Re: [scim] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC7643 (6001)

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This feels like a bit of a ‘nit’. Note that the examples are not normative and it is allowed that the schema may be set to caseExact false.

I am ok with the correction going in or staying the same.

Phil Hunt
phil.hunt@yahoo.com

> On Mar 2, 2020, at 9:19 AM, RFC Errata System <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
> 
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC7643,
> "System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Core Schema".
> 
> --------------------------------------
> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6001
> 
> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Shelley Baker <randomshelley@gmail.com>
> 
> Section: 8.7.1
> 
> Original Text
> -------------
>      {
>        "name" : "profileUrl",
>        "type" : "reference",
>        "referenceTypes" : ["external"],
>        "multiValued" : false,
>        "description" : "A fully qualified URL pointing to a page representing the User's online profile.",
>        "required" : false,
>        "caseExact" : false,
>        "mutability" : "readWrite",
>        "returned" : "default",
>        "uniqueness" : "none"
>      },
> 
> 
>      {
>        "name" : "photos",
>        "type" : "complex",
>        "multiValued" : true,
>        "description" : "URLs of photos of the User.",
>        "required" : false,
>        "subAttributes" : [
>          {
>            "name" : "value",
>            "type" : "reference",
>            "referenceTypes" : ["external"],
>            "multiValued" : false,
>            "description" : "URL of a photo of the User.",
>            "required" : false,
>            "caseExact" : false,
>            "mutability" : "readWrite",
>            "returned" : "default",
>            "uniqueness" : "none"
>          },
> 
> 
>          {
>            "name" : "$ref",
>            "type" : "reference",
>            "referenceTypes" : [
>              "User",
>              "Group"
>            ],
>            "multiValued" : false,
>            "description" : "The URI of the corresponding 'Group' resource to which the user belongs.",
>            "required" : false,
>            "caseExact" : false,
>            "mutability" : "readOnly",
>            "returned" : "default",
>            "uniqueness" : "none"
>          },
> 
> Corrected Text
> --------------
>      {
>        "name" : "profileUrl",
>        "type" : "reference",
>        "referenceTypes" : ["external"],
>        "multiValued" : false,
>        "description" : "A fully qualified URL pointing to a page representing the User's online profile.",
>        "required" : false,
>        "caseExact" : true,
>        "mutability" : "readWrite",
>        "returned" : "default",
>        "uniqueness" : "none"
>      },
> 
> 
>      {
>        "name" : "photos",
>        "type" : "complex",
>        "multiValued" : true,
>        "description" : "URLs of photos of the User.",
>        "required" : false,
>        "subAttributes" : [
>          {
>            "name" : "value",
>            "type" : "reference",
>            "referenceTypes" : ["external"],
>            "multiValued" : false,
>            "description" : "URL of a photo of the User.",
>            "required" : false,
>            "caseExact" : true,
>            "mutability" : "readWrite",
>            "returned" : "default",
>            "uniqueness" : "none"
>          },
> 
> 
>          {
>            "name" : "$ref",
>            "type" : "reference",
>            "referenceTypes" : [
>              "User",
>              "Group"
>            ],
>            "multiValued" : false,
>            "description" : "The URI of the corresponding 'Group' resource to which the user belongs.",
>            "required" : false,
>            "caseExact" : true,
>            "mutability" : "readOnly",
>            "returned" : "default",
>            "uniqueness" : "none"
>          },
> 
> Notes
> -----
> Section 2.3.7 indicates that "A reference is case exact." Section 8.7.1 defines a number of "reference" attributes that incorrectly have the "caseExact" characteristic set to "false"; these should instead be "true."
> 
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> --------------------------------------
> RFC7643 (draft-ietf-scim-core-schema-22)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Core Schema
> Publication Date    : September 2015
> Author(s)           : P. Hunt, Ed., K. Grizzle, E. Wahlstroem, C. Mortimore
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : System for Cross-domain Identity Management
> Area                : Applications and Real-Time
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
> 
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