter. 

The issue is that indirect or dynamic (eg groups attribute) memberships are by their nature subject to change until calculated at query time. 

Thus I would not necessarily count on implementations updating lastModified for dynamic/calculated values. 

Phil

> On Dec 5, 2020, at 11:59 PM, Anuradha Karunarathna <anuradha199528@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> According to the lastModified attribute definition in RFC 7643 section 3.1 [1], a particular resource's lastModified attribute should be updated if the resource is updated. According to the definition, it is obvious to have an update on a user's lastModified attribute based on PATCH operation on /Users/{user-id} or PUT operation on  /Users/{user-id}.
> Also, I feel that the lastModified attribute of user resource should be updated even the user updates indirectly.
> 
> eg: Adding a member to a group should cause to update the relevant group and user resources' lastModified attribute.
> 
> PATCH /Groups/acbf3ae7-8463-...-9b4da3f908ce
>    Host: example.com
>    Accept: application/scim+json
>    Content-Type: application/scim+json
>    Authorization: Bearer h480djs93hd8
>    If-Match: W/"a330bc54f0671c9"
> 
>    { "schemas":
>       ["urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"],
>      "Operations":[
>        {
>         "op":"add",
>         "path":"members",
>         "value":[
>          {
>            "display": "Babs Jensen",
>            "$ref":
>    "https://example.com/v2/Users/2819c223...413861904646",
>            "value": "2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646"
>          }
>         ]
>        }
>      ]
>    }
> 
> If we take the above request as a succeded PATCH request, lastModified attribute of 
> the group identified by id acbf3ae7-8463-...-9b4da3f908ce and,
> the user Babs Jensen (SCIM id- 2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646)
> should be updated.
> 
> I want to clarify whether my understanding is correct?
> 
> [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7643#section-3.1
> 
> Thanks,
> Anuradha 
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