• Type: Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • Priority: Major
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    • Affects Version/s: V1.2
    • Component/s: 1.2 Spec
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      Target: SCA Policy FW spec V1.1 (cd02-rev7)

      Description:
      As background, policySets can be attached either directly to SCDL
      elements of using External Attachment on SCDL elements selected
      by the XPath in the attachTo attribute. The following paragraph
      discusses the interaction between these two attachment mechanisms.

      "SCA runtimes MUST support at least one of the Direct Attachment and
      External Attachment mechanisms for policySet attachment. [POL40010
      <#POL40010>] SCA implementations supporting only the External Attachment
      mechanism MUST ignore the policySets that are applicable via the Direct
      Attachment mechanism. POL40011 <#POL40011> SCA implementations
      supporting only the Direct Attachment mechanism MUST ignore the
      policySets that are applicable via the External Attachment mechanism.
      POL40012 <#POL40012> SCA implementations supporting both Direct
      Attachment and External Attachment mechanisms MUST ignore policySets
      applicable to any given SCA element via the Direct Attachment mechanism
      when there exist policySets applicable to the same SCA element via the
      External Attachment mechanism POL40001 <#POL40001>."

      The two ideas that came up were:

      1. If both Direct Attachment and External Attachment are used, the
      policySets attached by these two mechanisms are unioned together.
      Mike pointed out that this removes that capability of overriding Directly
      attached policySets by EXtrenally attached policySets.

      2. Remove the Direct Attachment mechanism for policySets.

      Some may feel that it is a bit late in the spec cycle to be making such
      fundamental changes but let's have a discussion and decide what we want to do.

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            Reporter:
            David Booz (Inactive)
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