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IETF RFC 4912
Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X)
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Network Working Group S. Legg
Request for Comments: 4912 eB2Bcom
Category: Experimental July 2007
Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X)
 Status of This Memo
This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright © The IETF Trust (2007).
Abstract
Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X) is a semantically equivalent
Extensible Markup Language (XML) representation for Abstract Syntax
Notation One (ASN.1) specifications. ASN.X completely avoids the
numerous ambiguities inherent in the ASN.1 language; therefore,
specifications written in ASN.X are much easier to parse and manage
than original ASN.1 specifications. ASN.X, together with the Robust
XML Encoding Rules (RXER), constitutes a schema language for XML
documents that offers, through other ASN.1 encoding rules,
alternative compact binary encodings for XML instance documents.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
2. Conventions .....................................................5
3. General Considerations ..........................................6
3.1. Annotations ................................................7
4. ModuleDefinition Translation ....................................8
5. Translation of Assignments .....................................11
5.1. Referencing Named Constructs ..............................11
5.2. Importing Namespaces ......................................12
5.3. TypeAssignment Translation ................................14
5.4. ValueAssignment and XMLValueAssignment Translation ........14
5.5. ValueSetTypeAssignment Translation ........................15
5.6. ObjectClassAssignment Translation .........................15
5.7. ObjectAssignment Translation ..............................16
5.8. ObjectSetAssignment Translation ...........................16
5.9. ParameterizedAssignment Translation .......................17
6. Translation of Types ...........................................17
6.1. Identifier Replacement ....................................17
6.2. DefinedType Translation ...................................18
6.3. Translation of Built-in Types .............................20
6.4. BitStringType Translation .................................21
6.5. IntegerType Translation ...................................22
6.6. EnumeratedType Translation ................................24
6.7. PrefixedType Translation ..................................25
6.7.1. Short Form TaggedType Translation ..................28
6.7.2. Long Form TaggedType Translation ...................29
6.8. SelectionType Translation .................................30
6.9. InstanceOfType Translation ................................31
6.10. ObjectClassFieldType Translation .........................31
6.11. TypeFromObject and ValueSetFromObjects Translation .......32
6.12. Translation of Combining Types ...........................32
6.12.1. NamedType Translation .............................32
6.12.2. SequenceType Translation ..........................36
6.12.3. SetType Translation ...............................38
6.12.4. ChoiceType Translation ............................39
6.12.5. Translation of UNION Types ........................40
6.12.6. SequenceOfType Translation ........................41
6.12.7. Translation of LIST Types .........................42
6.12.8. SetOfType Translation .............................42
6.12.9. Effect of Insertion Encoding Instructions .........43
6.13. Translation of Constrained Types .........................43
6.13.1. Constraint Translation ............................46
6.13.2. UserDefinedConstraint Translation .................46
6.13.3. TableConstraint Translation .......................47
6.13.4. ContentsConstraint Translation ....................49
6.13.5. ExceptionSpec Translation .........................50
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7. Translation of Values ..........................................51
7.1. Translation of Literal Values .............................53
7.2. Translation of Notational Values ..........................54
7.2.1. DefinedValue Translation ...........................56
7.2.2. BuiltinValue Translation ...........................57
7.2.3. ValueFromObject Translation ........................60
7.2.4. ObjectClassFieldValue Translation ..................60
8. Translation of Value Sets ......................................61
8.1. ElementSetSpecs Translation ...............................62
8.2. ElementSetSpec Translation ................................62
8.3. SubtypeElements Translation ...............................63
8.3.1. ValueRange Translation .............................64
8.3.2. InnerTypeConstraints Translation ...................65
9. Translation of Object Classes ..................................66
9.1. DefinedObjectClass Translation ............................66
9.2. ObjectClassDefn Translation ...............................68
9.2.1. TypeFieldSpec Translation ..........................68
9.2.2. FixedTypeValueFieldSpec Translation ................69
9.2.3. FixedTypeValueSetFieldSpec Translation .............70
9.2.4. VariableTypeValueFieldSpec Translation .............71
9.2.5. VariableTypeValueSetFieldSpec Translation ..........73
9.2.6. FieldName Translation ..............................74
9.2.7. ObjectFieldSpec Translation ........................75
9.2.8. ObjectSetFieldSpec Translation .....................76
10. Translation of Objects ........................................77
10.1. DefinedObject Translation ................................77
10.2. ObjectDefn Translation ...................................78
10.3. ObjectFromObject Translation .............................80
11. Translation of Object Sets ....................................80
11.1. DefinedObjectSet Translation .............................81
11.2. ObjectSetElements Translation ............................82
11.2.1. ObjectSetFromObjects Translation ..................83
12. Translation of Information From Objects .......................83
13. Translation of Parameterized Definitions ......................83
14. EncodingControlSections Translation ...........................93
15. Security Considerations .......................................94
16. Acknowledgements ..............................................94
17. References ....................................................95
17.1. Normative References .....................................95
17.2. Informative References ...................................97
Appendix A. ASN.1 for ASN.X .......................................95
Appendix B. ASN.X for ASN.X ......................................115
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1. Introduction
A full parser for the Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) language
[X.680][X.680-1][X.681][X.682][X.683] is difficult to implement due
to numerous ambiguities in the notation. For example, certain
notations for a Value are syntactically indistinguishable from
notation for a ValueSet, Object, ObjectSet, DummyReference, or
SimpleTableConstraint. An ObjectClassAssignment, ObjectAssignment,
or ObjectSetAssignment resembles respectively a TypeAssignment,
ValueAssignment, or ValueSetTypeAssignment. A
FixedTypeValueFieldSpec or FixedTypeValueSetFieldSpec resembles
respectively an ObjectFieldSpec or ObjectSetFieldSpec, and an
ObjectClassFieldType resembles InformationFromObjects notation. In
general, such ambiguities can only be resolved once the entire
specification has been parsed. There are other notations that are
not mutually ambiguous but still require several lexical tokens to be
scanned before they can be distinguished from each other. The
difficulty of parsing ASN.1 is an impediment to its wider adoption.
This document defines a semantically equivalent Extensible Markup
Language (XML) [XML10][XML11] representation for ASN.1 specifications
called Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X). An ASN.X module is a
well-formed and valid XML document conforming to XML namespaces
[XMLNS10][XMLNS11]. ASN.X completely avoids the inherent ambiguities
of the ASN.1 language; therefore, specifications written in ASN.X are
much easier to parse and manage than original ASN.1 specifications.
For example, any conformant XML processor forms the basis of an ASN.1
toolkit.
ASN.X, together with the Robust XML Encoding Rules (RXER) [RXER],
constitutes a schema language for XML documents that offers, through
other ASN.1 encoding rules, alternative compact binary encodings for
XML instance documents conforming to an ASN.X specification. ASN.X
definitions can also incorporate type, element, and attribute
definitions from XML Schema [XSD1] documents, RELAX NG [RNG]
documents, or Document Type Definitions (DTDs) [XML10][XML11].
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.
The format for ASN.X has also been designed so that the content of an
ASN.X module conforms to the RXER encoding of an abstract value of an
ASN.1 type, the ModuleDefinition type, presented in Appendix A. This
means that it is possible to decode an ASN.X module using an RXER
decoder and then re-encode the abstract value (for storage or
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transmission) using any of the other encoding rules for ASN.1. Thus,
the "X" in ASN.X can be regarded as standing for either XML or RXER,
or more generally, for any set of ASN.1 encoding rules.
The ASN.X translation of the ASN.1 module in Appendix A is presented
in Appendix B.
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.
Throughout this document "type" shall be taken to mean an ASN.1 type,
and "value" shall be taken to mean an ASN.1 abstract value.
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 an ASN.1 module into an ASN.X
module 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 <type> element item"
means the element item with the [local name] "type". Attribute items
will be referred to by their [local name], e.g., "the type attribute
item" means the attribute item with the [local name] "type".
This document uses the namespace prefix "asnx:" to stand for the
namespace name "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx", though in practice any
valid namespace prefix is permitted in ASN.X.
Encoding instructions [X.680-1] referenced by name in this
specification are encoding instructions for RXER [RXEREI]. The
associated provisions do not apply to encoding instructions for other
encoding rules that happen to have the same 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.
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3. General Considerations
ASN.X is defined in terms of rules for translating an ASN.1 module
into a synthetic Infoset. This synthetic Infoset is then serialized
into a well-formed and valid XML document (the ASN.X module) in the
same manner that the synthetic Infoset for a non-canonical RXER
encoding is serialized into an XML document (see Section 6.12 of the
specification for RXER [RXER]).
Aside: The serialization permits CDATA sections, character
references, and parsed entity references. However, note that an
ASN.X module may be transferred as data in a protocol and that
some protocols disallow entity references.
Apart from the [document element] of the document item for an ASN.X
module, the translation of some ASN.1 construct belongs to the
[children] or [attributes] of an enclosing element item.
Where the translation of the construct is an element item, it is
appended to the [children] of the enclosing element item. Elements
MUST be appended to the [children] of the enclosing element item in
the order described. Translators MAY add white space character items
(i.e., U+0020, U+0009, U+000D and U+000A) to the [children] of any
element item (to improve the layout) except element items with the
[local name] "literalValue", "fieldName", or "restrictBy".
Aside: White space in the [children] of <fieldName> and
<restrictBy> element items is explicitly covered under their
respective descriptions.
Where the translation of the construct is an attribute item, it is
added to the [attributes] of the enclosing element item. The order
of attribute items is not significant. Translators MAY add leading
and trailing white space characters to the [normalized value] of any
attribute item except an attribute item with the [local name]
"literalValue".
Aside: An attribute or element item with the [local name]
"literalValue" holds an RXER Infoset translation of an abstract
value, and white space characters may be significant in that
abstract value. In most cases, RXER itself permits optional
leading and trailing white space characters in the Infoset
translation.
Translators MAY add comment and processing instruction (PI) items to
the [children] of any element item except an element item with the
[local name] "literalValue".
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Aside: In most cases, RXER itself permits comment and PI items in
the [children] of the element items with the [local name]
"literalValue".
Aside: Note that an ASN.X module may be transferred as data in a
protocol and that some protocols disallow processing instructions.
The [in-scope namespaces] and [namespace attributes] for
<literalValue> and <restrictBy> element items are determined
according to Section 6.10 of the specification for RXER [RXER]. The
[in-scope namespaces] and [namespace attributes] for other element
items in the translation are determined according to Section 6.2.2.1
of the specification for RXER.
The [namespace name] of any element item or attribute item generated
by the translation from an ASN.1 specification has no value unless
specified otherwise. In those cases where the [namespace name] of an
element item has a value, the [prefix] of the element item is
determined according to Section 6.2.2.2 of the specification for
RXER. In those cases where the [namespace name] of an attribute item
has a value, the [prefix] of the attribute item is determined
according to Section 6.2.3.1 of the specification for RXER.
Aside: Non-canonical RXER allows all valid namespace prefixes and
all valid placements for their corresponding namespace declaration
attributes.
Whenever an element item is added to the [children] of an enclosing
element item, the enclosing element item becomes the [parent] of the
element item.
Whenever an attribute item is added to the [attributes] of an element
item, the element item becomes the [owner element] of the attribute
item. For each attribute item, the [specified] property is set to
true, the [attribute type] has no value, and the value of the
[references] property is set to unknown.
3.1. Annotations
In a number of places, as indicated in subsequent sections, the
translator is permitted to add an element item with the [local name]
"annotation". The [children] and [attributes] of the <annotation>
element item are at the discretion of the translator.
Typical uses of the <annotation> element item would be to hold
comments from the ASN.1 specification that are normative in nature,
e.g., a comment in a user-defined constraint, or to hold directives
for an ASN.1 compiler.
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Free text or XML comments in an <annotation> element will be
preserved in a Canonical RXER (CRXER) encoding [RXER] (because the
corresponding ASN.1 type for the <annotation> element item is the
Markup type [RXER]), while XML comments outside <annotation> elements
will not be preserved.
Vendors using the <annotation> element items to hold ASN.1 compiler
directives (as attributes or child elements of the <annotation>
element) SHOULD use element or attribute names that are qualified
with a namespace name specific to the vendor.
4. ModuleDefinition Translation
The translation of a ModuleDefinition [X.680] (an ASN.1 module) is an
element item with the [local name] "module" and the [namespace name]
"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" (i.e., an <asnx:module> element item).
The element item is typically the [document element] of a document
item.
An attribute item with the [local name] "format" and
[normalized value] "1.0" MAY be added to the [attributes] of the
<asnx:module> element item.
An ASN.1 module has a schema identity URI if it contains a
SCHEMA-IDENTITY encoding instruction, in which case the schema
identity URI is the character string specified by the AnyURIValue of
the SCHEMA-IDENTITY encoding instruction.
If the ASN.1 module being translated has a schema identity URI, then
an attribute item with the [local name] "schemaIdentity" SHALL be
added to the [attributes] of the <asnx:module> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the schema identity URI
of the module.
If the target namespace [RXEREI] for the ASN.1 module is not absent,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "targetNamespace" SHALL
be added to the [attributes] of the <asnx:module> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the target namespace of
the module.
Aside: An ASN.1 module has a target namespace if it contains a
TARGET-NAMESPACE encoding instruction.
If the ASN.1 module contains a TARGET-NAMESPACE encoding instruction
that specifies a Prefix, then an attribute item with the [local name]
"targetPrefix" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
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<asnx:module> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute
item is the character string specified by the NCNameValue in the
Prefix.
In examples in the remainder of this document, the namespace prefix
"tns:" is used to stand for the target namespace of the module being
translated.
An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <asnx:module> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the modulereference in
the ModuleIdentifier in the ModuleDefinition.
If the DefinitiveIdentifier in the ModuleIdentifier in the
ModuleDefinition is not empty, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "identifier" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<asnx:module> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute
item is the RXER character data translation [RXER] of the
DefinitiveIdentifier.
If the TagDefault in the ModuleDefinition is empty, then an attribute
item with the [local name] "tagDefault" and [normalized value]
"explicit" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <asnx:module>
element item.
If the TagDefault in the ModuleDefinition is not empty and the first
keyword in the TagDefault is not "AUTOMATIC", then an attribute item
with the [local name] "tagDefault" SHALL be added to the [attributes]
of the <asnx:module> element item. The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the first keyword in the TagDefault with all
letters downcased, i.e., "explicit" or "implicit".
If the TagDefault in the ModuleDefinition is not empty and the first
keyword in the TagDefault is "AUTOMATIC", then an attribute item with
the [local name] "tagDefault" and [normalized value] "automatic" MAY
be added to the [attributes] of the <asnx:module> element item.
If the ExtensionDefault in the ModuleDefinition is not empty, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "extensibilityImplied" and
[normalized value] "true" or "1" SHALL be added to the [attributes]
of the <asnx:module> element item.
If the ExtensionDefault in the ModuleDefinition is empty, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "extensibilityImplied" and
[normalized value] "false" or "0" MAY be added to the [attributes] of
the <asnx:module> element item.
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An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <asnx:module> element item.
The translation of each Assignment in the AssignmentList in the
ModuleBody in the ModuleDefinition of the module being translated
SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <asnx:module> element
item.
If the EncodingControlSections instance in the ModuleDefinition
contains an EncodingControlSection for RXER, then the translation of
each NamedType in a TopLevelComponent [RXEREI] nested in the
EncodingInstructionAssignmentList SHALL be added to the [children] of
the <asnx:module> element item. The relative order of the top-level
components [RXEREI] SHOULD be preserved in the translation; however,
the translations of the top-level components MAY be interspersed with
the translations of the assignments in the AssignmentList.
