Comment Disposition for

SAML Conformance Clause for AS4/ebMS Version 1.0 (Public Review Draft 01)

By Ian Otto on 6-January-2014

Comments from the Technical Advisory Board

OASIS Technical Committees Issue Tracker
Displaying 13 issues as at 08/Nov/13 06:23 PM.
Key / Summary / Priority / Description / Disposition
TAB-403 / References not in OASIS Format / Minor / For example:
[EBMS3CORE] OASIS Standard, AS4 Profile of ebMS 3.0 Version 1.0, 23 January 2013, http://www.oasisopen.org/committees/download.php/24618/ebms_core-3.0-spec-cs-02.pdf
"OASIS Standard" should come after the italicized name / All reference have been updated so they are now in OASIS format.
TAB-404 / Do we need OASIS Reference Format on page 4? / Minor / Do we need OASIS Reference Format on page 4?
Seems unnecessary / Unable to find subject of comment.
TAB-415 / References / Minor / The correct citations for WSPOLICY, XMLDSIG and XMLENC are:
WS-POLICY
, A. S. Vedamuthu, D. Orchard, F. Hirsch, M. Hondo, P. Yendluri, T. Boubez, �. , Editors, W3C Recommendation, 4 September 2007, http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/REC-ws-policy-20070904 . Latest version available at http://www.w3.org/TR/ws-policy .
XMLDSIG-CORE
, D. E. Eastlake, J. Reagle, D. Solo, F. Hirsch, T. Roessler, Editors, W3C Recommendation, 10 June 2008, http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xmldsig-core-20080610/ . Latest version available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/ .
XMLENC-CORE
, D. E. Eastlake, J. Reagle, Editors, W3C Recommendation, 10 December 2002, http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xmlenc-core-20021210/ . Latest version available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlenc-core/ . / The correct citations have been incorporated into the document.
TAB-414 / Clarification / Minor / 4. 2 first paragraph reads on part: "The registration process is not defined by the specification beyond stating that:"
Which specification? And it should be in block quotes if it is a quotation. / I have re-phrased to make it apparent that it the current specification is the subject of the sentence.
TAB-413 / Consistency in examples / Minor / 3.8 Message, last list item on page 14 reads in part: "Encryption is unchanged from the example in [EBMS3CORE]." I saw at least three security examples in EBMS3CORE. Should amend to state a particular example. The place to fix this is at 3.8 first paragraph, first sentence, that reads in part:
"The following example is extracted from the ebMS3 core specification...."
Insert the example reference here (and fix the reference to EBMS3CORE). That would cure the later problem as well. / The example reference has been inserted.
TAB-412 / Orphan sentence / Minor / Assuming hanging paragraph for 1, Introduction is fixed, the resulting subsection, section 2 and all the appendices look non-normative. Not all of them are marked. Suggest marking all non-normative or enumerating the normative and saying the rest is non-normative. / Non-Normative sections have been marked as such.
TAB-411 / Which sections are normative and which are non-normative? / Minor / Which sections are normative and which are non-normative?
Assuming hanging paragraph for 1, Introduction is fixed, the resulting subsection, section 2 and all the appendices look non-normative. Not all of them are marked. Suggest marking all non-normative or enumerating the normative and saying the rest is non-normative. / Non-Normative sections have been marked as such.
TAB-410 / Are examples normative or non-normative? / Minor / Are examples normative or non-normative?
Footnote on page 9 says one example is non-normative but what about the example that runs from pages 10 - 13? / Examples have been marked as non-normative.
TAB-409 / Improper subsectioning (subsections allowed only with two or more subsections: . / Minor / Improper subsectioning (subsections allowed only with two or more subsections: 2, 2.1; 7.1, 7.1.1; B 3.1, B 3.1.1; B 3.2, B 3.2.1; B 3.3.6 (typo, should be B 3.3), B 3.3.1; B 3.4, B 3.4.1. / The subsectioning has been corrected for Appendix B
TAB-408 / I like the material in Appendix B but I wonder whether there is a primer or usage guide where this material is more appropriate. / Minor / I like the material in Appendix B but I wonder whether there is a primer or usage guide where this material is more appropriate. / There is no Primer or Usage guide. Failing that the material has retained in the specification.
TAB-407 / Page 13 second bullet change "the" to "they" / Trivial / Page 13 second bullet change "the" to "they" / Unable to located this error
TAB-405 / '- Section 2, first reference citation missing an initial [ / Trivial / '- Section 2, first reference citation missing an initial [ / This error has been corrected.
TAB-406 / Footnote on page 9 needs a space after the "," / Trivial / '- Footnote on page 9 needs a space after "," / This error has been corrected.
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Additional Corrections

Editor’s organisation had its name from Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research, and Tertiary Education to Department of Industry by the Australian Federal Government. References have been updated.

The final diagram in Appendix B (non-normative) had two boxes mislabelled. These were corrected.