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Network Working Group R. Sinnema
Internet-Draft E. Wilde
Intended status: Standards Track EMC Corporation
Expires: September 15, 2013 March 14, 2013
eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) Media Type
draft-sinnema-xacml-media-type-01
Abstract
This specification registers an XML-based media type for the
eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML).
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. XACML Media Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. XACML Media Type application/xacml+xml . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Media Type Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2. Subtype Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.3. Required Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.4. Optional Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.5. Encoding Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.7. Interoperability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.8. Applications which use this media type . . . . . . . . . 4
3.9. Magic number(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.10. File extension(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.11. Macintosh File Type Code(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.12. Person & email address to contact for further information 5
3.13. Intended Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.14. Author/Change Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1. From -00 to -01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2. Versions prior to I-D -00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Appendix A. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Introduction
The XACML media type contains an XACML request, response, or policy
[XACML-3]. The request and response allow clients form a query to
request whether or not a given action should be allowed, and
interpret the result. The policy is used to describe general access
control requirements.
2. XACML Media Type
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This specification registers an XML-based media type for the
eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) that will be
registered with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
following the "Media Type Specifications and Registration Procedures"
[RFC6838]. The XACML media type represents an XACML request,
response, or policy [XACML-3]. The request and response allow
clients to contact an XACML service and ask whether or not a given
action should be allowed, and interpret the result. The policy is
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