The translation of the EncodingControlSections instance in the
ModuleDefinition of the module being translated SHALL be appended to
the [children] of the <asnx:module> element item.
Example
MyModule DEFINITIONS
IMPLICIT TAGS
EXTENSIBILITY IMPLIED ::=
BEGIN
MyType ::= INTEGER
ENCODING-CONTROL RXER
SCHEMA-IDENTITY "http://example.com/id/MyModule"
TARGET-NAMESPACE "http://example.com/ns/MyModule"
COMPONENT myElement INTEGER
END
<asnx:module xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
name="MyModule"
schemaIdentity="http://example.com/id/MyModule"
targetNamespace="http://example.com/ns/MyModule"
tagDefault="implicit"
extensibilityImplied="true">
<namedType name="MyType" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
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<element name="myElement" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</asnx:module>
5. Translation of Assignments
5.1. Referencing Named Constructs
An Assignment in ASN.1 associates a reference name with a Type,
Value, ValueSet, ObjectClass, Object, or ObjectSet. For ASN.X, an
Assignment is also regarded as associating an expanded name
[XMLNS10][XMLNS11] with the Type, Value, ValueSet, ObjectClass,
Object, or ObjectSet. ASN.X uses these expanded names, rendered as
qualified names [XMLNS10][XMLNS11], in place of the references in an
ASN.1 specification.
In every case, the local name of the expanded name is the
typereference, valuereference, objectclassreference, objectreference,
or objectsetreference in the Assignment (i.e., the [normalized value]
of the name attribute item in the translation of the Assignment,
ignoring white space characters). If the target namespace of the
ASN.1 module in which the Assignment is defined is not absent, then
the namespace name of the expanded name is that target namespace;
otherwise, the namespace name of the expanded name has no value.
When the expanded name is rendered as a qualified name, the namespace
prefix is determined according to Section 6.7.11.1 of the
specification for RXER [RXER].
If an ASN.1 specification contains two or more modules where the
target namespace is absent, then there exists the possibility that
the expanded names defined by the ASN.X translations of those modules
are not distinct. The expanded names are not distinct if:
(1) two or more type or value set assignments define the same
typereference, or
(2) two or more value assignments define the same valuereference, or
(3) two or more object class assignments define the same
objectclassreference, or
(4) two or more object assignments define the same objectreference,
or
(5) two or more object set assignments define the same
objectsetreference, or
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(6) two or more top-level element components [RXEREI] have the same
local name, or
(7) two or more top-level attribute components [RXEREI] have the same
local name.
If the expanded names are not distinct, then an unambiguous
translation into ASN.X does not exist unless each of the modules has
a SCHEMA-IDENTITY encoding instruction. Consequently, if two or more
modules where the target namespace is absent are being translated
into ASN.X and the reference names defined in those modules will not
be distinct, then as a local action prior to the translation, a
SCHEMA-IDENTITY encoding instruction MUST be added to each of the
modules that defines one or more of the indistinct expanded names and
that does not already have a SCHEMA-IDENTITY encoding instruction.
The character string (a URI) specified by the AnyURIValue of each
added SCHEMA-IDENTITY encoding instruction is freely chosen by the
translator, subject to the condition that these character strings are
distinct [RXEREI].
Aside: Although this means that different translators might
produce ASN.X modules that are syntactically different for any
given ASN.1 module, those ASN.X modules will be semantically
equivalent to each other and to the original ASN.1 module.
TARGET-NAMESPACE and SCHEMA-IDENTITY encoding instructions are
RECOMMENDED for every ASN.1 module.
5.2. Importing Namespaces
An Assignment is referenced from an ASN.X module if its associated
expanded name appears as a qualified name in the [normalized value]
of an attribute item with the [local name] "type", "value", "class",
"object", or "objectSet". These references are categorized as direct
references. An Assignment or top-level component is also referenced
from an ASN.X module if its expanded name appears as a qualified name
in the [normalized value] of an attribute item with the [local name]
"ref". This reference is only categorized as direct if the ref
attribute is not the result of the translation of a DefinedType
subject to a TYPE-REF encoding instruction or a NamedType subject to
an ATTRIBUTE-REF or ELEMENT-REF encoding instruction.
Aside: In the case of an indirect reference, an attribute item
with the [local name] "embedded" and [normalized value] "true" or
"1" will also be present.
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Definition (external module): An external module is any module other
than the module being translated and the AdditionalBasicDefinitions
module [RXER].
Aside: The AdditionalBasicDefinitions module is always assumed to
be imported, as are all the built-in types and object classes of
ASN.1.
An element item with the [local name] "import" SHALL be added to the
[children] of the <asnx:module> element item for each external module
containing Assignments or top-level components that are directly
referenced from the ASN.X module. An <import> element item MAY be
added to the [children] of the <asnx:module> element item for any
other external module.
An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHOULD be added to the
[attributes] of the <import> element item. The [normalized value] of
this attribute item is the modulereference in the ModuleIdentifier in
the ModuleDefinition of the external module.
If the DefinitiveIdentifier in the ModuleIdentifier in the
ModuleDefinition of the external module is not empty, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "identifier" SHALL be added to
the [attributes] of the <import> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the RXER character data
translation of the DefinitiveIdentifier.
If the external module has a schema identity URI, then an attribute
item with the [local name] "schemaIdentity" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <import> element item. The [normalized value] of
this attribute item is the schema identity URI of the external
module.
If the target namespace of the external module is not absent, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "namespace" SHALL be added to
the [attributes] of the <import> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the target namespace of
the external module.
An attribute item with the [local name] "schemaLocation" MAY be added
to the [attributes] of the <import> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is a URI [URI] indicating
the physical location of the ASN.X translation of the external
module.
The <import> element items MUST follow an <annotation> element item
(if present) and MUST precede any other element items in the
[children] of the <asnx:module> element item.
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Note that because of the way parameterized references are expanded in
ASN.X (see Section 13), the modules in the Imports in the ModuleBody
in the ModuleDefinition may not correspond exactly to the <import>
element items.
5.3. TypeAssignment Translation
The translation of a TypeAssignment is an element item with the
[local name] "namedType". An attribute item with the [local name]
"name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <namedType> element
item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the
typereference on the left-hand side of the assignment.
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <namedType> element item. The translation of
the Type on the right-hand side of the assignment SHALL be added to
the [children] or [attributes] of the <namedType> element item.
Example
MyType ::= INTEGER
<namedType name="MyType" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
5.4. ValueAssignment and XMLValueAssignment Translation
The translation of a ValueAssignment is an element item with the
[local name] "namedValue". An attribute item with the [local name]
"name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <namedValue> element
item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the
valuereference on the left-hand side of the assignment.
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <namedValue> element item. The translation of
the Type on the left-hand side of the assignment SHALL be added to
the [children] or [attributes] of the <namedValue> element item. The
translation of the Value on the right-hand side of the assignment
SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <namedValue>
element item.
Example
myValue INTEGER ::= 10
<namedValue name="myValue" type="asnx:INTEGER" literalValue="10"/>
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An XMLValueAssignment is converted into the equivalent
ValueAssignment and then translated as a ValueAssignment. Note that
the ASN.X representation for a Value is unrelated to XMLTypedValue.
5.5. ValueSetTypeAssignment Translation
The translation of a ValueSetTypeAssignment is an element item with
the [local name] "namedValueSet". An attribute item with the
[local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<namedValueSet> element item. The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the typereference on the left-hand side of the
assignment.
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <namedValueSet> element item. The translation
of the Type on the left-hand side of the assignment SHALL be added to
the [children] or [attributes] of the <namedValueSet> element item.
The translation of the ValueSet on the right-hand side of the
assignment SHALL be added to the [children] of the <namedValueSet>
element item.
Example
MyValueSet INTEGER ::= { 10 }
<namedValueSet name="MyValueSet" type="asnx:INTEGER">
<valueSet>
<literalValue>10</literalValue>
</valueSet>
</namedValueSet>
5.6. ObjectClassAssignment Translation
The translation of an ObjectClassAssignment is an element item with
the [local name] "namedClass". An attribute item with the
[local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<namedClass> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute
item is the objectclassreference on the left-hand side of the
assignment.
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <namedClass> element item. The translation of
the ObjectClass on the right-hand side of the assignment SHALL be
added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <namedClass> element
item.
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Example
MY-CLASS ::= TYPE-IDENTIFIER
<namedClass name="MY-CLASS" class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER"/>
5.7. ObjectAssignment Translation
The translation of an ObjectAssignment is an element item with the
[local name] "namedObject". An attribute item with the [local name]
"name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <namedObject>
element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the
objectreference on the left-hand side of the assignment.
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <namedObject> element item. The translation of
the DefinedObjectClass on the left-hand side of the assignment SHALL
be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <namedObject>
element item. The translation of the Object on the right-hand side
of the assignment SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of
the <namedObject> element item.
Example
myObject TYPE-IDENTIFIER ::=
{ NULL IDENTIFIED BY { 1 3 14 3 2 26 } }
<namedObject name="myObject" class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER">
<object>
<field name="id" literalValue="1.3.14.3.2.26"/>
<field name="Type" type="asnx:NULL"/>
</object>
</namedObject>
5.8. ObjectSetAssignment Translation
The translation of an ObjectSetAssignment is an element item with the
[local name] "namedObjectSet". An attribute item with the
[local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<namedObjectSet> element item. The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the objectsetreference on the left-hand side of the
assignment.
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <namedObjectSet> element item. The translation
of the DefinedObjectClass on the left-hand side of the assignment
SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
<namedObjectSet> element item. The translation of the ObjectSet on
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the right-hand side of the assignment SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <namedObjectSet> element item.
Example
MyObjectSet TYPE-IDENTIFIER ::= { myObject }
<namedObjectSet name="MyObjectSet" class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER">
<objectSet>
<object ref="tns:myObject"/>
</objectSet>
</namedObjectSet>
5.9. ParameterizedAssignment Translation
The translation of an ASN.1 specification into ASN.X replaces any
reference to a parameterized definition [X.683] with the definition
expanded in-line. Consequently, there is no direct translation for a
ParameterizedAssignment, though its definition may come into play in
the translation of references to the parameterized definition (see
Section 13).
6. Translation of Types
The rules for translating the different varieties of Type are
detailed in this section.
Note that the notation of ASN.1 is ambiguous where a Type is both
prefixed [X.680-1] (e.g., tagged) and constrained. For example, the
notation "[0] INTEGER (0..10)" could be interpreted as either a
tagged ConstrainedType or a constrained TaggedType. For the purposes
of the translation into ASN.X, the constraint is assumed to have
higher precedence than the prefix, so the above notation would be
taken to be a tagged ConstrainedType.
6.1. Identifier Replacement
Various RXER encoding instructions can be used to override an
identifier in an ASN.1 specification with an NCName [XMLNS10]. The
NCName is given preeminence in the ASN.X representation, and the
identifier is not explicitly given if it is algorithmically related
to the NCName. The cases where an NCName overrides an identifier are
covered individually in other parts of this specification and make
use of the following definition.
Definition (reduction): The reduction of an NCName is the string of
characters resulting from the following operations performed in order
on the NCName:
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(1) replace each full stop ('.', U+002E) and low line ('_', U+005F)
character with a hyphen character ('-', U+002D),
(2) remove every character except Latin letters (U+0041-U+005A,
U+0061-U+007A), decimal digits (U+0030-U+0039), and hyphens
(U+002D),
(3) remove leading and trailing hyphen characters,
(4) replace sequences of two or more hyphen characters with a single
hyphen, and
(5) convert the first character to lowercase if it is an uppercase
letter.
Aside: If the reduction of an NCName is not the same as the
identifier that the NCName replaces, then the identifier will be
explicitly given in the translation into ASN.X.
6.2. DefinedType Translation
If a Type is a DefinedType in a ReferencedType, then the translation
of the Type is the translation of the DefinedType.
If a DefinedType is not a ParameterizedType,
ParameterizedValueSetType, or DummyReference and is not subject to a
TYPE-REF or REF-AS-TYPE encoding instruction, then the translation of
the DefinedType is either the attribute form translation of a type
reference, or the element form translation of a type reference.
The attribute form translation of a type reference is an attribute
item with the [local name] "type". The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is a qualified name for the expanded name of the
referenced type definition (see Section 5.1). The attribute form
translation SHALL NOT be used if this expanded name is not distinct
with respect to the current module and the modules referenced by its
<import> element items (see Section 5.1).
The element form translation of a type reference is an element item
with the [local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An attribute item with the [local name] "ref" SHALL be added
to the [attributes] of the <type> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified name for the
expanded name of the referenced type definition. If this expanded
name is not distinct with respect to the current module and the
modules referenced by its <import> element items, then an attribute
item with the [local name] "context" SHALL be added to the
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[attributes] of the <type> element item; otherwise, if the module
containing the referenced type definition has a schema identity URI,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "context" MAY be added
to the [attributes] of the <type> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the schema identity URI
of the module containing the type definition referenced by the
DefinedType.
Aside: If a reference name is not distinct, then the module
containing the referenced definition must have a schema identity
URI (see Section 5.1).
An attribute item with the [local name] "embedded" and
[normalized value] "false" or "0" MAY be added to the [attributes] of
the <type> element item.
The translation of the DefinedType is the same whether the type
definition is referenced by a typereference or an
ExternalTypeReference.
If a DefinedType is subject to a TYPE-REF encoding instruction, then
the translation of the DefinedType is an element item with the
[local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An attribute item with the [local name] "ref" SHALL be added
to the [attributes] of the <type> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the RXER character data
translation of the QNameValue in the TYPE-REF encoding instruction.
If a ContextParameter is present in the RefParameters in the TYPE-REF
encoding instruction, then an attribute item with the [local name]
"context" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <type> element
item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the string
value of the AnyURIValue in the ContextParameter. An attribute item
with the [local name] "embedded" and [normalized value] "true" or "1"
SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <type> element item.
Aside: The embedded attribute item indicates whether a type is
directly referenced as a DefinedType or indirectly referenced
through a TYPE-REF encoding instruction. An ASN.1 type can be
referenced either way. Type definitions in other schema languages
cannot be directly referenced.
If a DefinedType is subject to a REF-AS-TYPE encoding instruction,
then the translation of the DefinedType is an element item with the
[local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An attribute item with the [local name] "elementType" SHALL be
added to the [attributes] of the <type> element item. The
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[normalized value] of this attribute item is the RXER character data
translation of the NameValue in the REF-AS-TYPE encoding instruction.
If a ContextParameter is present in the RefParameters in the
REF-AS-TYPE encoding instruction, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "context" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<type> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item
is the string value of the AnyURIValue in the ContextParameter.
Example
CHOICE {
one Foo,
two [RXER:TYPE-REF
{ namespace-name "http://www.example.com/PO1",
local-name "PurchaseOrderType" }]
Markup,
three [RXER:REF-AS-TYPE "product"
CONTEXT "http://www.example.com/inventory"]
Markup
}
<type>
<choice>
<element name="one" type="tns:Foo"/>
<element name="two" xmlns:po="http://www.example.com/PO1">
<type ref="po:PurchaseOrderType" embedded="true"/>
</element>
<element name="three">
<type elementType="product"
context="http://www.example.com/inventory"/>
</element>
</choice>
</type>
If a DefinedType is a DummyReference, ParameterizedType, or
ParameterizedValueSetType, then the translation of the Type is the
translation of that DummyReference, ParameterizedType, or
ParameterizedValueSetType (see Section 13).
