OpenSAML user discussion

["Scott Cantor" <>]

> I'm not sure if this an OpenSAML question or a Shibboleth question,
> but I'll start here.

Little of both.

> Is it typical for an IdP to issue
> 
> <AttributeValue xsi:type="typens:AttributeValueType">...</AttributeValue>

Any IdP prior to 1.3 or that's interop'ing with older versions using
schemaHack is sending that type to deal with an old Xerces-C bug.

> and if so, what do I need to do to OpenSAML 1.1 to be able to parse it?

You'd have to register the shibboleth.xsd schema included with Shibboleth
containing that type into the parser runtime, either OpenSAML's or your own
if you're using some other parser API.

-- Scott