INTERNET-DRAFT S. Legg draft-legg-xed-asd-xerei-03.txt eB2Bcom Intended Category: Standards Track December 22, 2006 Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X) Representation of Encoding Instructions for the XML Encoding Rules (XER) Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2006). Status of This Memo By submitting this Internet-draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress". The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/1id-abstracts.html The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html Technical discussion of this document should take place on the XED developers mailing list . Please send editorial comments directly to the editor . Further information is available on the XED website: www.xmled.info. This Internet-Draft expires on 22 June 2007. Abstract Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X) is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) representation for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) specifications. This document specifies the ASN.X representation of encoding instructions for the XML Encoding Rules (XER). Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 1] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................2 2. Conventions .....................................................3 3. Preprocessing of ImportedTypesIdentification ....................4 4. EncodingInstructionAssignmentList Translation ...................4 5. EncodingInstruction Translation .................................5 5.1. AnyAttributesInstruction Translation .......................6 5.1.1. NamespaceRestriction Translation ....................7 5.2. AnyElementInstruction Translation ..........................7 5.3. AttributeInstruction Translation ...........................7 5.4. Base64Instruction Translation ..............................8 5.5. DecimalInstruction Translation .............................8 5.6. DefaultForEmptyInstruction Translation .....................8 5.7. ElementInstruction Translation .............................8 5.8. EmbedValuesInstruction Translation .........................8 5.9. GlobalDefaultsInstruction Translation ......................8 5.10. ListInstruction Translation ...............................9 5.11. NameInstruction Translation ...............................9 5.12. NamespaceInstruction Translation .........................10 5.13. PIOrCommentInstruction Translation .......................10 5.14. TextInstruction Translation ..............................11 5.15. UntaggedInstruction Translation ..........................11 5.16. UseNilInstruction Translation ............................11 5.17. UseNumberInstruction Translation .........................11 5.18. UseOrderInstruction Translation ..........................12 5.19. UseQNameInstruction Translation ..........................12 5.20. UseTypeInstruction Translation ...........................12 5.21. UseUnionInstruction Translation ..........................12 5.22. WhiteSpaceInstruction Translation ........................12 6. TargetList Translation .........................................12 6.1. TypeIdentification Translation ............................13 6.2. BuiltInTypeIdentification Translation .....................15 6.3. IdentifiersInContext Translation ..........................16 7. Security Considerations ........................................17 8. IANA Considerations ............................................18 9. References .....................................................18 9.1. Normative References ......................................18 9.2. Informative References ....................................19 Appendix A. ASN.1 for XER Encoding Instruction Notation ...........19 Appendix B. ASN.1 for Target List Notation ........................23 Appendix C. ASN.X for XER Encoding Instruction Notation ...........25 Appendix D. ASN.X for Target List Notation ........................32 1. Introduction Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X) [ASN.X] is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) [XML10][XML11] representation for Abstract Syntax Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 2] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Notation One (ASN.1) [X.680] specifications. The ASN.X representation for the ASN.1 basic notation [X.680] [X.680-1] is described elsewhere [ASN.X]. The grammar of ASN.1 permits the application of encoding instructions [X.680-1], through type prefixes and encoding control sections, that modify how abstract values are encoded by nominated encoding rules. The generic notation for type prefixes and encoding control sections is defined by the ASN.1 basic notation, however the notation for specific encoding instructions, i.e., the EncodingInstruction and EncodingInstructionAssignmentList productions of the notation, are defined separately for each set of encoding rules using encoding instructions. This document specifies the ASN.X representation for EncodingInstructionAssignmentList and EncodingInstruction as they are defined for the XML Encoding Rules (XER) [X.693][X.693-1]. ASN.X is defined in terms of rules for translating from an ASN.1 specification. This does not preclude an ASN.X module being written directly without a pre-existing ASN.1 module, however such an ASN.X module is considered valid if and only if there exists, in principle, an ASN.1 module that when translated would yield the ASN.X module. By design, an ASN.X module is also the Robust XML Encoding Rules (RXER) [RXER] encoding of an ASN.1 value. The ASN.1 type definitions for such values, insofar as they pertain to the ASN.1 basic notation, are provided elsewhere [ASN.X], however this document provides the ASN.1 type definitions for representing XER encoding instructions as abstract values. These definitions