6.3. Translation of Built-in Types
If a Type is a BuiltinType or ReferencedType that is one of the
productions in Table 1 in Section 5 of the specification for RXER
[RXER], then the translation of the Type is either the attribute form
or element form translation of that type.
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The attribute form translation of a Type that is a BuiltinType or
ReferencedType that is one of the productions in Table 1 is an
attribute item with the [local name] "type". The [normalized value]
of this attribute item is a qualified name for the expanded name of
the built-in type (see Section 5 of the specification for RXER
[RXER]).
The element form translation of a Type that is a BuiltinType or
ReferencedType that is one of the productions in Table 1 is an
element item with the [local name] "type". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<type> element item. An attribute item with the [local name] "ref"
SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <type> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified name for the
expanded name of the built-in type.
Example
BOOLEAN
<type ref="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
Usually the translator is free to choose either the attribute form or
element form translation for a Type; however, in some contexts
attribute forms for a Type are explicitly disallowed.
6.4. BitStringType Translation
The translation of a BitStringType with a NamedBitList is an element
item with the [local name] "type". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<type> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"namedBitList" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <type>
element item. The translation of each NamedBit in the NamedBitList
SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <namedBitList> element
item.
The translation of a NamedBit is an element item with the
[local name] "namedBit". An attribute item with the [local name]
"name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <namedBit> element
item. If the BitStringType is subject to a VALUES encoding
instruction, then the [normalized value] of this attribute item is
the replacement name [RXEREI] for the identifier in the NamedBit;
otherwise, it is the identifier in the NamedBit. If the
BitStringType is subject to a VALUES encoding instruction and the
reduction of the replacement name (see Section 6.1) is not the same
as the identifier, then an attribute item with the [local name]
"identifier" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <namedBit>
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element item; otherwise, an attribute item with the [local name]
"identifier" MAY be added to the [attributes] of the <namedBit>
element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the
identifier in the NamedBit. An attribute item with the [local name]
"bit" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <namedBit> element
item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the digit
string representation of the integer value of the number or
DefinedValue in the NamedBit.
Examples
BIT STRING { zero(0), one(1), two(2) }
<type>
<namedBitList>
<namedBit name="zero" bit="0"/>
<namedBit name="one" bit="1"/>
<namedBit name="two" bit="2"/>
</namedBitList>
</type>
[RXER:VALUES ALL CAPITALIZED, wednesday AS "Midweek"]
BIT STRING {
monday(0), tuesday(1), wednesday(2),
thursday(3), friday(4)
}
<type>
<namedBitList>
<namedBit name="Monday" bit="0"/>
<namedBit name="Tuesday" bit="1"/>
<namedBit name="Midweek" identifier="wednesday" bit="2"/>
<namedBit name="Thursday" bit="3"/>
<namedBit name="Friday" bit="4"/>
</namedBitList>
</type>
6.5. IntegerType Translation
The translation of an IntegerType with a NamedNumberList is an
element item with the [local name] "type". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<type> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"namedNumberList" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <type>
element item. The translation of each NamedNumber in the
NamedNumberList SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<namedNumberList> element item.
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The translation of a NamedNumber is an element item with the
[local name] "namedNumber". An attribute item with the [local name]
"name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <namedNumber>
element item. If the IntegerType is subject to a VALUES encoding
instruction, then the [normalized value] of this attribute item is
the replacement name [RXEREI] for the identifier in the NamedNumber;
otherwise, it is the identifier in the NamedNumber. If the
IntegerType is subject to a VALUES encoding instruction and the
reduction of the replacement name (see Section 6.1) is not the same
as the identifier, then an attribute item with the [local name]
"identifier" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <namedNumber>
element item; otherwise, an attribute item with the [local name]
"identifier" MAY be added to the [attributes] of the <namedNumber>
element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the
identifier in the NamedNumber. An attribute item with the
[local name] "number" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<namedNumber> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute
item is the digit string representation of the integer value of the
SignedNumber or DefinedValue in the NamedNumber.
Examples
INTEGER { nothing(0), a-little(1), a-lot(100) }
<type>
<namedNumberList>
<namedNumber name="nothing" number="0"/>
<namedNumber name="a-little" number="1"/>
<namedNumber name="a-lot" number="100"/>
</namedNumberList>
</type>
[RXER:VALUES ALL CAPITALIZED, very-high AS "DANGEROUS"]
INTEGER { low(25), medium(50), high(75), very-high(100) }
<type>
<namedNumberList>
<namedNumber name="Low" number="25"/>
<namedNumber name="Medium" number="50"/>
<namedNumber name="High" number="75"/>
<namedNumber name="DANGEROUS" identifier="very-high"
number="100"/>
</namedNumberList>
</type>
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6.6. EnumeratedType Translation
The translation of an EnumeratedType is an element item with the
[local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "enumerated" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <type> element item. The
translation of each EnumerationItem nested in the RootEnumeration in
the Enumerations instance in the EnumeratedType SHALL be appended to
the [children] of the <enumerated> element item.
If an ellipsis ("...") is present in the Enumerations instance, then
an element item with the [local name] "extension" SHALL be appended
to the [children] of the <enumerated> element item and the
translation of the ExceptionSpec (possibly empty) SHALL be added to
the [children] of the <extension> element item. If an
AdditionalEnumeration is present in the Enumerations instance, then
the translation of each EnumerationItem nested in the
AdditionalEnumeration SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<extension> element item.
The translation of an EnumerationItem is an element item with the
[local name] "enumeration".
If the EnumerationItem is of the "identifier" form, then an attribute
item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes]
of the <enumeration> element item. If the EnumeratedType is subject
to a VALUES encoding instruction, then the [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the replacement name [RXEREI] for the identifier;
otherwise, it is the identifier. If the EnumeratedType is subject to
a VALUES encoding instruction and the reduction of the replacement
name (see Section 6.1) is not the same as the identifier, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "identifier" SHALL be added to
the [attributes] of the <enumeration> element item; otherwise, an
attribute item with the [local name] "identifier" MAY be added to the
[attributes] of the <enumeration> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the identifier.
If the EnumerationItem is of the "NamedNumber" form, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <enumeration> element item. If the
EnumeratedType is subject to a VALUES encoding instruction, then the
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the replacement name
[RXEREI] for the identifier in the NamedNumber; otherwise, it is the
identifier in the NamedNumber. If the EnumeratedType is subject to a
VALUES encoding instruction and the reduction of the replacement name
is not the same as the identifier, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "identifier" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
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<enumeration> element item; otherwise, an attribute item with the
[local name] "identifier" MAY be added to the [attributes] of the
<enumeration> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute
item is the identifier in the NamedNumber. An attribute item with
the [local name] "number" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<enumeration> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute
item is the digit string representation of the integer value of the
SignedNumber or DefinedValue in the NamedNumber.
Examples
ENUMERATED { red(0), green(1), ..., blue(2) }
<type>
<enumerated>
<enumeration name="red" number="0"/>
<enumeration name="green" number="1"/>
<extension>
<enumeration name="blue" number="2"/>
</extension>
</enumerated>
</type>
[RXER:VALUES ALL CAPITALIZED, red AS "Crimson"]
ENUMERATED { red, yellow, green, blue }
<type>
<enumerated>
<enumeration name="Crimson" identifier="red"/>
<enumeration name="Yellow"/>
<enumeration name="Green"/>
<enumeration name="Blue"/>
</enumerated>
</type>
6.7. PrefixedType Translation
The translation of a PrefixedType [X.680-1] that is a TaggedType is
either the short form translation (Section 6.7.1) or long form
translation (Section 6.7.2) of the TaggedType.
Aside: The short form translation is provided because TaggedType
notation is heavily used in existing ASN.1 specifications. The
long form translation has the same structure as the translation of
an EncodingPrefixedType and can be simplified where there is a
series of nested PrefixedType instances.
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If a PrefixedType is an EncodingPrefixedType and the
EncodingReference is RXER, or the EncodingReference is empty and the
default encoding reference [X.680-1] for the module is RXER, then the
translation of the PrefixedType is the translation of the Type in the
EncodingPrefixedType.
Aside: This is not suggesting that RXER encoding instructions are
ignored. Encoding instructions for RXER are not explicitly
represented in ASN.X, but rather affect how an ASN.1 module is
translated into an ASN.X module (since the content of an ASN.X
module is also the RXER encoding of an abstract value of the
ModuleDefinition ASN.1 type in Appendix A). The individual
effects of RXER encoding instructions on the translation are
addressed in other parts of this specification. Encoding
instructions for other encoding rules have explicit
representations in ASN.X.
If a PrefixedType is an EncodingPrefixedType and the
EncodingReference is not RXER, or the EncodingReference is empty and
the default encoding reference for the module is not RXER, then the
translation of the PrefixedType is an element item with the
[local name] "prefixed". The translation of the EncodingPrefix in
the EncodingPrefixedType SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<prefixed> element item.
If the EncodingReference of an EncodingPrefix is not empty, then the
translation of the EncodingPrefix is an element item with the
encodingreference in the EncodingReference as the [local name]. The
translation of the EncodingInstruction in the EncodingPrefix SHALL be
added to the [children] of this element item.
If the EncodingReference of an EncodingPrefix is empty, then the
translation of the EncodingPrefix is an element item with the default
encoding reference for the module as the [local name]. The
translation of the EncodingInstruction in the EncodingPrefix SHALL be
added to the [children] of this element item.
The EncodingInstruction notation is different for each set of
encoding instructions, and their translations into ASN.X are
specified in separate documents [GSEREIT][XEREIT]. At the time of
writing, only three sets of encoding instructions have been defined
(for RXER [RXEREI], GSER [GSEREI], and EXTENDED-XER [X.693-1]).
If the child <type> element item of a <prefixed> element item has no
attribute items and has a child <prefixed> element item, then that
child <type> element item MAY be replaced by the [children] and
[attributes] of the inner <prefixed> element item. Note that the
long form translation of a TaggedType is also eligible for this
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rewriting step. This rewriting step MAY be applied to the result of
a previous rewriting step if the necessary condition still holds.
Example
These three definitions are equivalent.
[XER:ATTRIBUTE] [XER:USE-UNION] [GSER:CHOICE-OF-STRINGS] CHOICE {
one PrintableString,
two UTF8String
}
<type>
<prefixed>
<XER><attribute/></XER>
<type>
<prefixed>
<XER><useUnion/></XER>
<type>
<prefixed>
<GSER><choiceOfStrings/></GSER>
<type>
<choice>
<element name="one" type="asnx:PrintableString"/>
<element name="two" type="asnx:UTF8String"/>
</choice>
</type>
</prefixed>
</type>
</prefixed>
</type>
</prefixed>
</type>
<type>
<prefixed>
<XER><attribute/></XER>
<XER><useUnion/></XER>
<GSER><choiceOfStrings/></GSER>
<type>
<choice>
<element name="one" type="asnx:PrintableString"/>
<element name="two" type="asnx:UTF8String"/>
</choice>
</type>
</prefixed>
</type>
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6.7.1. Short Form TaggedType Translation
The short form translation of a TaggedType is an element item with
the [local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "tagged" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <type> element item.
If the Class in the Tag in the TaggedType is not empty, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "tagClass" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <tagged> element item. The [normalized value] of
this attribute item is the Class of the Tag with all letters
downcased, i.e., either "universal", "application", or "private".
An attribute item with the [local name] "number" SHALL be added to
the [attributes] of the <tagged> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the digit string
representation of the integer value of the number or DefinedValue in
the ClassNumber in the Tag.
If the Tag is immediately followed by the "IMPLICIT" keyword, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "tagging" and [normalized value]
"implicit" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <tagged> element
item.
If the Tag is immediately followed by the "EXPLICIT" keyword, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "tagging" and [normalized value]
"explicit" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <tagged> element
item.
The translation of the Type in the TaggedType SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <tagged> element item.
Examples
[0] INTEGER
<type>
<tagged number="0" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</type>
[APPLICATION 10] IMPLICIT BOOLEAN
<type>
<tagged tagClass="application" number="10" tagging="implicit"
type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</type>
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6.7.2. Long Form TaggedType Translation
The long form translation of a TaggedType is an element item with the
[local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "prefixed" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <type> element item. The
translation of the Tag in the TaggedType SHALL be added to the
[children] of the <prefixed> element item.
The translation of a Tag is an element item with the [local name]
"TAG".
If the Class of the Tag is not empty, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "tagClass" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<TAG> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is
the Class of the Tag with all letters downcased, i.e., either
"universal", "application", or "private".
An attribute item with the [local name] "number" SHALL be added to
the [attributes] of the <TAG> element item. The [normalized value]
of this attribute item is the digit string representation of the
integer value of the number or DefinedValue in the ClassNumber in the
Tag.
If the Tag is immediately followed by the "IMPLICIT" keyword, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "tagging" and [normalized value]
"implicit" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <TAG> element
item.
If the Tag is immediately followed by the "EXPLICIT" keyword, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "tagging" and [normalized value]
"explicit" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <TAG> element
item.
The translation of the Type in the TaggedType SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <prefixed> element item.
Examples
[0] INTEGER
<type>
<prefixed type="asnx:INTEGER">
<TAG number="0"/>
</prefixed>
</type>
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[APPLICATION 10] IMPLICIT BOOLEAN
<type>
<prefixed type="asnx:BOOLEAN">
<TAG tagClass="application" number="10" tagging="implicit"/>
</prefixed>
</type>
6.8. SelectionType Translation
The translation of a SelectionType is an element item with the
[local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "selection" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <type> element item.
The identifier in a SelectionType identifies a NamedType in the
definition of the Type in the SelectionType. The translation of that
NamedType will be an element item with the [local name] either
"attribute", "element", "component", "group", or "member". An
attribute item with the same [local name] as the translation of the
NamedType SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <selection>
element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is a
qualified name for the expanded name of the NamedType [RXEREI].
The translation of the Type in the SelectionType SHALL be added to
the [children] or [attributes] of the <selection> element item.
Examples
field1 < MyChoiceType
<type>
<selection element="field1" type="tns:MyChoiceType"/>
</type>
field2 < CHOICE {
field2 [RXER:ATTRIBUTE][RXER:NAME AS "field-two"] INTEGER
}
<type>
<selection attribute="field-two">
<type>
<choice>
<attribute name="field-two" identifier="field2"
type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</choice>
</type>
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</selection>
</type>
6.9. InstanceOfType Translation
The translation of an InstanceOfType is an element item with the
[local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "instanceOf" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <type> element item. The
translation of the DefinedObjectClass in the InstanceOfType SHALL be
added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <instanceOf> element
item.
Example
INSTANCE OF TYPE-IDENTIFIER
<type>
<instanceOf class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER"/>
</type>
6.10. ObjectClassFieldType Translation
The translation of an ObjectClassFieldType is an element item with
the [local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "fromClass" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <type> element item. The
translation of the DefinedObjectClass in the ObjectClassFieldType
SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <fromClass>
element item. The translation of the FieldName (see Section 9.2.6)
in the ObjectClassFieldType SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <fromClass> element item.
Example
OPERATION.&Linked.&ArgumentType
<type>
<fromClass class="tns:OPERATION"
fieldName="Linked/ArgumentType"/>
</type>
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6.11. TypeFromObject and ValueSetFromObjects Translation
The translation of a TypeFromObject or ValueSetFromObjects is an
element item with the [local name] "type". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<type> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"fromObjects" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <type>
element item.
