OpenSAML user discussion

[Scott Cantor <>]

Kenny Pearce wrote:
> Isn't this kind of an undesireable limitation of the library, in terms
> of full specification support? If I create object providers, should I
> submit a patch?

I wanted to note that it's an undesirable thing in SAML to pass xsi:type for 
attribute values, in general. The spec makes this clear, but allows that 
sending built-in types is typically ok. But ok != necessary.

SAML attributes are defined such that:

- values are from a uniform type space (this is a limitation, but that's the 
way it is right now)
- the attribute's name implies the type

Given that, you don't need xsi:type here.

-- Scott