appear in Appendix A. The ASN.X translation of the ASN.1 module in Appendix A is presented in Appendix B. The General Considerations of the specification for ASN.X [ASN.X] also apply here. 2. Conventions The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED" and "MAY" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119 [BCP14]. The key word "OPTIONAL" is exclusively used with its ASN.1 meaning. A reference to an ASN.1 production [X.680] (e.g., Type, NamedType) is a reference to the text in an ASN.1 specification corresponding to that production. The description of the translation of XER encoding instructions into Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 3] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 ASN.X makes use of definitions from the XML Information Set (Infoset) [INFOSET]. In particular, information item property names follow the Infoset convention of being shown in square brackets, e.g., [local name]. Literal values of Infoset properties are enclosed in double quotes, however the double quotes are not part of the property values. In the sections that follow, "information item" will be abbreviated to "item", e.g., "element information item" is abbreviated to "element item". Element items will be referred to by their [local name] in angle brackets, e.g., "the element item" means the element item with the [local name] "name". Attribute items will be referred to by their [local name], e.g., "the name attribute item" means the attribute item with the [local name] "name". Code points for characters [UNICODE] are expressed using the Unicode convention U+n, where n is four to six hexadecimal digits, e.g., the space character is U+0020. 3. Preprocessing of ImportedTypesIdentification Interpretation of an ImportedTypesIdentification depends on a SymbolList in the Imports of a module, but a SymbolList does not have a direct translation into ASN.X. A module containing at least one ImportedTypesIdentification must be preprocessed so that each ImportedTypesIdentification has the intended effect. If an EncodingInstruction in an XER EncodingInstructionAssignmentList has a Targets instance that is an ImportedTypesIdentification then each Type affected by the ImportedTypesIdentification MUST be replaced by an EncodingPrefixedType where the Type in the EncodingPrefixedType is the original Type and the EncodingPrefix contains the EncodingInstruction minus the TargetList. The ImportedTypesIdentification SHALL be removed. If the EncodingInstruction in the EncodingInstructionAssignmentList has no other Targets instances then it MUST be removed from the EncodingInstructionAssignmentList. 4. EncodingInstructionAssignmentList Translation As described in the specification for ASN.X [ASN.X], the translation of an EncodingControlSection for XER is an element item with the [local name] "XER". The translation of the EncodingInstructionAssignmentList in such an EncodingControlSection determines the content of the element item. An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the element item. The translation of each EncodingInstruction nested in the Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 4] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 EncodingInstructionAssignmentList SHALL be appended to the [children] of the element item. 5. EncodingInstruction Translation The translation of an EncodingInstruction for XER can appear in the translation of an EncodingInstructionAssignmentList (see the previous section) or an EncodingPrefix. The translation for an EncodingPrefix is described by the specification for ASN.X [ASN.X]. The translation of an EncodingInstruction in an EncodingInstructionAssignmentList for XER is an element item with the [local name] "targettedInstruction". The translation of the PositiveInstruction or NegatingInstruction in the EncodingInstruction SHALL be added to the [children] of the element item. The translation of the TargetList nested in the encoding instruction SHALL be appended to the [children] of the element item. Aside: The TargetList appears within an EncodingInstruction in an EncodingInstructionAssignmentList, but its ASN.X translation appears immediately after the translation of the EncodingInstruction, rather than within it. Example ENCODING-CONTROL XER GLOBAL-DEFAULTS MODIFIED-ENCODINGS ATTRIBUTE MyType The translation of an EncodingInstruction for XER in an EncodingPrefix is the translation of the PositiveInstruction or NegatingInstruction in the EncodingInstruction. Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 5] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Aside: The TargetList within an EncodingInstruction in an EncodingPrefix is required to be empty and has no ASN.X translation in this context. The translation of a PositiveInstruction is the translation of the AnyAttributeInstruction, AnyElementInstruction, AttributeInstruction, Base64Instruction, DecimalInstruction, DefaultForEmptyInstruction, EmbedValuesInstruction, GlobalDefaultsInstruction, ListInstruction, NameInstruction, NamespaceInstruction, PIOrCommentInstruction, TextInstruction, UntaggedInstruction, UseNilInstruction, UseNumberInstruction, UseOrderInstruction, UseQNameInstruction, UseTypeInstruction, UseUnionInstruction or WhitespaceInstruction in the PositiveInstruction. The translation of a NegatingInstruction that is an ElementInstruction is the translation of that ElementInstruction. The translation of a NegatingInstruction that is not an ElementInstruction is an element item where the [local name] is the concatenation of "not-" and the [local name] that would be used by the translation of the PositiveInstruction in the NegatingInstruction. No items are added to the [attributes] or [children] of the element item resulting from the translation of a NegatingInstruction. Example [XER:NOT ATTRIBUTE] MyType 