The translation of the ReferencedObjects instance in the
TypeFromObject or ValueSetFromObjects SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <fromObjects> element item.
The translation of the FieldName in the TypeFromObject or
ValueSetFromObjects SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes]
of the <fromObjects> element item.
Example
invertMatrix.&Errors.&errorCode
<type>
<fromObjects object="tns:invertMatrix"
fieldName="Errors/errorCode"/>
</type>
6.12. Translation of Combining Types
This section details the translation of the ASN.1 combining types:
SET, SEQUENCE, CHOICE, SET OF, and SEQUENCE OF. The combining type
definitions all make use of the NamedType notation.
6.12.1. NamedType Translation
A NamedType is translated in one of three ways depending on the
context. These are the normal translation, the member translation,
and the item translation. These translations are not
interchangeable. One of the three will be explicitly invoked as part
of the translation of an enclosing combining type.
The normal translation of a NamedType is an element item with the
[local name] determined as follows:
(1) if the NamedType is subject to an ATTRIBUTE or ATTRIBUTE-REF
encoding instruction, or subject to a COMPONENT-REF encoding
instruction that references a top-level NamedType that is subject
to an ATTRIBUTE encoding instruction, then the [local name] is
"attribute",
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(2) else if the NamedType is subject to a GROUP encoding instruction,
then the [local name] is "group",
(3) else if the NamedType is subject to a SIMPLE-CONTENT encoding
instruction, then the [local name] is "simpleContent",
(4) otherwise, the [local name] is "element" or "component"
(translator's choice).
Aside: The local names "element" and "component" are synonymous.
The "component" alternative is offered for specifying applications
that don't use RXER (except for the ASN.X specification itself, of
course), where referring to parts of an encoding as elements would
seem incongruous.
The member translation of a NamedType is an element item with the
[local name] "member".
The item translation of a NamedType is an element item with the
[local name] "item".
Aside: A Namedtype for which the member or item translation is
invoked will never be subject to an ATTRIBUTE, ATTRIBUTE-REF,
COMPONENT-REF, GROUP, SIMPLE-CONTENT, or TYPE-AS-VERSION encoding
instruction. These encoding instructions are also mutually
exclusive [RXEREI].
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <attribute>, <element>, <component>, <group>,
<item>, <member>, or <simpleContent> element item.
If a NamedType is subject to a TYPE-AS-VERSION encoding instruction,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "typeAsVersion" and
[normalized value] "true" or "1" SHALL be added to the <element> or
<component> element item. For the normal translation, if a NamedType
is not subject to an ATTRIBUTE, ATTRIBUTE-REF, COMPONENT-REF, GROUP,
SIMPLE-CONTENT, or TYPE-AS-VERSION encoding instruction, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "typeAsVersion" and
[normalized value] "false" or "0" MAY be added to the <element> or
<component> element item.
For the normal, member, and item translations, if a NamedType is not
subject to an ATTRIBUTE-REF, COMPONENT-REF, ELEMENT-REF, or
REF-AS-ELEMENT encoding instruction, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<attribute>, <element>, <component>, <group>, <item>, <member>, or
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<simpleContent> element item. The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the local name of the expanded name of the
NamedType [RXEREI].
Aside: If there are no NAME, ATTRIBUTE-REF, COMPONENT_REF,
ELEMENT-REF or REF-AS-ELEMENT encoding instructions, then the
local name of the expanded name of a NamedType is the same as the
identifier in the NamedType.
If the reduction of the local name (an NCName) of the expanded name
of a NamedType is not the same as the identifier in the NamedType,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "identifier" SHALL be
added to the [attributes] of the <attribute>, <element>, <component>,
<group>, <item>, <member>, or <simpleContent> element item;
otherwise, an attribute item with the [local name] "identifier" MAY
be added to the [attributes] of the aforementioned element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the identifier in the
NamedType.
Aside: The identifier attribute is not contingent on there being a
name attribute. That is, an element item can have an identifier
attribute item without having a name attribute item.
If a NamedType is subject to a COMPONENT-REF encoding instruction,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "ref" SHALL be added to
the [attributes] of the <attribute>, <element>, or <component>
element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is a
qualified name for the expanded name of the top-level NamedType
referenced by the encoding instruction. If the expanded name is not
distinct with respect to the current module and the modules
referenced by its <import> element items (see Section 5.1), then an
attribute item with the [local name] "context" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <attribute>, <element>, or <component> element
item; otherwise, if the module containing the referenced top-level
NamedType has a schema identity URI, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "context" MAY be added to the [attributes] of the
<attribute>, <element>, or <component> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the schema identity URI
of the module containing the referenced top-level NamedType.
Aside: If an expanded name is not distinct, then the module
containing the referenced top-level NamedType must have a schema
identity URI (see Section 5.1).
If a NamedType is subject to a COMPONENT-REF encoding instruction,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "embedded" and
[normalized value] "false" or "0" MAY be added to the [attributes] of
the <attribute>, <element>, or <component> element item.
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If a NamedType is subject to an ATTRIBUTE-REF or ELEMENT-REF encoding
instruction, then an attribute item with the [local name] "ref" SHALL
be added to the [attributes] of the <attribute>, <element>, or
<component> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute
item is the RXER character data translation of the QNameValue in the
encoding instruction. An attribute item with the [local name]
"embedded" and [normalized value] "true" or "1" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <attribute>, <element>, or <component> element
item.
If a NamedType is subject to a REF-AS-ELEMENT encoding instruction,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "elementType" SHALL be
added to the [attributes] of the <element> or <component> element
item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the RXER
character data translation of the NameValue in the REF-AS-ELEMENT
encoding instruction. If a Namespace is present in the
REF-AS-ELEMENT encoding instruction, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "namespace" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<element> or <component> element item. The [normalized value] of
this attribute item is the string value of the AnyURIValue in the
Namespace.
If a ContextParameter is present in the RefParameters in the
ATTRIBUTE-REF, ELEMENT-REF, or REF-AS-ELEMENT encoding instruction,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "context" SHALL be added
to the [attributes] of the <attribute>, <element>, or <component>
element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the
string value of the AnyURIValue in the ContextParameter.
If a NamedType is subject to both an ATTRIBUTE encoding instruction
and a VERSION-INDICATOR encoding instruction, then an attribute item
with the [local name] "versionIndicator" and [normalized value]
"true" or "1" SHALL be added to the <attribute> element item. If a
NamedType is subject to an ATTRIBUTE encoding instruction and not
subject to a VERSION-INDICATOR encoding instruction, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "versionIndicator" and
[normalized value] "false" or "0" MAY be added to the <attribute>
element item.
If a NamedType is not subject to an ATTRIBUTE-REF, COMPONENT-REF,
ELEMENT-REF, or REF-AS-ELEMENT encoding instruction, then the
translation of the Type in the NamedType SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <attribute>, <element>,
<component>, <group>, <item>, <member>, or <simpleContent> element
item.
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If a NamedType is subject to an ATTRIBUTE-REF, COMPONENT-REF,
ELEMENT-REF, or REF-AS-ELEMENT encoding instruction, then the
translation of each EncodingPrefix (Section 6.7) and Tag
(Section 6.7.2) textually within the NamedType SHALL be added in
order to the [children] of the <attribute>, <element>, or <component>
element item.
Example
CHOICE {
one INTEGER,
two [RXER:ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN,
three [RXER:ATTRIBUTE-REF
{ namespace-name "http://www.example.com/schema",
local-name "foo" }]
UTF8String,
bar [RXER:ELEMENT-REF
{ namespace-name "http://www.example.com/schema",
local-name "bar" }]
Markup,
five [0] [RXER:REF-AS-ELEMENT "product"
CONTEXT "http://www.example.com/inventory"]
Markup,
six [RXER:GROUP] MySequence
}
<type>
<choice xmlns:ex="http://www.example.com/schema">
<element name="one" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<attribute name="two" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
<attribute ref="ex:foo" identifier="three" embedded="true"/>
<element ref="ex:bar" embedded="true"/>
<element elementType="product"
context="http://www.example.com/inventory"
identifier="five">
<TAG number="0"/>
</element>
<group name="six" type="tns:MySequence"/>
</choice>
</type>
6.12.2. SequenceType Translation
The translation of a SequenceType is an element item with the
[local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "sequence" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <type> element item. The
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translation of each ComponentType nested in the ComponentTypeList in
the initial RootComponentTypeList, if present, SHALL be appended to
the [children] of the <sequence> element item.
If an ExtensionAndException is present, then an element item with the
[local name] "extension" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<sequence> element item. If an ExceptionSpec is present in the
ExtensionAndException, then the translation of the ExceptionSpec
(possibly empty) SHALL be added to the [children] of the <extension>
element item.
If an ExtensionAdditions instance is present, then the translation of
each ExtensionAdditionGroup or ComponentType nested in the
ExtensionAdditions (if any) SHALL be appended to the [children] of
the <extension> element item.
If an ExtensionEndMarker is present, then the translation of each
ComponentType nested in the ComponentTypeList in the final
RootComponentTypeList SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<sequence> element item.
The translation of an ExtensionAdditionGroup is an element item with
the [local name] "extensionGroup". If the VersionNumber in the
ExtensionAdditionGroup is not empty, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "version" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<extensionGroup> element item. The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the number in the VersionNumber. The translation
of each ComponentType nested in the ExtensionAdditionGroup SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <extensionGroup> element item.
The translation of a ComponentType of the "NamedType" form is the
normal translation of the NamedType.
The translation of a ComponentType of the "NamedType OPTIONAL" form
is an element item with the [local name] "optional". The normal
translation of the NamedType SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<optional> element item.
The translation of a ComponentType of the "NamedType DEFAULT Value"
form is an element item with the [local name] "optional". The normal
translation of the NamedType SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<optional> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"default" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <optional>
element item. The translation of the Value SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <default> element item.
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The translation of a ComponentType of the "COMPONENTS OF Type" form
is an element item with the [local name] "componentsOf". The
translation of the Type SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <componentsOf> element item.
Example
SEQUENCE {
one INTEGER,
two [RXER:ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN OPTIONAL,
...,
[[ 2:
four NULL
]],
COMPONENTS OF MySequence,
...,
three PrintableString DEFAULT "third"
}
<type>
<sequence>
<element name="one" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<optional>
<attribute name="two" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</optional>
<extension>
<extensionGroup version="2">
<element name="four" type="asnx:NULL"/>
</extensionGroup>
<componentsOf type="tns:MySequence"/>
</extension>
<optional>
<element name="three" type="asnx:PrintableString"/>
<default literalValue="third"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
6.12.3. SetType Translation
The translation of a SetType follows the same procedure as the
translation of a SequenceType except that SetType replaces
SequenceType, "SET" replaces "SEQUENCE", and the [local name] "set"
is used instead of "sequence".
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6.12.4. ChoiceType Translation
The translation of a ChoiceType that is not subject to a UNION
encoding instruction is an element item with the [local name] "type".
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <type> element item. An element item with the
[local name] "choice" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<type> element item. The normal translation of each NamedType nested
in the AlternativeTypeList in the RootAlternativeTypeList in the
AlternativeTypeLists SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<choice> element item.
If an ExtensionAndException is present in the AlternativeTypeLists,
then an element item with the [local name] "extension" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <choice> element item. If an
ExceptionSpec is present in the ExtensionAndException, then the
translation of the ExceptionSpec (possibly empty) is added to the
[children] of the <extension> element item.
If an ExtensionAdditionAlternatives instance is present in the
AlternativeTypeLists, then the translation of each
ExtensionAdditionAlternativesGroup or NamedType (if any) nested in
the ExtensionAdditionAlternatives SHALL be appended in order to the
[children] of the <extension> element item. The normal translation
of the NamedType is used.
The translation of an ExtensionAdditionAlternativesGroup is an
element item with the [local name] "extensionGroup". If the
VersionNumber in the ExtensionAdditionAlternativesGroup is not empty,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "version" SHALL be added
to the [attributes] of the <extensionGroup> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the number in the
VersionNumber. The normal translation of each NamedType nested in
the AlternativeTypeList in the ExtensionAdditionAlternativesGroup
SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <extensionGroup> element
item.
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Example
CHOICE {
one INTEGER,
two [RXER:NAME AS "Two"] BOOLEAN,
...,
[[ 2:
three NULL
]],
four PrintableString,
...
}
<type>
<choice>
<element name="one" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<element name="Two" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
<extension>
<extensionGroup version="2">
<element name="three" type="asnx:NULL"/>
</extensionGroup>
<element name="four" type="asnx:PrintableString"/>
</extension>
</choice>
</type>
6.12.5. Translation of UNION Types
The translation of a ChoiceType that is subject to a UNION encoding
instruction follows the same procedure as the translation of a
ChoiceType that is not subject to a UNION encoding instruction except
that the [local name] "union" is used instead of "choice", and the
member translation of each NamedType is used instead of the normal
translation.
In addition, if the UNION encoding instruction has a PrecedenceList,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "precedence" SHALL be
added to the [attributes] of the <union> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the white space
separated list of qualified names for the expanded names of the
NamedType instances [RXEREI] corresponding to the identifiers in the
PrecedenceList. A white space separator is one or more of the white
space characters.
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Example
[RXER:UNION PRECEDENCE utf8 visible] CHOICE {
printable PrintableString,
teletex TeletexString,
visible [RXER:NAME AS "ascii"] VisibleString,
...,
utf8 UTF8String
}
<type>
<union precedence="utf8 ascii">
<member name="printable" type="asnx:PrintableString"/>
<member name="teletex" type="asnx:TeletexString"/>
<member name="ascii" identifier="visible"
type="asnx:VisibleString"/>
<extension>
<member name="utf8" type="asnx:UTF8String"/>
</extension>
</union>
</type>
6.12.6. SequenceOfType Translation
The translation of a SequenceOfType that is not subject to a LIST
encoding instruction is an element item with the [local name] "type".
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <type> element item. An element item with the
[local name] "sequenceOf" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<type> element item.
If the SequenceOfType is of the "SEQUENCE OF NamedType" form, then
the normal translation of the NamedType SHALL be added to the
[children] of the <sequenceOf> element item.
If the SequenceOfType is of the "SEQUENCE OF Type" form, then an
element item with the [local name] "element" or "component"
(translator's choice) SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<sequenceOf> element item. An attribute item with the [local name]
"name" and [normalized value] "item" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <element> or <component> element item. An
attribute item with the [local name] "identifier" and empty
[normalized value] SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<element> or <component> element item. The translation of the Type
SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <element> or
<component> element item.
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Examples
SEQUENCE OF INTEGER
<type>
<sequenceOf>
<element name="item" identifier="" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
SEQUENCE OF counter INTEGER
<type>
<sequenceOf>
<element name="counter" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
6.12.7. Translation of LIST Types
The translation of a SequenceOfType that is subject to a LIST
encoding instruction is an element item with the [local name] "type".
An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
the [children] of the <type> element item. An element item with the
[local name] "list" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <type>
element item. The item translation of the NamedType in the
SequenceOfType SHALL be added to the [children] of the <list> element
item.
Aside: A SequenceOfType is necessarily of the
"SEQUENCE OF NamedType" form for a LIST encoding instruction.
