[scim] [Errata Verified] RFC7643 (5368)

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The following errata report has been verified for RFC7643,
"System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Core Schema". 

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You may review the report below and at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5368

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Status: Verified
Type: Technical

Reported by: Brendan McCollam <bmccollam@uchicago.edu>
Date Reported: 2018-05-24
Verified by: Deb Cooley (IESG)

Section: 8.7.1

Original Text
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  {
    "id" : "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group",
    "name" : "Group",
    "description" : "Group",
    "attributes" : [
      {
        "name" : "displayName",
        "type" : "string",
        "multiValued" : false,
        "description" : "A human-readable name for the Group.
REQUIRED.",
        "required" : false,
        "caseExact" : false,
        "mutability" : "readWrite",
        "returned" : "default",
        "uniqueness" : "none"
      },

Corrected Text
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  {
    "id" : "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group",
    "name" : "Group",
    "description" : "Group",
    "attributes" : [
      {
        "name" : "displayName",
        "type" : "string",
        "multiValued" : false,
        "description" : "A human-readable name for the Group.
REQUIRED.",
        "required" : true,
        "caseExact" : false,
        "mutability" : "readWrite",
        "returned" : "default",
        "uniqueness" : "none"
      },

Notes
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On page 68, in the JSON example schema for the Group resource, the displayName attribute is highlighted as REQUIRED in the "description" but the value of the "required" field is false. Given that section 4.2 also indicates displayName is a required attribute for Group resources, I believe the conflict in section 8.7.1 is best corrected by changing the value of the "required" attribute to true.

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RFC7643 (draft-ietf-scim-core-schema-22)
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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
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG

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