5.1. AnyAttributesInstruction Translation The translation of an AnyAttributesInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "anyAttributes". If a NamespaceRestriction is present in the AnyAttributesInstruction, then the translation of the NamespaceRestriction SHALL be added to the [children] of the element item. Example ANY-ATTRIBUTES FROM "http://example.com" ABSENT Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 6] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 http://example.com 5.1.1. NamespaceRestriction Translation The NamespaceRestriction production is common to the AnyAttributesInstruction production and the AnyElementInstruction production. The translation of a NamespaceRestriction of the "FROM URIList" form is an element item with the [local name] "from". The translation of each QuotedURIorAbsent nested in the URIList SHALL be appended to the [children] of the element item. The translation of a NamespaceRestriction of the "EXCEPT URIList" form is an element item with the [local name] "except". The translation of each QuotedURIorAbsent nested in the URIList SHALL be appended to the [children] of the element item. The translation of a QuotedURIorAbsent that is a QuotedURI is an element item with the [local name] "namespace". The sequence of character items for the URI in the QuotedURI is added to the [children] of the element item. The translation of a QuotedURIorAbsent of the "ABSENT" form is an element item with the [local name] "local". 5.2. AnyElementInstruction Translation The translation of an AnyElementInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "anyElement". If a NamespaceRestriction is present in the AnyElementInstruction, then the translation of the NamespaceRestriction SHALL be added to the [children] of the element item. 5.3. AttributeInstruction Translation The translation of an AttributeInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "attribute". Example ATTRIBUTE Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 7] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 5.4. Base64Instruction Translation The translation of a Base64Instruction is an element item with the [local name] "base64". 5.5. DecimalInstruction Translation The translation of a DecimalInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "decimal". 5.6. DefaultForEmptyInstruction Translation The translation of a DefaultForEmptyInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "defaultForEmpty". The translation of the Value in the DefaultForEmptyInstruction SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the element item. Example DEFAULT-FOR-EMPTY AS "unspecified" 5.7. ElementInstruction Translation The translation of an ElementInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "element". 5.8. EmbedValuesInstruction Translation The translation of an EmbedValuesInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "embedValues". 5.9. GlobalDefaultsInstruction Translation The translation of a GlobalDefaultsInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "globalDefaults". If the DefaultSetting in the GlobalDefaultsInstruction is "MODIFIED- ENCODINGS", then an element item with the [local name] "modifiedEncodings" SHALL be added to the [children] of the element item. If the DefaultSetting in the GlobalDefaultsInstruction is a ControlNamespace, then the translation of the ControlNamespace SHALL be added to the [children] of the element item. The translation of a ControlNamespace is an element item with the Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 8] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 [local name] "controlNamespace". An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) [URI] in the QuotedURI in the ControlNamespace. If the ControlNamespace has a Prefix, then an attribute item with the [local name] "prefix" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the NCName in the QuotedNCName in the Prefix. Example GLOBAL-DEFAULTS CONTROL-NAMESPACE "http://example.com" PREFIX "ex" 5.10. ListInstruction Translation The translation of a ListInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "list". 5.11. NameInstruction Translation The translation of a NameInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "name". If the NewNameOrKeyword in the NameInstruction is a NewName, then an attribute item with the [local name] "newName" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the character string value of the RestrictedCharacterStringValue in the NewName. If the NewNameOrKeyword in the NameInstruction is a Keyword, then an attribute item with the [local name] "conversion" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the word in the Keyword with all letters downcased, i.e., "capitalized", "uncapitalized", "uppercased" or "lowercased". Example NAME AS UNCAPITALIZED Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 9] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 NAME AS "category" 5.12. NamespaceInstruction Translation The translation of a NamespaceInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "namespace". If a NamespaceSpecification is present in the NamespaceInstruction, then an attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the URI in the QuotedURI in the NamespaceSpecification. If a Prefix is present in the NamespaceSpecification, then an attribute item with the [local name] "prefix" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the NCName in the QuotedNCName in the Prefix. Example NAMESPACE AS "http://example.com" PREFIX "ex" 5.13. PIOrCommentInstruction Translation The translation of a PIOrCommentInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "piOrComment". An attribute item with the [local name] "text" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the character string value of the RestrictedCharacterStringValue in the