Example
[RXER:LIST] SEQUENCE OF number INTEGER
<type>
<list>
<item name="number" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</list>
</type>
6.12.8. SetOfType Translation
The translation of a SetOfType follows the same procedure as the
translation of a SequenceOfType except that SetOfType replaces
SequenceOfType, "SET" replaces "SEQUENCE", and the [local name]
"setOf" is used instead of "sequenceOf".
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6.12.9. Effect of Insertion Encoding Instructions
If a Type is subject to a NO-INSERTIONS, HOLLOW-INSERTIONS,
SINGULAR-INSERTIONS, UNIFORM-INSERTIONS, or MULTIFORM-INSERTIONS
encoding instruction, then an attribute item with the [local name]
"insertions" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <choice>,
<sequence> or <set> element item in the [children] of the <type>
element item resulting from the translation of the Type. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is "none" in the case of a
NO-INSERTIONS encoding instruction, "hollow" in the case of a
HOLLOW-INSERTIONS encoding instruction, "singular" in the case of a
SINGULAR-INSERTIONS encoding instruction, "uniform" in the case of a
UNIFORM-INSERTIONS encoding instruction, and "multiform" in the case
of a MULTIFORM-INSERTIONS encoding instruction.
Example
[NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
one [RXER:GROUP] [RXER:SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
two INTEGER,
...
},
...
}
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<group name="one">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="two" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<extension/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
<extension/>
</choice>
</type>
6.13. Translation of Constrained Types
If a ConstrainedType is of the "Type Constraint" form, then the
translation of the ConstrainedType is an element item with the
[local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "constrained" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <type> element item. The
translation of the Type SHALL be added to the [children] or
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[attributes] of the <constrained> element item. The translation of
the Constraint SHALL be added to the [children] of the <constrained>
element item.
The translation of a ContainedType that is a TypeWithConstraint is
the translation of the TypeWithConstraint.
Definition (simple endpoint): A LowerEndpoint or UpperEndpoint is a
simple endpoint if it is closed and its value is "MIN", "MAX", or a
SignedNumber in an IntegerValue in a BuiltinValue in the Value of the
endpoint.
Definition (simple range SizeConstraint): A SizeConstraint is a
simple range if the Constraint in the SizeConstraint contains only a
ValueRange (i.e., a ValueRange in a SubtypeElements instance in an
Elements instance in a lone IntersectionElements instance in a lone
Intersections instance in a Unions instance in an ElementSetSpec in a
RootElementSetSpec in an ElementSetSpecs instance without an
AdditionalElementSetSpec in a SubtypeConstraint in a ConstraintSpec
in the Constraint) and both endpoints are simple.
Definition (simple range Constraint): A Constraint is a simple range
if contains only a SizeConstraint that is a simple range (i.e., a
simple range SizeConstraint in a SubtypeElements instance in an
Elements instance in a lone IntersectionElements instance in a lone
Intersections instance in a Unions instance in an ElementSetSpec in a
RootElementSetSpec in an ElementSetSpecs instance without an
AdditionalElementSetSpec in a SubtypeConstraint in a ConstraintSpec
in the Constraint).
If the Constraint or SizeConstraint in a TypeWithConstraint is a
simple range, then the compact translation of the TypeWithConstraint
MAY be used; otherwise, the full translation of the
TypeWithConstraint is used.
The compact translation of a TypeWithConstraint is initially the
translation of its notional parent type. If the value of the lower
endpoint is not "MIN" or "0", then an attribute item with the
[local name] "minSize" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<sequenceOf>, <setOf>, or <list> element item resulting from the
translation of the parent type. The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the value of the lower endpoint. If the value of
the lower endpoint is "MIN" or "0", then an attribute item with the
[local name] "minSize" and [normalized value] "0" MAY be added to the
[attributes] of the <sequenceOf>, <setOf>, or <list> element item.
If the value of the upper endpoint is not "MAX", then an attribute
item with the [local name] "maxSize" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <sequenceOf>, <setOf>, or <list> element item.
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The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the value of the
upper endpoint.
The full translation of a TypeWithConstraint is an element item with
the [local name] "type". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <type> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "constrained" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <type> element item. The
translation of the notional parent type of the TypeWithConstraint
SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <constrained>
element item. The translation of the Constraint or SizeConstraint in
the TypeWithConstraint SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<constrained> element item.
Examples
SEQUENCE (SIZE(1..MAX)) OF number INTEGER
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<element name="number" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
SEQUENCE SIZE(0..10) OF number INTEGER
<type>
<sequenceOf maxSize="10">
<element name="number" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
SEQUENCE SIZE(1..limit) OF number INTEGER
<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<sequenceOf>
<element name="number" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
<size>
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="1"/>
<maxInclusive value="tns:limit"/>
</range>
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</size>
</constrained>
</type>
6.13.1. Constraint Translation
The translation of a Constraint is the translation of the
ConstraintSpec in the Constraint followed by the translation of the
ExceptionSpec (possibly empty) in the Constraint.
The translation of a ConstraintSpec is the translation of the
SubtypeConstraint or GeneralConstraint in the ConstraintSpec.
The translation of a SubtypeConstraint is the translation of the
ElementSetSpecs in the SubtypeConstraint.
The translation of a GeneralConstraint [X.682] is the translation of
the UserDefinedConstraint, TableConstraint, or ContentsConstraint in
the GeneralConstraint.
6.13.2. UserDefinedConstraint Translation
The translation of a UserDefinedConstraint is an element item with
the [local name] "constrainedBy". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<constrainedBy> element item. The translation of each
UserDefinedConstraintParameter in the UserDefinedConstraint SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <constrainedBy> element item.
The translation of a UserDefinedConstraintParameter of the
"Governor : Value" form is an element item with the [local name]
"valueParameter". The translation of the Type in the Governor SHALL
be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <valueParameter>
element item. The translation of the Value SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <valueParameter> element item.
The translation of a UserDefinedConstraintParameter of the
"Governor : ValueSet" form is an element item with the [local name]
"valueSetParameter". The translation of the Type in the Governor
SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
<valueSetParameter> element item. The translation of the ValueSet
SHALL be added to the [children] of the <valueSetParameter> element
item.
The translation of a UserDefinedConstraintParameter of the
"Governor : Object" form is an element item with the [local name]
"objectParameter". The translation of the DefinedObjectClass in the
Governor SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
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<objectParameter> element item. The translation of the Object SHALL
be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <objectParameter>
element item.
The translation of a UserDefinedConstraintParameter of the
"Governor : ObjectSet" form is an element item with the [local name]
"objectSetParameter". The translation of the DefinedObjectClass in
the Governor SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
<objectSetParameter> element item. The translation of the ObjectSet
SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
<objectSetParameter> element item.
The translation of a UserDefinedConstraintParameter that is a Type is
an element item with the [local name] "typeParameter". The
translation of the Type SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <typeParameter> element item.
The translation of a UserDefinedConstraintParameter that is a
DefinedObjectClass is an element item with the [local name]
"classParameter". The translation of the DefinedObjectClass SHALL be
added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <classParameter>
element item.
Example
OCTET STRING
(CONSTRAINED BY {
-- contains the hash of the value -- MyType:myValue })
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:OCTET-STRING">
<constrainedBy>
<annotation> contains the hash of the value </annotation>
<valueParameter type="tns:MyType" value="tns:myValue"/>
</constrainedBy>
</constrained>
</type>
6.13.3. TableConstraint Translation
The translation of a TableConstraint that is a SimpleTableConstraint
is an element item with the [local name] "table". The translation of
the ObjectSet in the SimpleTableConstraint SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <table> element item.
The translation of a TableConstraint that is a
ComponentRelationConstraint is an element item with the [local name]
"table". The translation of the DefinedObjectSet in the
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ComponentRelationConstraint SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <table> element item. The translation of each
AtNotation in the ComponentRelationConstraint SHALL be appended to
the [children] of the <table> element item.
The translation of an AtNotation is an element item with the
[local name] "restrictBy". The [children] property of the
<restrictBy> element item is set to the sequence of character items
for the character string formed by the concatenation of zero, one, or
more "../" strings, one for each Level in the AtNotation (including
the empty one), followed by a solidus ('/', U+002F) separated list of
qualified names for the expanded names of the NamedType instances
[RXEREI] identified by the identifiers in the ComponentIdList in the
AtNotation. If a NamedType is subject to an ATTRIBUTE or
ATTRIBUTE-REF encoding instruction, or subject to a COMPONENT-REF
encoding instruction that references a top-level NamedType that is
subject to an ATTRIBUTE encoding instruction, then the qualified name
for the expanded name is prefixed with the commercial at character
('@', U+0040). Leading and/or trailing white space character items
MAY be added to the [children] of the <restrictBy> element item.
White space character items MAY be added immediately before and/or
after any character item for the solidus character ('/', U+002F).
Examples
ERROR.&Type({Errors}{@severity,@...errorId})
<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<fromClass class="tns:ERROR" fieldName="Type"/>
</type>
<table objectset="tns:Errors">
<restrictBy>severity</restrictBy>
<restrictBy>../../../errorId</restrictBy>
</table>
</constrained>
</type>
SEQUENCE {
id-att [RXER:NAME AS "ID"] [RXER:ATTRIBUTE]
TYPE-IDENTIFIER.&id({AllTypes}),
value TYPE-IDENTIFIER.&Type({AllTypes}{@id-att})
}
<type>
<sequence>
<attribute name="ID" identifier="id-att">
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<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<fromClass class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER" fieldName="id"/>
</type>
<table objectset="tns:AllTypes"/>
</constrained>
</type>
</attribute>
<element name="value">
<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<fromClass class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER" fieldName="Type"/>
</type>
<table objectset="tns:AllTypes">
<restrictBy>@ID</restrictBy>
</table>
</constrained>
</type>
</element>
</sequence>
</type>
The <restrictBy> 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.
6.13.4. ContentsConstraint Translation
The translation of a ContentsConstraint is an element item with the
[local name] "contents".
If the ContentsConstraint is of the "CONTAINING Type" form, then an
element item with the [local name] "containing" SHALL be added to the
[children] of the <contents> element item. The translation of the
Type SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
<containing> element item.
If the ContentsConstraint is of the "ENCODED BY Value" form, then an
element item with the [local name] "encodedBy" SHALL be added to the
[children] of the <contents> element item. The translation of the
Value SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
<encodedBy> element item.
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If the ContentsConstraint is of the
"CONTAINING Type ENCODED BY Value" form, then an element item with
the [local name] "containing" and an element item with the
[local name] "encodedBy" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<contents> element item. The translation of the Type SHALL be added
to the [children] or [attributes] of the <containing> element item.
The translation of the Value SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <encodedBy> element item.
Example
OCTET STRING
(CONTAINING MyType
ENCODED BY { joint-iso-itu-t asn1(1) basic-encoding(1) })
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:OCTET-STRING">
<contents>
<containing type="tns:MyType"/>
<encodedBy literalValue="2.1.1"/>
</contents>
</constrained>
</type>
6.13.5. ExceptionSpec Translation
The translation of an empty ExceptionSpec is empty.
The translation of a non-empty ExceptionSpec is an element item with
the [local name] "exception".
If the ExceptionIdentification in a non-empty ExceptionSpec is a
SignedNumber, then the translation of a notional INTEGER Type SHALL
be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <exception> element
item, and the translation of a notional Value of the INTEGER type
with the SignedNumber as its IntegerValue SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <exception> element item.
If the ExceptionIdentification in a non-empty ExceptionSpec is a
DefinedValue, then the translation of a notional INTEGER Type SHALL
be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <exception> element
item, and the translation of the DefinedValue SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <exception> element item.
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If the ExceptionIdentification in a non-empty ExceptionSpec is of the
"Type : Value" form, then the translation of the Type SHALL be added
to the [children] or [attributes] of the <exception> element item,
and the translation of the Value SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <exception> element item.
Examples
!10
<exception type="asnx:INTEGER" literalValue="10"/>
!myValue
<exception type="asnx:INTEGER" value="tns:myValue"/>
!PrintableString:"failure"
<exception type="asnx:PrintableString" literalValue="failure"/>
7. Translation of Values
A Value in an ASN.1 specification is a mix of literal values (e.g.,
numbers and character strings) and notations for referencing defined
values. Likewise, the ASN.X translation of a Value is a mix of
markup for literal values and markup for referencing notations
(notational values). A Value is categorized by the following
definitions.
Definition (literal value): A Value is a literal value if and only if
it is not a notational value.
Definition (notational value): A Value is a notational value if and
only if:
(1) the Value is a BuiltinValue, and
(a) the BuiltinValue is a TaggedValue and the Value in the
TaggedValue is a notational value, or
(b) the BuiltinValue is a SequenceValue or SetValue with a
ComponentValueList that contains a NamedValue where the Value
in the NamedValue is a notational value and the translation
of the corresponding NamedType (from the governing type of
the outer Value) is not an <element> or <component> element
item, or
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(c) the BuiltinValue is a ChoiceValue where the Value of the
ChoiceValue is a notational value and the translation of the
NamedType corresponding to the identifier in the ChoiceValue
is not an <element> or <component> element item, or
(d) the BuiltinValue is a SequenceOfValue or SetOfValue with a
NamedValueList that contains a NamedValue where the Value of
the NamedValue is a notational value and the translation of
the corresponding NamedType (from the governing type of the
outer Value) is not an <element> or <component> element item,
or
(2) the Value is a ReferencedValue, and
(a) the ReferencedValue is a ValueFromObject, or
(b) the ReferencedValue is a DefinedValue, and
(i) the DefinedValue is a valuereference (not a
DummyReference) or an ExternalValueReference, or
(ii) the DefinedValue is a DummyReference or
ParameterizedValue and the substitute definition for
the DummyReference or ParameterizedValue (see
Section 13) is a notational value, or
(iii) the DefinedValue is a DummyReference or
ParameterizedValue where the translation of the
DummyReference or ParameterizedValue will use a fully
expanded reference (see Section 13), or
(3) the Value is an ObjectClassFieldValue, and
(a) the ObjectClassFieldValue is an OpenTypeFieldVal, or
(b) the ObjectClassFieldValue is a FixedTypeFieldVal, and
(i) the FixedTypeFieldVal is a BuiltinValue that satisfies
case (1), or
(ii) the FixedTypeFieldVal is a ReferencedValue that
satisfies case (2).
A literal value that is a BuiltinValue that is a SequenceValue,
SetValue, ChoiceValue, SequenceOfValue, or SetOfValue MAY be
translated as a notational value.
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Definition (directly nested): A notational value is directly nested
(within a literal value) if the innermost enclosing Value is a
literal value.
7.1. Translation of Literal Values
The translation of a literal value is either the attribute form
translation of a literal value, or the element form translation of a
literal value.
The attribute form translation of a literal value is an attribute
item with the [local name] "literalValue". The [normalized value] of
this attribute item is the RXER character data translation [RXER] of
the literal value.
The attribute form translation of a literal value SHALL NOT be used
if:
(1) the RXER Infoset translation of the literal value is not a
character data translation [RXER] or is a character data
translation that contains qualified names [XMLNS10][XMLNS11], or
(2) attribute form translations of Value have been explicitly
disallowed in the context where the literal value appears, or
(3) the literal value has a nested notational value.
The element form translation of a literal value is an element item
with the [local name] "literalValue". The [children] and
[attributes] of the <literalValue> element item are set to the RXER
Infoset translation of the literal value, except that a value of the
EXTERNAL type (or a subtype thereof) is translated according to the
associated type defined in Clause 34.5 of X.680 [X.680]. In
addition, where the [children] and [attributes] of an element item in
the translation correspond to a directly nested notational value, the
translation specified in Section 7.2 MUST be used for the [children]
and [attributes] of that element item, and an attribute item with the
[local name] "literal", [namespace name]
"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx", and [normalized value] "false" or "0"
(i.e., asnx:literal="false") MUST be added to the [attributes] of
that element item.