PIOrCommentInstruction. An attribute item with the [local name] "position" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is "beforeTag" if the keyword in the Position in the PIOrCommentInstruction is BEFORE-TAG, "beforeValue" if the keyword in the Position is BEFORE-VALUE, "afterValue" if the keyword in the Position is AFTER-VALUE, or "afterTag" if the keyword in the Position is AFTER-TAG. Example Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 10] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 PI-OR-COMMENT AS "" BEFORE-TAG 5.14. TextInstruction Translation The translation of a TextInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "text". If a TextToBeUsed is present in the TextInstruction and the NewNameOrKeyword in the TextToBeUsed is a NewName, then an attribute item with the [local name] "newName" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the character string value of the RestrictedCharacterStringValue in the NewName. If a TextToBeUsed is present in the TextInstruction and the NewNameOrKeyword in the TextToBeUsed is a Keyword, then an attribute item with the [local name] "conversion" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the word in the Keyword with all letters downcased, i.e., "capitalized", "uncapitalized", "uppercased" or "lowercased". Examples TEXT AS UPPERCASED TEXT AS "A4" 5.15. UntaggedInstruction Translation The translation of an UntaggedInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "untagged". 5.16. UseNilInstruction Translation The translation of a UseNilInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "useNil". 5.17. UseNumberInstruction Translation The translation of a UseNumberInstruction is an element item with the Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 11] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 [local name] "useNumber". 5.18. UseOrderInstruction Translation The translation of a UseOrderInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "useOrder". 5.19. UseQNameInstruction Translation The translation of a UseQNameInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "useQName". 5.20. UseTypeInstruction Translation The translation of a UseTypeInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "useType". 5.21. UseUnionInstruction Translation The translation of a UseUnionInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "useUnion". 5.22. WhiteSpaceInstruction Translation The translation of a WhiteSpaceInstruction is an element item with the [local name] "whiteSpace". An attribute item with the [local name] "action" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the word in the WhiteSpaceAction in the WhiteSpaceInstruction with all letters downcased, i.e., "replace" or "collapse". Example WHITESPACE COLLAPSE 6. TargetList Translation The TargetList production is common to all the encoding instructions. The translation of a TargetList is the concatenation of the translations of each Targets instance in the TargetList. The translation of a Targets instance is an element item with the [local name] "target". The translation of the TypeIdentification, Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 12] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 BuiltInTypeIdentification or IdentifiersInContext in the Targets instance SHALL be added to the [children] and/or [attributes] of the element item. Aside: A Targets instance that is an ImportedTypesIdentification will have been removed by the preprocessing described in Section 3. 6.1. TypeIdentification Translation The translation of a TypeIdentification of the "ALL" form is an element item with the [local name] "allTypes", otherwise the translation of a TypeIdentification is the translation of its ModuleAndTypeReference followed by the translation of its ComponentReference, if present, followed by the translation of its QualifyingInformationPart, if present. The translation of a ModuleAndTypeReference is an attribute item with the [local name] "type". The [normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified name [XMLNS10] for the expanded name corresponding to the typereference in the ModuleAndTypeReference (see Section 5.1 of the specification for ASN.X [ASN.X]). The translation of a ComponentReference is an element item with the [local name] "component". The [children] property of the element item is set to the sequence of character items for a solidus ('/', U+002F) separated list of the translations of the ComponentId instances in the ComponentIdList in the ComponentReference, excluding "ALL" if present. Leading and/or trailing white space character items [ASN.X] MAY be added to the [children] of the element item. White space character items MAY be added immediately before and/or after any character item for the solidus character ('/', U+002F). If the final ComponentId in the ComponentIdList in the ComponentReference is "ALL", then an element item with the [local name] "allTextuallyPresent" SHALL follow the element item. If a ComponentId identifies the Type in a NamedType, then the translation of the ComponentId is a qualified name for the expanded name [XMLNS10] of the NamedType [RXEREI]. If the NamedType is subject to an RXER ATTRIBUTE or ATTRIBUTE-REF encoding instruction [RXEREI], or subject to an RXER COMPONENT-REF encoding instruction that references a top-level NamedType that is subject to an RXER ATTRIBUTE encoding instruction, then the qualified name is prefixed with the commercial at character ('@', U+0040). If a ComponentId identifies a Type that is not in a NamedType (i.e., the component type for a SEQUENCE OF Type or SET OF Type), then the Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 13] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 translation of the ComponentId is the character string "item". If a ComponentId does not identify a Type and the ComponentId is an identifier, then the translation of the ComponentId is the identifier. If a ComponentId does not identify a Type and the ComponentId is "*", then the translation of the ComponentId is the character string "item". The element item is required to be self-contained [RXER]. Aside: An element item is self-contained if all namespace prefixes used by the element item and its contents are declared within the element item. The translation of a QualifyingInformationPart is the translation of the QualifyingInformation instance in the QualifyingInformationPart. The translation of a QualifyingInformation instance of the "identifier" form is an element item with the [local name] "identifier". An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. If the ModuleTypeAndReference and ComponentReference (if present) in the TypeIdentification identify a BIT STRING, ENUMERATED, or INTEGER type where the associated BitStringType, EnumeratedType or IntegerType (respectively) is subject to an RXER VALUES encoding instruction, then the [normalized value] of the attribute item is the replacement name [RXEREI] for the identifier, otherwise the [normalized value] is the identifier. The translation of a QualifyingInformation instance of the "ALL" form is an element item with the [local name] "allIdentifiers". Examples Assume this type assignment: MyType ::= SEQUENCE { a SEQUENCE OF CHOICE { b ENUMERATED { red, green, blue }, c INTEGER } } MyType.a.*.ALL Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 14] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 a / item MyType.a.*.b:ALL a / item / b 6.2. BuiltInTypeIdentification Translation The translation of a BuiltInTypeIdentification is the translation of its BuiltInTypeName followed by the translation of its BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformationPart, if present. If the BuiltInTypeName is "BIT STRING", "BOOLEAN", "CHARACTER STRING", "EMBEDDED PDV", "EXTERNAL", "GeneralizedTime", "INTEGER", "NULL", "ObjectDescriptor", "OBJECT IDENTIFIER", "OCTET STRING", "REAL", "RELATIVE-OID" or "UTCTime", then the translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an attribute item with the [local name] "type". The [normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified name with the namespace name being "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" and the local part being the BuiltInTypeName with any white space separators replaced by a single hyphen character ('-', U+002D), e.g. BIT STRING becomes BIT-STRING. If the BuiltInTypeName is a RestrictedCharacterStringType, then the translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an attribute item with the [local name] "type". The [normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified name with the namespace name being "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" and the local part being the RestrictedCharacterStringType, i.e., BMPString, GeneralString, GraphicString, IA5String, ISO646String, NumericString, PrintableString, TeletexString, T61String, UniversalString, UTF8String, VideotexString or VisibleString. If the BuiltInTypeName is "CHOICE", then the translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "choice". If the BuiltInTypeName is "ENUMERATED", then the translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "enumerated". If the BuiltInTypeName is "INSTANCE OF", then the translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "instanceOf". Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 15] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 If the BuiltInTypeName is "SEQUENCE", then the translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "sequence". If the BuiltInTypeName is "SEQUENCE OF", then the translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "sequenceOf". If the BuiltInTypeName is "SET", then the translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "set". If the BuiltInTypeName is "SET OF", then the translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "setOf". The translation of a BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformationPart is the translation of the BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformation instance in the BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformationPart. The translation of a BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformation instance of the "identifier" form is an element item with the [local name] "identifier". An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the identifier in the BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformation instance. The translation of a BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformation instance of the "ALL" form is an element item with the [local name] "allIdentifiers". Examples BOOLEAN:true ENUMERATED:ALL 6.3. IdentifiersInContext Translation The translation of an IdentifiersInContext instance is an element item with the [local name] "components". Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 16] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 If the IdentifierList in the IdentifiersInContext instance is not of the "ALL" or "COMPONENTS" form, then for each identifier in the IdentifierList, an element item with the same [local name] (i.e., "attribute", "element", "component", "group", "item", "member" or "simpleContent") as the translation of the NamedType corresponding to the identifier SHALL be appended to the [children] of the element item. An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of each , , , , , or element item. The [normalized value] of each of these attribute items is a qualified name for the expanded name [XMLNS10] of the NamedType [RXEREI] corresponding to the identifier. If the IdentifierList in the IdentifiersInContext instance is of the "ALL" form, then an element item with the [local name] "allTextuallyPresent" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the element item. If the IdentifierList in the IdentifiersInContext instance is of the "COMPONENTS" form, then an element item with the [local name] "allFirstLevel" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the element item. An element item with the [local name] "in" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the element item. The translation of the TypeIdentification in the IdentifiersInContext instance SHALL be added to the [children] and/or [attributes] of the element item. Example Assume this type assignment: MyType ::= SEQUENCE { field INTEGER, fieldAtt [RXER:NAME AS "field"][RXER:ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN } field, fieldAtt IN MyType 7. Security Considerations Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 17] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 The ASN.X translation of an XER encoding instruction is semantically equivalent to the original XER encoding instruction. The security considerations that apply to an application built from an original ASN.1 specification with XER encoding instructions apply equally to an application built from the ASN.X translation of the ASN.1 specification. See the main specification for ASN.X [ASN.X] for security considerations related to ASN.X modules. 8. IANA Considerations This document has no actions for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). 9. References 9.1. Normative References [BCP14] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [URI] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R. and L. Masinter, "Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66, RFC 3986, January 2005. [RXER] Legg, S. and D. Prager, "Robust XML Encoding Rules (RXER) for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)", draft-legg-xed-rxer-xx.txt, a work in progress, December 2006. [RXEREI] Legg, S., "Encoding Instructions for the Robust XML Encoding Rules (RXER)", draft-legg-xed-rxer-ei-xx.txt, a work in progress, December 2006. [ASN.X] Legg, S., "Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X)", draft-legg-xed-asd-xx.txt, a work in progress, December 2006. [X.680] ITU-T Recommendation X.680 (07/02) | ISO/IEC 8824-1, Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation. [X.680-1] ITU-T Recommendation X.680 (2002) Amendment 1 (10/03) | ISO/IEC 8824-1:2002/Amd 1:2004, Support for EXTENDED-XER. [X.693-1] Amendment 1: (to ITU-T Rec. X.693 | ISO/IEC 8825-4) XER encoding instructions and EXTENDED-XER Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 18] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 [XML10] Bray, T., Paoli, J., Sperberg-McQueen, C., Maler, E. and F. Yergeau, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fourth Edition)", W3C Recommendation, http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-20060816, August 2006. [XML11] Bray, T., Paoli, J., Sperberg-McQueen, C., Maler, E., Yergeau, F., and J. Cowan, "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (Second Edition)", W3C Recommendation, http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml11-20060816, August 2006. [XMLNS10] Bray, T., Hollander, D., Layman, A., and R. Tobin, "Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Second Edition)", W3C Recommendation, http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-names-20060816, August 2006. [INFOSET] Cowan, J. and R. Tobin, "XML Information Set (Second Edition)", W3C Recommendation, http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-infoset-20040204, February 2004. [UNICODE] The Unicode Consortium, "The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0", Boston, MA, Addison-Wesley Developers Press, 2003. ISBN 0-321-18578-1. 9.2. Informative References [X.693] ITU-T Recommendation X.693 (12/01) | ISO/IEC 8825-4:2002, Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: XML encoding rules (XER) Appendix A. ASN.1 for XER Encoding Instruction Notation This appendix is normative. XER-EncodingInstructionNotation { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) xer-ei-notation(3) } -- Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2006). This version of -- this ASN.1 module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself -- for full legal notices. DEFINITIONS RXER INSTRUCTIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS EXTENSIBILITY IMPLIED ::= BEGIN Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 19] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 IMPORTS AnyURI, NCName FROM AdditionalBasicDefinitions { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) basic(0) } Annotation, Value FROM AbstractSyntaxNotation-X { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) notation(1) } TargetList FROM TargetListNotation { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) target-list-notation(4) } ; XER-EncodingInstructionAssignmentList ::= SEQUENCE { annotation Annotation OPTIONAL, instructions [GROUP] XER-TargettedEncodingInstructions } XER-TargettedEncodingInstructions ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF targettedInstruction XER-TargettedEncodingInstruction XER-TargettedEncodingInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { instruction [GROUP] XER-GeneralEncodingInstruction, targetList [GROUP] TargetList OPTIONAL } XER-EncodingInstruction ::= XER-GeneralEncodingInstruction (WITH COMPONENTS { ..., globalDefaults ABSENT }) XER-GeneralEncodingInstruction ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { anyAttributes XER-WildcardInstruction, not-anyAttributes XER-NegatingInstruction, anyElement XER-WildcardInstruction, not-anyElement XER-NegatingInstruction, attribute XER-SimpleInstruction, not-attribute XER-NegatingInstruction, base64 XER-SimpleInstruction, not-base64 