Each outermost <literalValue> 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.
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Aside: A <literalValue> element item nested within another
<literalValue> element item is not required to be self-contained.
An attribute item with the [local name] "literal", [namespace name]
"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" and [normalized value] "true" or "1"
(i.e., asnx:literal="true") MAY be added to the [attributes] of the
<literalValue> element item and/or any nested element item with
content and attributes that correspond to a literal value.
Aside: The asnx:literal attribute operates as a switch that
indicates whether the content and other attributes of the element
containing the attribute are interpreted as ASN.X notation (a
notational value) or as an RXER encoding (a literal value).
Example
zero INTEGER ::= 0
<namedValue name="zero" type="asnx:INTEGER" literalValue="0"/>
OR
<namedValue name="zero" type="asnx:INTEGER">
<literalValue>0</literalValue>
</namedValue>
From the perspective of an ASN.X module as the RXER encoding of an
ASN.1 value (an abstract value of the ModuleDefinition type in
Appendix A), the type of the <literalValue> element is the
unconstrained Markup type [RXER], not the governing type of the Value
according to the ASN.1 specification. This means that the Infoset
representation of the <literalValue> element must be preserved in
re-encodings of the ASN.X module.
Similarly, the type of the literalValue attribute is a UTF8String,
not the governing type of the Value according to the ASN.1
specification. This means that the exact characters of the
[normalized value] of the attribute must be preserved in re-encodings
of the ASN.X module.
7.2. Translation of Notational Values
The translation of a notational value is the translation of the
BuiltinValue, ReferencedValue, or ObjectClassFieldValue in the
notational value.
The translation of a ReferencedValue is the translation of the
DefinedValue or ValueFromObject in the ReferencedValue.
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The translation for each of these cases is described as creating an
element item with the [local name] "value", which is appropriate for
a notational value that stands on its own. However, a notational
value may also be directly nested within a literal value, in which
case the [local name] will be determined according to RXER and the
governing ASN.1 type of the enclosing literal value.
Aside: In the latter case, the element item will also have a
literal attribute item with the [normalized value] "false" or "0".
A notational value that is not directly nested within a literal value
MAY instead have the [local name] "literalValue" provided an
attribute item with the [local name] "literal", [namespace name]
"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx", and [normalized value] "false" or "0"
is added to the [attributes] of the <literalValue> element item.
Examples
nothing INTEGER ::= zero
<namedValue name="nothing" type="asnx:INTEGER" value="tns:zero"/>
OR
<namedValue name="nothing" type="asnx:INTEGER">
<value ref="tns:zero"/><!-- A notational value. -->
</namedValue>
OR
<namedValue name="nothing" type="asnx:INTEGER">
<literalValue xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
xmlns:tns="http://example.com/ns/MyModule"
asnx:literal="false"
ref="tns:zero"/><!-- A notational value. -->
</namedValue>
integerList SEQUENCE OF number INTEGER ::= { zero, 3, 7 }
<namedValue name="integerList">
<type>
<sequenceOf>
<element name="number" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
<literalValue xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
xmlns:tns="http://example.com/ns/MyModule">
<number asnx:literal="false"
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ref="tns:zero"/><!-- A notational value. -->
<number>3</number><!-- A literal value. -->
<number>7</number><!-- A literal value. -->
</literalValue>
</namedValue>
7.2.1. DefinedValue Translation
If a DefinedValue is a valuereference (not a DummyReference) or an
ExternalValueReference, then the translation of the DefinedValue is
either the attribute form translation of a value reference, or the
element form translation of a value reference.
The attribute form translation of a value reference is an attribute
item with the [local name] "value". The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is a qualified name for the expanded name of the
referenced value definition (see Section 5.1). The attribute form
translation SHALL NOT be used if this expanded name is not distinct
with respect to the current module and the modules referenced by its
<import> element items (see Section 5.1).
The element form translation of a value reference is an element item
with the [local name] "value". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <value> element
item. An attribute item with the [local name] "ref" SHALL be added
to the [attributes] of the <value> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified name for the
expanded name of the referenced value definition. If this expanded
name is not distinct with respect to the current module and the
modules referenced by its <import> element items, then an attribute
item with the [local name] "context" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <value> element item; otherwise, if the module
containing the referenced value definition has a schema identity URI,
then an attribute item with the [local name] "context" MAY be added
to the [attributes] of the <value> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the schema identity URI
of the module containing the value definition referenced by the
DefinedValue.
Aside: If a reference name is not distinct, then the module
containing the referenced definition must have a schema identity
URI (see Section 5.1).
Usually the translator is free to choose either an attribute form or
element form translation for a DefinedValue; however, in some
contexts attribute forms of Value are explicitly disallowed. In
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particular, the attribute form translation SHALL NOT be used for a
DefinedValue in a ReferencedValue in a Value that is directly nested
in a literal value.
If a DefinedValue is a DummyReference or ParameterizedValue, then the
translation of the DefinedValue is the translation of that
DummyReference or ParameterizedValue (see Section 13).
7.2.2. BuiltinValue Translation
The translation of a BuiltinValue is the translation of the
ChoiceValue, SequenceValue, SetValue, SequenceOfValue, SetOfValue, or
TaggedValue in the BuiltinValue.
Aside: There are other possibilities for a BuiltinValue, but these
will all be literal values. This section applies to a
BuiltinValue that is a notational value.
The translation of a TaggedValue is the translation of the Value in
the TaggedValue (which is necessarily a notational value).
The translation of a ChoiceValue is an element item with the
[local name] "value". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <value> element
item. An element item with the same [local name] (i.e., "attribute",
"element", "component", "group", or "member") as the translation of
the NamedType corresponding to the identifier in the ChoiceValue
SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <value> element item. An
attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <attribute>, <element>, <component>, <group>, or
<member> element item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item
is a qualified name for the expanded name of the NamedType. The
translation of the Value in the ChoiceValue SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <attribute>, <element>,
<component>, <group>, or <member> element item.
The translation of a SequenceValue or SetValue is an element item
with the [local name] "value". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <value> element
item. If the SequenceValue or SetValue has a ComponentValueList,
then the translation of each NamedValue nested in the
ComponentValueList SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <value>
element item in the order in which their corresponding NamedType
instances appear in the definition of the governing type.
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The translation of a SequenceOfValue or SetOfValue is an element item
with the [local name] "value". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <value> element
item.
If the SequenceOfValue or SetOfValue has a NamedValueList, then the
translation of each NamedValue nested in the NamedValueList SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <value> element item.
If the SequenceOfValue or SetOfValue has a ValueList, then an element
item with the same [local name] (i.e., "element" or "component") as
the element item in the [children] of the <sequenceOf> or <setOf>
element item in the translation of the governing type SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <value> element item for each Value
nested in the ValueList. An attribute item with the [local name]
"name" and [normalized value] "item" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <element> or <component> element item. The
translation of the Value (from the ValueList) SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <element> or <component> element
item.
The translation of a NamedValue is an element item with the same
[local name] as the translation of the corresponding NamedType, i.e.,
"attribute", "element", "component", "group", "item", or
"simpleContent". 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 a qualified name for the
expanded name of the NamedType. The translation of the Value in the
NamedValue SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
element item.
Examples
-- This is the governing type.
MyType ::= SEQUENCE {
one [ATTRIBUTE] INTEGER,
two INTEGER,
three [ATTRIBUTE][LIST] SEQUENCE OF number INTEGER
}
<namedType name="MyType">
<type>
<sequence>
<attribute name="one" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<element name="two" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<attribute name="three">
<type>
<list>
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<item name="number" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</list>
</type>
</attribute>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
myValue1 MyType ::= {
one 456,
two 123,
three { number 123, number 456 }
}
-- All literal values.
<namedValue name="myValue1" type="tns:MyType">
<literalValue one="456" three="123 456">
<two>123</two>
</literalValue>
</namedValue>
myValue2 MyType ::= {
one 456,
two myObject.&number,
-- only the value for component "two" is a notational value
three { number 123, number 456 }
}
<namedValue name="myValue2" type="tns:MyType">
<literalValue xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
xmlns:tns="http://example.com/ns/MyModule"
one="456" three="123 456">
<two asnx:literal="false">
<fromObjects object="tns:myObject" fieldName="number"/>
</two>
</literalValue>
</namedValue>
myValue3 MyType ::= {
one myObject.&number,
two 123,
three { number 123, number myObject.&number }
}
<namedValue name="myValue3" type="tns:MyType">
<value>
<attribute name="one">
<value>
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<fromObjects object="tns:myObject" fieldName="number"/>
</value>
</attribute>
<element name="two" literalValue="123"/>
<attribute name="three">
<value>
<item name="number" literalValue="123"/>
<item name="number">
<value>
<fromObjects object="tns:myObject" fieldName="number"/>
</value>
</item>
</value>
</attribute>
</value>
</namedValue>
7.2.3. ValueFromObject Translation
The translation of a ValueFromObject is an element item with the
[local name] "value". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <value> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "fromObjects" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <value> element item.
The translation of the ReferencedObjects instance in the
ValueFromObject SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of
the <fromObjects> element item.
The translation of the FieldName in the ValueFromObject SHALL be
added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <fromObjects> element
item.
7.2.4. ObjectClassFieldValue Translation
If an ObjectClassFieldValue is a BuiltinValue in a FixedTypeFieldVal,
then the translation of the ObjectClassFieldValue is the translation
of the BuiltinValue.
If an ObjectClassFieldValue is a ReferencedValue in a
FixedTypeFieldVal, then the translation of the ObjectClassFieldValue
is the translation of the ReferencedValue.
If an ObjectClassFieldValue is an OpenTypeFieldVal, then the
translation of the ObjectClassFieldValue is an element item with the
[local name] "value". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <value> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "openTypeValue" SHALL be
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appended to the [children] of the <value> element item. The
translation of the Type in the OpenTypeFieldVal SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <openTypeValue> element item. The
translation of the Value in the OpenTypeFieldVal SHALL be added to
the [children] or [attributes] of the <openTypeValue> element item.
Example
myValue TYPE-IDENTIFIER.&Type ::= INTEGER:123
<namedValue name="myValue">
<type>
<fromClass class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER" fieldName="Type"/>
</type>
<value>
<openTypeValue type="asnx:INTEGER" literalValue="123"/>
</value>
</namedValue>
8. Translation of Value Sets
The translation of a ValueSet is an element item with the
[local name] "valueSet". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <valueSet> element
item. The translation of the ElementSetSpecs instance in the
ValueSet SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <valueSet>
element item.
Example
{ 1 | 3..7, ..., 9..19 EXCEPT ( 11 | 12 ) }
<valueSet>
<union>
<literalValue>1</literalValue>
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="3"/>
<maxInclusive literalValue="7"/>
</range>
</union>
<extension>
<all>
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="9"/>
<maxInclusive literalValue="19"/>
</range>
<except>
<union>
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<literalValue>11</literalValue>
<literalValue>12</literalValue>
</union>
</except>
</all>
</extension>
</valueSet>
8.1. ElementSetSpecs Translation
The translation of an ElementSetSpecs instance where the ellipsis
("...") is not present is the translation of the ElementSetSpec in
the RootElementSetSpec.
The translation of an ElementSetSpecs instance where the ellipsis
("...") is present is the translation of the ElementSetSpec in the
RootElementSetSpec followed by an element item with the [local name]
"extension". If an AdditionalElementSetSpec is present in the
ElementSetSpecs, then the translation of the ElementSetSpec in the
AdditionalElementSetSpec SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<extension> element item.
8.2. ElementSetSpec Translation
If an ElementSetSpec is of the "ALL Exclusions" form, then the
translation of the ElementSetSpec is an element item with the
[local name] "all". An element item with the [local name] "except"
SHALL be added to the [children] of the <all> element item. The
translation of the Elements instance in the Exclusions SHALL be added
to the [children] of the <except> element item.
If an ElementSetSpec is a Unions instance, then the translation of
the ElementSetSpec is the translation of the Unions instance.
If a Unions instance has only one nested Intersections instance, then
the translation of the Unions instance is the translation of that
Intersections instance; otherwise, the translation of the Unions
instance is an element item with the [local name] "union". In the
latter case, the translation of each nested Intersections instance
SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <union> element item.
If an Intersections instance has only one nested IntersectionElements
instance, then the translation of the Intersections instance is the
translation of that IntersectionElements instance; otherwise, the
translation of the Intersections instance is an element item with the
[local name] "intersection". In the latter case, the translation of
each nested IntersectionElements instance SHALL be appended to the
[children] of the <intersection> element item.
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If an IntersectionElements instance is of the "Elems Exclusions"
form, then the translation of the IntersectionElements instance is an
element item with the [local name] "all". The translation of the
Elements instance in the Elems SHALL be added to the [children] of
the <all> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"except" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <all> element
item. The translation of the Elements instance in the Exclusions
SHALL be added to the [children] of the <except> element item.
If an IntersectionElements instance is an Elements instance, then the
translation of the IntersectionElements instance is the translation
of the Elements instance.
The translation of an Elements instance is the translation of the
SubtypeElements, ObjectSetElements, or ElementSetSpec in the Elements
instance.
8.3. SubtypeElements Translation
If a SubtypeElements instance is a SingleValue, then the translation
of the SubtypeElements instance is the translation of the Value in
the SingleValue, except that an attribute form of the Value
translation SHALL NOT be used.
If a SubtypeElements instance is a ContainedSubtype, then the
translation of the SubtypeElements instance is an element item with
the [local name] "includes". The translation of the Type in the
ContainedSubtype SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of
the <includes> element item.
If a SubtypeElements instance is a ValueRange, then the translation
of the SubtypeElements instance is the translation of the ValueRange.
If a SubtypeElements instance is a SizeConstraint, then the
translation of the SubtypeElements instance is an element item with
the [local name] "size". The translation of the Constraint in the
SizeConstraint SHALL be added to the [children] of the <size> element
item.
If a SubtypeElements instance is a TypeConstraint, then the
translation of the SubtypeElements instance is an element item with
the [local name] "typeConstraint". The translation of the Type in
the TypeConstraint SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes]
of the <typeConstraint> element item.
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If a SubtypeElements instance is a PermittedAlphabet, then the
translation of the SubtypeElements instance is an element item with
the [local name] "from". The translation of the Constraint in the
PermittedAlphabet SHALL be added to the [children] of the <from>
element item.
If a SubtypeElements instance is an InnerTypeConstraints instance,
then the translation of the SubtypeElements instance is the
translation of the InnerTypeConstraints instance.
If a SubtypeElements instance is a PatternConstraint, then the
translation of the SubtypeElements instance is an element item with
the [local name] "pattern". The translation of the Value in the
PatternConstraint SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of
the <pattern> element item.
8.3.1. ValueRange Translation
The translation of a ValueRange is an element item with the
[local name] "range".
If the LowerEndpoint in the ValueRange is of the "LowerEndValue <"
form, then an element item with the [local name] "minExclusive" SHALL
be added to the [children] of the <range> element item. If the
LowerEndValue is a Value, then the translation of the Value SHALL be
added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <minExclusive> element
item.
If the LowerEndpoint in the ValueRange is of the "LowerEndValue" form
and the LowerEndValue is a Value, then an element item with the
[local name] "minInclusive" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<range> element item. The translation of the Value in the
LowerEndValue SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
<minInclusive> element item.
If the LowerEndpoint in the ValueRange is of the "LowerEndValue" form
and the LowerEndValue is "MIN", then an element item with the
[local name] "minInclusive" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<range> element item.
If the UpperEndpoint in the ValueRange is of the "< UpperEndValue"
form, then an element item with the [local name] "maxExclusive" SHALL
be added to the [children] of the <range> element item. If the
UpperEndValue is a Value, then the translation of the Value SHALL be
added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <maxExclusive> element
item.
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If the UpperEndpoint in the ValueRange is of the "UpperEndValue" form
and the UpperEndValue is a Value, then an element item with the
[local name] "maxInclusive" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<range> element item. The translation of the Value in the
UpperEndValue SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of the
<maxInclusive> element item.
If the UpperEndpoint in the ValueRange is of the "UpperEndValue" form
and the UpperEndValue is "MAX", then an element item with the
[local name] "maxInclusive" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<range> element item.
Examples
1..10
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="1"/>
<maxInclusive literalValue="10"/>
</range>
0..MAX
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="0"/>
</range>
0<..<MAX
<range>
<minExclusive literalValue="0"/>
<maxExclusive/>
</range>
8.3.2. InnerTypeConstraints Translation
The translation of an InnerTypeConstraints instance that has a
SingleTypeConstraint is an element item with the [local name]
"withComponent". The translation of the Constraint in the
SingleTypeConstraint SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<withComponent> element item.
The translation of an InnerTypeConstraints instance that has a
MultipleTypeConstraints instance is an element item with the
[local name] "withComponents". If the MultipleTypeConstraints
instance is a PartialSpecification, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "partial" and the [normalized value] "true" or "1" SHALL
be added to the [attributes] of the <withComponents> element item.
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If the MultipleTypeConstraints instance is a FullSpecification, then
an attribute item with the [local name] "partial" and the
[normalized value] "false" or "0" MAY be added to the [attributes] of
the <withComponents> element item. The translation of each
NamedConstraint nested in the TypeConstraints instance in the
FullSpecification or PartialSpecification SHALL be appended to the
[children] of the <withComponents> element item.
The translation of a NamedConstraint is an element item with the same
[local name] (i.e., "attribute", "element", "component", "group",
"member", or "simpleContent") as the translation of the NamedType
corresponding to the identifier in the NamedConstraint. An attribute
item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes]
of the <attribute>, <element>, <component>, <group>, <member>, or
<simpleContent> element item. The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is a qualified name for the expanded name of the
NamedType corresponding to the identifier in the NamedConstraint.
If the PresenceConstraint in the ComponentConstraint in the
NamedConstraint is not empty, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "use" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
<attribute>, <element>, <component>, <group>, <member>, or
<simpleContent> element item. The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the text of the PresenceConstraint with all letters
downcased, i.e., either "present", "absent", or "optional".
If the ValueConstraint in the ComponentConstraint in the
NamedConstraint is not empty, then the translation of the Constraint
in the ValueConstraint SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<attribute>, <element>, <component>, <group>, <member>, or
<simpleContent> element item.
9. Translation of Object Classes
The translation of an ObjectClass is the translation of the
DefinedObjectClass, ObjectClassDefn, or ParameterizedObjectClass in
the ObjectClass.
The translation of a ParameterizedObjectClass is described in
Section 13.
9.1. DefinedObjectClass Translation
If a DefinedObjectClass is an objectclassreference (not a
DummyReference), an ExternalObjectClassReference, or a
UsefulObjectClassReference, then the translation of the
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DefinedObjectClass is either the attribute form translation of an
object class reference, or the element form translation of an object
class reference.
The attribute form translation of an object class reference is an
attribute item with the [local name] "class". The [normalized value]
of this attribute item is a qualified name for the expanded name of
the referenced object class definition (see Section 5.1). In the
case of a UsefulObjectClassReference, the namespace name of the
expanded name is "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx", and the local name is
either "TYPE-IDENTIFIER" or "ABSTRACT-SYNTAX", as the case may be.
The attribute form translation SHALL NOT be used if the expanded name
is not distinct with respect to the current module and the modules
referenced by its <import> element items (see Section 5.1).
Otherwise, the translator is free to choose either the attribute form
or element form translation for an object class reference.
The element form translation of an object class reference is an
element item with the [local name] "class". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<class> element item. An attribute item with the [local name] "ref"
SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <class> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified name for the
expanded name of the referenced object class definition. In the case
of a UsefulObjectClassReference, the namespace name of the expanded
name is "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" and the local name is either
"TYPE-IDENTIFIER" or "ABSTRACT-SYNTAX", as the case may be. If the
expanded name is not distinct with respect to the current module and
the modules referenced by its <import> element items, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "context" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <class> element item; otherwise, if the module
containing the referenced object class definition has a schema
identity URI, then an attribute item with the [local name] "context"
MAY be added to the [attributes] of the <class> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the schema identity URI
of the module containing the referenced object class definition.
Aside: If a reference name is not distinct, then the module
containing the referenced definition must have a schema identity
URI (see Section 5.1).
The translation of the DefinedObjectClass is the same whether the
object class definition is referenced by an objectclassreference or
an ExternalObjectClassReference.
If a DefinedObjectClass is a DummyReference, then the translation of
the DefinedObjectClass is the translation of the DummyReference (see
Section 13).
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9.2. ObjectClassDefn Translation
The translation of an ObjectClassDefn is an element item with the
[local name] "class". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <class> element
item. The translation of each FieldSpec in the ObjectClassDefn SHALL
be appended to the [children] of the <class> element item.
The translation of a FieldSpec is the translation of the
TypeFieldSpec, FixedTypeValueFieldSpec, VariableTypeValueFieldSpec,
FixedTypeValueSetFieldSpec, VariableTypeValueSetFieldSpec,
ObjectFieldSpec, or ObjectSetFieldSpec in the FieldSpec.
9.2.1. TypeFieldSpec Translation
The translation of a TypeFieldSpec where the TypeOptionalitySpec is
absent is an element item with the [local name] "typeField".
The translation of a TypeFieldSpec with a TypeOptionalitySpec of the
"OPTIONAL" form is an element item with the [local name] "optional".
An element item with the [local name] "typeField" SHALL be added to
the [children] of the <optional> element item.
The translation of a TypeFieldSpec with a TypeOptionalitySpec of the
"DEFAULT Type" form is an element item with the [local name]
"optional". An element item with the [local name] "typeField" SHALL
be added to the [children] of the <optional> element item. An
element item with the [local name] "default" SHALL be appended to the
[children] of the <optional> element item. The translation of the
Type in the TypeOptionalitySpec SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <default> element item.
An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <typeField> element item. The [normalized value]
of this attribute item is the typefieldreference in the
TypeFieldSpec, without the ampersand character ('&', U+0026). An
element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the
[children] of the <typeField> element item.
Example
CLASS {
&One,
&Two OPTIONAL,
&Three DEFAULT OBJECT IDENTIFIER
}
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<class>
<typeField name="One"/>
<optional>
<typeField name="Two"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<typeField name="Three"/>
<default type="asnx:OBJECT-IDENTIFIER"/>
</optional>
</class>
9.2.2. FixedTypeValueFieldSpec Translation
The translation of a FixedTypeValueFieldSpec where the
ValueOptionalitySpec is absent is an element item with the
[local name] "valueField".
The translation of a FixedTypeValueFieldSpec with a
ValueOptionalitySpec of the "OPTIONAL" form is an element item with
the [local name] "optional". An element item with the [local name]
"valueField" SHALL be added to the [children] of the <optional>
element item.
The translation of a FixedTypeValueFieldSpec with a
ValueOptionalitySpec of the "DEFAULT Value" form is an element item
with the [local name] "optional". An element item with the
[local name] "valueField" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<optional> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"default" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <optional>
element item. The translation of the Value in the
ValueOptionalitySpec SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes]
of the <default> element item.
An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <valueField> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the valuefieldreference
in the FixedTypeValueFieldSpec, without the ampersand character ('&',
U+0026). If the "UNIQUE" keyword is present, then an attribute item
with the [local name] "unique" and [normalized value] "true" or "1"
SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <valueField> element item;
otherwise, an attribute item with the [local name] "unique" and
[normalized value] "false" or "0" MAY be added to the [attributes] of
the <valueField> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <valueField>
element item. The translation of the Type in the
FixedTypeValueFieldSpec SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <valueField> element item.
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Example
CLASS {
&one OBJECT IDENTIFIER UNIQUE,
&two BOOLEAN OPTIONAL,
&three INTEGER DEFAULT 0
}
<class>
<valueField name="one" unique="true"
type="asnx:OBJECT-IDENTIFIER"/>
<optional>
<valueField name="two" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<valueField name="three" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<default literalValue="0"/>
</optional>
</class>
9.2.3. FixedTypeValueSetFieldSpec Translation
The translation of a FixedTypeValueSetFieldSpec where the
ValueSetOptionalitySpec is absent is an element item with the
[local name] "valueSetField".
The translation of a FixedTypeValueSetFieldSpec with a
ValueSetOptionalitySpec of the "OPTIONAL" form is an element item
with the [local name] "optional". An element item with the
[local name] "valueSetField" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<optional> element item.
The translation of a FixedTypeValueSetFieldSpec with a
ValueSetOptionalitySpec of the "DEFAULT ValueSet" form is an element
item with the [local name] "optional". An element item with the
[local name] "valueSetField" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<optional> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"default" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <optional>
element item. The translation of the ValueSet in the
ValueSetOptionalitySpec SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<default> element item.
An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <valueSetField> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the
valuesetfieldreference in the FixedTypeValueSetFieldSpec, without the
ampersand character ('&', U+0026). An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
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<valueSetField> element item. The translation of the Type in the
FixedTypeValueSetFieldSpec SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <valueSetField> element item.
Example
CLASS {
&One UTF8String,
&Two BOOLEAN OPTIONAL,
&Three INTEGER DEFAULT { 1 | 2 }
}
<class>
<valueSetField name="One" type="asnx:UTF8String"/>
<optional>
<valueSetField name="Two" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<valueSetField name="Three" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<default>
<valueSet>
<union>
<literalValue>1</literalValue>
<literalValue>2</literalValue>
</union>
</valueSet>
</default>
</optional>
</class>
9.2.4. VariableTypeValueFieldSpec Translation
The translation of a VariableTypeValueFieldSpec where the
ValueOptionalitySpec is absent is an element item with the
[local name] "valueField".
The translation of a VariableTypeValueFieldSpec with a
ValueOptionalitySpec of the "OPTIONAL" form is an element item with
the [local name] "optional". An element item with the [local name]
"valueField" SHALL be added to the [children] of the <optional>
element item.
The translation of a VariableTypeValueFieldSpec with a
ValueOptionalitySpec of the "DEFAULT Value" form is an element item
with the [local name] "optional". An element item with the
[local name] "valueField" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<optional> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"default" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <optional>
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element item. The translation of the Value in the
ValueOptionalitySpec SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes]
of the <default> element item.
An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <valueField> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the valuefieldreference
in the VariableTypeValueFieldSpec, without the ampersand character
('&', U+0026). An element item with the [local name] "annotation"
MAY be added to the [children] of the <valueField> element item. An
element item with the [local name] "typeFromField" SHALL be appended
to the [children] of the <valueField> element item. The translation
of the FieldName in the VariableTypeValueFieldSpec SHALL be added to
the [children] or [attributes] of the <typeFromField> element item.
Example
CLASS {
&Syntax DEFAULT INTEGER,
&one &Syntax,
&two &Syntax OPTIONAL,
&three &Syntax DEFAULT 0
}
<class>
<optional>
<typeField name="Syntax"/>
<default type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</optional>
<valueField name="one">
<typeFromField fieldName="Syntax"/>
</valueField>
<optional>
<valueField name="two">
<typeFromField fieldName="Syntax"/>
</valueField>
</optional>
<optional>
<valueField name="three">
<typeFromField fieldName="Syntax"/>
</valueField>
<default literalValue="0"/>
</optional>
</class>
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9.2.5. VariableTypeValueSetFieldSpec Translation
The translation of a VariableTypeValueSetFieldSpec where the
ValueSetOptionalitySpec is absent is an element item with the
[local name] "valueSetField".
The translation of a VariableTypeValueSetFieldSpec with a
ValueSetOptionalitySpec of the "OPTIONAL" form is an element item
with the [local name] "optional". An element item with the
[local name] "valueSetField" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<optional> element item.
The translation of a VariableTypeValueSetFieldSpec with a
ValueSetOptionalitySpec of the "DEFAULT ValueSet" form is an element
item with the [local name] "optional". An element item with the
[local name] "valueSetField" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<optional> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"default" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <optional>
element item. The translation of the ValueSet in the
ValueSetOptionalitySpec SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<default> element item.
An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <valueSetField> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the
valuesetfieldreference in the VariableTypeValueSetFieldSpec, without
the ampersand character ('&', U+0026). An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<valueSetField> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"typeFromField" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<valueSetField> element item. The translation of the FieldName in
the VariableTypeValueSetFieldSpec SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <typeFromField> element item.
Example
CLASS {
&Syntax DEFAULT INTEGER,
&One &Syntax,
&Two &Syntax OPTIONAL,
&Three &Syntax DEFAULT { 1 | 2 }
}
<class>
<optional>
<typeField name="Syntax"/>
<default type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</optional>
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<valueSetField name="One">
<typeFromField fieldName="Syntax"/>
</valueSetField>
<optional>
<valueSetField name="Two">
<typeFromField fieldName="Syntax"/>
</valueSetField>
</optional>
<optional>
<valueSetField name="Three">
<typeFromField fieldName="Syntax"/>
</valueSetField>
<default>
<valueSet>
<union>
<literalValue>1</literalValue>
<literalValue>2</literalValue>
</union>
</valueSet>
</default>
</optional>
</class>
9.2.6. FieldName Translation
The translation of a FieldName is either, at the translator's option,
an attribute item with the [local name] "fieldName" added to the
[attributes] of the enclosing element item, or an element item with
the [local name] "fieldName" appended to the [children] of the
enclosing element item.
The [normalized value] of the fieldName attribute item is a solidus
('/', U+002F) separated list of the PrimitiveFieldName instances in
the FieldName, without the ampersand characters ('&', U+0026).
Leading and/or trailing white space characters MAY be added to the
[normalized value] of the attribute item. White space characters MAY
be added immediately before and/or after any solidus character ('/',
U+002F) in the [normalized value].
The [children] property of the <fieldName> element item is set to the
sequence of character items for a solidus ('/', U+002F) separated
list of the PrimitiveFieldName instances in the FieldName, without
the ampersand characters ('&', U+0026). Leading and/or trailing
white space character items MAY be added to the [children] of the
<fieldName> element item. White space character items MAY be added
immediately before and/or after any character item for the solidus
character ('/', U+002F).
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Example
&Linked.&ArgumentType
<fieldName>Linked/ArgumentType</fieldName>
9.2.7. ObjectFieldSpec Translation
The translation of an ObjectFieldSpec where the ObjectOptionalitySpec
is absent is an element item with the [local name] "objectField".
The translation of an ObjectFieldSpec with an ObjectOptionalitySpec
of the "OPTIONAL" form is an element item with the [local name]
"optional". An element item with the [local name] "objectField"
SHALL be added to the [children] of the <optional> element item.