XER-NegatingInstruction, decimal XER-SimpleInstruction, not-decimal XER-NegatingInstruction, Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 20] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 defaultForEmpty XER-DefaultForEmptyInstruction, not-defaultForEmpty XER-NegatingInstruction, embedValues XER-SimpleInstruction, not-embedValues XER-NegatingInstruction, globalDefaults XER-GlobalDefaultsInstruction, list XER-SimpleInstruction, not-list XER-NegatingInstruction, name XER-NameInstruction, not-name XER-NegatingInstruction, namespace XER-NamespaceInstruction, not-namespace XER-NegatingInstruction, piOrComment XER-PIOrCommentInstruction, not-piOrComment XER-NegatingInstruction, text XER-TextInstruction, not-text XER-NegatingInstruction, untagged XER-SimpleInstruction, not-untagged XER-NegatingInstruction, element XER-NegatingInstruction, useNil XER-SimpleInstruction, not-useNil XER-NegatingInstruction, useNumber XER-SimpleInstruction, not-useNumber XER-NegatingInstruction, useOrder XER-SimpleInstruction, not-useOrder XER-NegatingInstruction, useQName XER-SimpleInstruction, not-useQName XER-NegatingInstruction, useType XER-SimpleInstruction, not-useType XER-NegatingInstruction, useUnion XER-SimpleInstruction, not-useUnion XER-NegatingInstruction, whiteSpace XER-WhiteSpaceInstruction, not-whiteSpace XER-NegatingInstruction } XER-SimpleInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { } XER-NegatingInstruction ::= XER-SimpleInstruction XER-WildcardInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { namespaceRestriction [GROUP] XER-NamespaceRestriction OPTIONAL } XER-NamespaceRestriction ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { from XER-URIList, except XER-URIList } XER-URIList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE(1..MAX) OF Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 21] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 uriOrAbsent [GROUP] XER-QuotedURIorAbsent XER-QuotedURIorAbsent ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { namespace AnyURI, local NULL } XER-DefaultForEmptyInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { value [GROUP] Value } XER-GlobalDefaultsInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { defaultSetting [GROUP] [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { modifiedEncodings NULL, controlNamespace XER-ControlNamespace } } XER-ControlNamespace ::= SEQUENCE { name [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI, prefix [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL } XER-NameInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { newNameOrKeyword [GROUP] XER-NewNameOrKeyword } XER-NewNameOrKeyword ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { newName [ATTRIBUTE] UTF8String, conversion [ATTRIBUTE] XER-Conversion } XER-Conversion ::= ENUMERATED { capitalized (0), uncapitalized (1), uppercased (2), lowercased (3) } XER-NamespaceInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { namespace [GROUP] XER-NamespaceSpecification OPTIONAL } XER-NamespaceSpecification ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE { name [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI, prefix [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL } Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 22] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 XER-PIOrCommentInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { text [ATTRIBUTE] UTF8String, position [ATTRIBUTE] XER-Position } XER-Position ::= ENUMERATED { beforeTag (0), beforeValue (1), afterValue (2), afterTag (3) } XER-TextInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { newNameOrKeyword [GROUP] XER-NewNameOrKeyword OPTIONAL } XER-WhiteSpaceInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { action [ATTRIBUTE] XER-WhiteSpaceAction } XER-WhiteSpaceAction ::= ENUMERATED { replace (0), collapse (1) } ENCODING-CONTROL RXER SCHEMA-IDENTITY "urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.3" TARGET-NAMESPACE "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" PREFIX "asnx" END Appendix B. ASN.1 for Target List Notation This appendix is normative. TargetListNotation { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) target-list-notation(4) } -- Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2006). This version of -- this ASN.1 module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself -- for full legal notices. DEFINITIONS RXER INSTRUCTIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 23] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 EXTENSIBILITY IMPLIED ::= BEGIN IMPORTS Markup, NCName, QName FROM AdditionalBasicDefinitions { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1) xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) basic(0) } ; TargetList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF target Targets Targets ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { allTypes NULL, identifiedTypes [GROUP] QualifiedTypeIdentification, components IdentifiersInContext, allImportsFrom SEQUENCE { } -- allImportsFrom is not used in this version } -- TypeIdentification and BuiltInTypeIdentification QualifiedTypeIdentification ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE { types [GROUP] [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { specificType [GROUP] SpecificTypeIdentification, choice NULL, enumerated NULL, instanceOf NULL, sequence NULL, sequenceOf NULL, set NULL, setOf NULL }, qualification [GROUP] QualifyingInformationPart OPTIONAL } SpecificTypeIdentification ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE { type [ATTRIBUTE] QName, component Markup OPTIONAL, allTextuallyPresent NULL OPTIONAL } QualifyingInformationPart ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { allIdentifiers NULL, identifier SEQUENCE { name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName } Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 24] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 } IdentifiersInContext ::= SEQUENCE { identifiers [GROUP] IdentifierList, in CHOICE { allTypes NULL, specificType [GROUP] SpecificTypeIdentification } } IdentifierList ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { list [GROUP] IdentifiedComponents, allTextuallyPresent NULL, allFirstLevel NULL } IdentifiedComponents ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF identifiedComponent [GROUP] IdentifiedComponent IdentifiedComponent ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE { component GenericIdentifiedComponent, element GenericIdentifiedComponent, attribute GenericIdentifiedComponent, group GenericIdentifiedComponent, member GenericIdentifiedComponent, item GenericIdentifiedComponent, simpleContent GenericIdentifiedComponent } GenericIdentifiedComponent ::= SEQUENCE { name [ATTRIBUTE] QName } ENCODING-CONTROL RXER SCHEMA-IDENTITY "urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.4" TARGET-NAMESPACE "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" PREFIX "tln" END Appendix C. ASN.X for XER Encoding Instruction Notation This appendix is non-normative. Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2006). This version of this ASN.X module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself for full legal notices. Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 26] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 27] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 28] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 29] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 30] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 31] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Appendix D. ASN.X for Target List Notation This appendix is non-normative. Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2006). This version of this ASN.X module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself for full legal notices. Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 32] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 allImportsFrom is not used in this version TypeIdentification and BuiltInTypeIdentification Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 33] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 34] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Author's Address Dr. Steven Legg eB2Bcom Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 35] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Suite 3, Woodhouse Corporate Centre 935 Station Street Box Hill North, Victoria 3129 AUSTRALIA Phone: +61 3 9896 7830 Fax: +61 3 9896 7801 EMail: steven.legg@eb2bcom.com Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2006). 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The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary rights that may cover technology that may be required to implement this standard. Please address the information to the IETF at ietf-ipr@ietf.org. Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 36] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 Note to the RFC Editor: the remainder of this document is to be removed before final publication. Changes in Draft 01 ASN.1 Schema has been renamed to Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X) and the element has been renamed to . The XER-EncodingInstructionSchema module has been renamed to XER-EncodingInstructionNotation. The schema identity for the module has been similarly changed. The component attribute in the SpecificTypeIdentification translation has been changed to a element. Examples have been added. The CONTENT encoding instruction has been renamed to GROUP and a component subject to a GROUP encoding instruction is now an element item with the [local name] "group" instead of "content". The element has been renamed to and now appears as a child element of an element. Insertion encoding instructions have been added to the ASN.1 for XER Encoding Instruction Notation to remove extension ambiguity. Changes in Draft 02 The AnyType ASN.1 type has been renamed to Markup. Each EncodingInstruction in an EncodingInstructionAssignmentList is now wrapped in a element with the elements following the encoding instruction element instead of being nested within it. This is better aligned with the improved syntax for XER encoding instructions that will be introduced along with encoding instructions for PER. The ASN.1 for TargetList has been extracted into a separate ASN.1 module so that it can be more conveniently shared with encoding instructions for PER. The method for dealing with parameterized definitions has been generalized for ASN.X, so a specific solution for module context changes with respect to XER encoding instructions is no longer needed and has been dropped. The treatment of the GLOBAL-DEFAULTS encoding instruction has been Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 37] INTERNET-DRAFT ASN.X: XER Encoding Instructions December 22, 2006 changed so that there is now an explicit element item. A negating instruction is now represented as an empty element item with a name beginning with "not-" instead of being represented as a positive instruction child of a element item. A preprocessing step has been added to deal with ImportedTypesIdentification. The previous translation for ImportedTypesIdentification was unable to account for symbols imported from another module's import list. The URL for the ASN.1 namespace has been replaced. A permanent URN will be requested from the IANA. Changes in Draft 03 The effective name definition has been replaced by the expanded name definition from Namespaces in XML. The SIMPLE-CONTENT encoding instruction has been accounted for in the ASN.1 for Target List Notation. Legg Expires 22 June 2007 [Page 38]