The translation of an ObjectFieldSpec with an ObjectOptionalitySpec
of the "DEFAULT Object" form is an element item with the [local name]
"optional". An element item with the [local name] "objectField"
SHALL be added to the [children] of the <optional> element item. An
element item with the [local name] "default" SHALL be appended to the
[children] of the <optional> element item. The translation of the
Object in the ObjectOptionalitySpec SHALL be added to the [children]
or [attributes] of the <default> element item.
An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <objectField> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the objectfieldreference
in the ObjectFieldSpec, without the ampersand character ('&',
U+0026). An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be
added to the [children] of the <objectField> element item. The
translation of the DefinedObjectClass in the ObjectFieldSpec SHALL be
added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <objectField> element
item.
Example
CLASS {
&one TYPE-IDENTIFIER,
&two ABSTRACT-SYNTAX OPTIONAL,
&three TYPE-IDENTIFIER DEFAULT myObject
}
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<class>
<objectField name="one" class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER"/>
<optional>
<objectField name="two" class="asnx:ABSTRACT-SYNTAX"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<objectField name="three" class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER"/>
<default object="tns:myObject"/>
</optional>
</class>
9.2.8. ObjectSetFieldSpec Translation
The translation of an ObjectSetFieldSpec where the
ObjectSetOptionalitySpec is absent is an element item with the
[local name] "objectSetField".
The translation of an ObjectSetFieldSpec with an
ObjectSetOptionalitySpec of the "OPTIONAL" form is an element item
with the [local name] "optional". An element item with the
[local name] "objectSetField" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<optional> element item.
The translation of an ObjectSetFieldSpec with an
ObjectSetOptionalitySpec of the "DEFAULT ObjectSet" form is an
element item with the [local name] "optional". An element item with
the [local name] "objectSetField" SHALL be added to the [children] of
the <optional> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"default" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <optional>
element item. The translation of the ObjectSet in the
ObjectSetOptionalitySpec SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <default> element item.
An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <objectSetField> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the
objectsetfieldreference in the ObjectSetFieldSpec, without the
ampersand character ('&', U+0026). An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<objectSetField> element item. The translation of the
DefinedObjectClass in the ObjectSetFieldSpec SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <objectSetField> element item.
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Example
CLASS {
&One TYPE-IDENTIFIER,
&Two ABSTRACT-SYNTAX OPTIONAL,
&Three TYPE-IDENTIFIER DEFAULT { myObject }
}
<class>
<objectSetField name="One" class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER"/>
<optional>
<objectSetField name="Two" class="asnx:ABSTRACT-SYNTAX"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<objectSetField name="Three" class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER"/>
<default>
<objectSet>
<object ref="tns:myObject"/>
</objectSet>
</default>
</optional>
</class>
10. Translation of Objects
The translation of an Object is the translation of the DefinedObject,
ObjectDefn, ObjectFromObject, or ParameterizedObject in the Object.
The translation of a ParameterizedObject is described in Section 13.
10.1. DefinedObject Translation
If a DefinedObject is an objectreference (not a DummyReference) or an
ExternalObjectReference, then the translation of the DefinedObject is
either the attribute form translation of an object reference, or the
element form translation of an object reference.
The attribute form translation of an object reference is an attribute
item with the [local name] "object". The [normalized value] of this
attribute item is a qualified name for the expanded name of the
referenced object definition (see Section 5.1). The attribute form
translation SHALL NOT be used if this expanded name is not distinct
with respect to the current module and the modules referenced by its
<import> element items (see Section 5.1).
The element form translation of an object reference is an element
item with the [local name] "object". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
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<object> element item. An attribute item with the [local name] "ref"
SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <object> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified name for the
expanded name of the referenced object definition. If this expanded
name is not distinct with respect to the current module and the
modules referenced by its <import> element items, then an attribute
item with the [local name] "context" SHALL be added to the
[attributes] of the <object> element item; otherwise, if the module
containing the referenced object definition has a schema identity
URI, then an attribute item with the [local name] "context" MAY be
added to the [attributes] of the <object> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the schema identity URI
of the module containing the referenced object definition.
Aside: If a reference name is not distinct, then the module
containing the referenced definition must have a schema identity
URI (see Section 5.1).
The translation of the DefinedObject is the same whether the object
definition is referenced by an objectreference or an
ExternalObjectReference.
Usually the translator is free to choose either the attribute form or
element form translation for an object reference; however, in some
contexts the attribute form is explicitly disallowed.
If a DefinedObject is a DummyReference, then the translation of the
DefinedObject is the translation of the DummyReference (see
Section 13).
10.2. ObjectDefn Translation
An ObjectDefn that is a DefinedSyntax is first converted to the
equivalent DefaultSyntax and then translated.
The translation of an ObjectDefn is an element item with the
[local name] "object". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <object> element
item. The translation of each FieldSetting in the DefaultSyntax in
the ObjectClassDefn SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<object> element item.
The translation of a FieldSetting is an element item with the
[local name] "field". An attribute item with the [local name] "name"
SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <field> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the PrimitiveFieldName
in the FieldSetting, without the ampersand character ('&', U+0026).
The translation of the Type, Value, ValueSet, Object, or ObjectSet in
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the Setting in the FieldSetting SHALL be added to the [children] or
[attributes] of the <field> element item.
Example
-- This is the governing object class.
ONE-OF-EVERYTHING ::= CLASS {
&One,
&two INTEGER,
&Three INTEGER,
&four TYPE-IDENTIFIER,
&Five TYPE-IDENTIFIER
}
<namedClass name="ONE-OF-EVERYTHING">
<class>
<typeField name="One"/>
<valueField name="two" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<valueSetField name="Three" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
<objectField name="four" class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER"/>
<objectSetField name="Five" class="asnx:TYPE-IDENTIFIER"/>
</class>
</namedClass>
mixedBag ONE-OF-EVERYTHING ::= {
&One BOOLEAN,
&two 99,
&Three { 1 | 2 },
&four myObject,
&Five { myObject }
}
<namedObject name="mixedBag" class="tns:ONE-OF-EVERYTHING">
<object>
<field name="One" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
<field name="two" literalValue="99"/>
<field name="Three">
<valueSet>
<union>
<literalValue>1</literalValue>
<literalValue>2</literalValue>
</union>
</valueSet>
</field>
<field name="four" object="tns:myObject"/>
<field name="Five">
<objectSet>
<object ref="tns:myObject"/>
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</objectSet>
</field>
</object>
</namedObject>
10.3. ObjectFromObject Translation
The translation of an ObjectFromObject is an element item with the
[local name] "object". An element item with the [local name]
"annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the <object> element
item. An element item with the [local name] "fromObjects" SHALL be
appended to the [children] of the <object> element item.
The translation of the ReferencedObjects instance in the
ObjectFromObject SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes] of
the <fromObjects> element item.
The translation of the FieldName in the ObjectFromObject SHALL be
added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <fromObjects> element
item.
11. Translation of Object Sets
If an ObjectSet matches the form "{ DefinedObjectSet }" (i.e., a
DefinedObjectSet in an ObjectSetElements instance in an Elements
instance in a lone IntersectionElements instance in a lone
Intersections instance in a Unions instance in an ElementSetSpec in a
RootElementSetSpec in an ObjectSetSpec without an
AdditionalElementSetSpec), then the translator MAY use the
translation of the DefinedObjectSet as the translation of the
ObjectSet; otherwise, the translation of an ObjectSet is an element
item with the [local name] "objectSet". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<objectSet> element item. The translation of the ObjectSetSpec in
the ObjectSet SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <objectSet>
element item.
Aside: An ObjectSet that is directly a DefinedObjectSet is a
notational capability that does not exist in ASN.1, but is allowed
in ASN.X to avoid excessive nesting of <objectSet> element items
in the expansion of parameterized definitions.
If an ObjectSetSpec contains only a RootElementSetSpec, then the
translation of the ObjectSetSpec is the translation of the
ElementSetSpec in the RootElementSetSpec.
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If an ObjectSetSpec contains a RootElementSetSpec and an ellipsis
("..."), then the translation of the ObjectSetSpec is the translation
of the ElementSetSpec in the RootElementSetSpec followed by an
element item with the [local name] "extension". If an
AdditionalElementSetSpec is present, then the translation of the
ElementSetSpec in the AdditionalElementSetSpec SHALL be added to the
[children] of the <extension> element item.
If an ObjectSetSpec does not contain a RootElementSetSpec, then the
translation of the ObjectSetSpec is an element item with the
[local name] "extension". If an AdditionalElementSetSpec is present,
then the translation of the ElementSetSpec in the
AdditionalElementSetSpec SHALL be added to the [children] of the
<extension> element item.
Nested within the ElementSetSpec will be one or more
ObjectSetElements instances.
11.1. DefinedObjectSet Translation
If a DefinedObjectSet is an objectsetreference (not a DummyReference)
or an ExternalObjectSetReference, then the translation of the
DefinedObjectSet is either the attribute form translation of an
object set reference, or the element form translation of an object
set reference.
The attribute form translation of an object set reference is an
attribute item with the [local name] "objectSet". The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified name for the
expanded name of the referenced object set definition (see
Section 5.1). The attribute form translation SHALL NOT be used if
this expanded name is not distinct with respect to the current module
and the modules referenced by its <import> element items (see
Section 5.1).
The element form translation of an object set reference is an element
item with the [local name] "objectSet". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<objectSet> element item. An attribute item with the [local name]
"ref" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <objectSet> element
item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is a qualified
name for the expanded name of the referenced object set definition.
If this expanded name is not distinct with respect to the current
module and the modules referenced by its <import> element items, then
an attribute item with the [local name] "context" SHALL be added to
the [attributes] of the <objectSet> element item; otherwise, if the
module containing the referenced object set definition has a schema
identity URI, then an attribute item with the [local name] "context"
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MAY be added to the [attributes] of the <objectSet> element item.
The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the schema identity
URI of the module containing the referenced object set definition.
Aside: If a reference name is not distinct, then the module
containing the referenced definition must have a schema identity
URI (see Section 5.1).
The translation of the DefinedObjectSet is the same whether the
object definition is referenced by an objectsetreference or an
ExternalObjectSetReference.
Usually the translator is free to choose either the attribute form or
element form translation for an object set reference; however, in
some contexts the attribute form is explicitly disallowed.
If a DefinedObjectSet is a DummyReference, then the translation of
the DefinedObjectSet is the translation of the DummyReference (see
Section 13).
11.2. ObjectSetElements Translation
If an ObjectSetElements instance is an Object, then the translation
of the ObjectSetElements instance is the translation of the Object,
except that the attribute form of the DefinedObject translation SHALL
NOT be used if the Object is a DefinedObject.
If an ObjectSetElements instance is a DefinedObjectSet, then the
translation of the ObjectSetElements instance is the translation of
the DefinedObjectSet, except that the attribute form of the
DefinedObjectSet translation SHALL NOT be used.
If an ObjectSetElements instance is an ObjectSetFromObjects, then the
translation of the ObjectSetElements instance is the translation of
the ObjectSetFromObjects.
If an ObjectSetElements instance is a ParameterizedObjectSet, then
the translation of the ObjectSetElements instance is the translation
of the ParameterizedObjectSet (see Section 13).
Aside: The in-line expansion of a ParameterizedObjectSet results
in an ObjectSet. An ObjectSetElements instance that is an
ObjectSet is a notational capability that does not exist in ASN.1,
but is allowed in ASN.X to avoid the need to manufacture a
reference name for the expanded parameterized definition.
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11.2.1. ObjectSetFromObjects Translation
The translation of an ObjectSetFromObjects instance is an element
item with the [local name] "objectSet". An element item with the
[local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the [children] of the
<objectSet> element item. An element item with the [local name]
"fromObjects" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the <objectSet>
element item.
The translation of the ReferencedObjects instance in the
ObjectSetFromObjects SHALL be added to the [children] or [attributes]
of the <fromObjects> element item.
The translation of the FieldName in the ObjectSetFromObjects SHALL be
added to the [children] or [attributes] of the <fromObjects> element
item.
12. Translation of Information From Objects
If a ReferencedObjects instance is a DefinedObject (not a
DummyReference), then the translation of the ReferencedObjects
instance is the translation of the DefinedObject.
If a ReferencedObjects instance is a DefinedObjectSet (not a
DummyReference), then the translation of the ReferencedObjects
instance is the translation of the DefinedObjectSet.
If a ReferencedObjects instance is a DummyReference,
ParameterizedObject, or ParameterizedObjectSet, then the translation
of the ReferencedObjects instance is the translation of that
DummyReference, ParameterizedObject, or ParameterizedObjectSet (see
Section 13).
Aside: The in-line expansion of a ParameterizedObject or
ParameterizedObjectSet results in an Object or ObjectSet,
respectively. A ReferencedObjects instance that is an Object or
ObjectSet is a notational capability that does not exist in ASN.1,
but is allowed in ASN.X to avoid the need to manufacture a
reference name for an expanded parameterized definition.
13. Translation of Parameterized Definitions
The translation of an ASN.1 specification into ASN.X replaces any
DummyReference [X.683] or reference to a parameterized definition
[X.683] with the definition expanded in-line (except for a special
case involving recursive parameterized types). For example, a
ParameterizedObject is replaced by the Object on the right-hand side
of the referenced ParameterizedObjectAssignment.
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The definition that substitutes for a DummyReference or parameterized
reference (e.g., the Object that substitutes for a
ParameterizedObject) potentially comes from a different module from
the reference. Expanding a DummyReference or parameterized reference
in-line puts the substitute definition into the context of the module
containing the reference, which could therefore alter the
interpretation of the substitute definition.
A type definition is potentially dependent on the TagDefault and
ExtensionDefault of the module in which it appears, and may also be
affected by encoding instructions in an XML Encoding Rules (XER)
[X.693] encoding control section [X.693-1]. Other kinds of
definitions are not dependent on the module context; however, type
definitions can be nested within the other kinds of definitions, so a
change of context can still be significant.
Aside: Type definitions are not dependent on their module's RXER
or Generic String Encoding Rules (GSER) [GSER] encoding control
section [RXEREI][GSEREI] (as they are currently defined), so the
presence of an encoding control section for RXER or GSER is not
significant in a change of context.
The remainder of this section describes how and when a change of
context is indicated in the ASN.X translation of a DummyReference or
parameterized reference.
In any instance of use, the module containing the DummyReference or
parameterized reference is the referencing module, and the module
providing the substitute definition is the referenced module. The
referenced and referencing modules may be the same module.
In the case of a ParameterizedType, the substitute definition is the
Type on the right-hand side of the referenced
ParameterizedTypeAssignment.
In the case of a ParameterizedValueSetType, the substitute definition
is the constrained type on the right-hand side of the notional
ParameterizedTypeAssignment equivalent to the referenced
ParameterizedValueSetTypeAssignment (see Clause 15.8 of X.680
[X.680]).
In the case of a ParameterizedValue, the substitute definition is the
Value on the right-hand side of the referenced
ParameterizedValueAssignment.
In the case of a ParameterizedObjectClass, the substitute definition
is the ObjectClass on the right-hand side of the referenced
ParameterizedObjectClassAssignment.
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In the case of a ParameterizedObject, the substitute definition is
the Object on the right-hand side of the referenced
ParameterizedObjectAssignment.
In the case of a ParameterizedObjectSet, the substitute definition is
the ObjectSet on the right-hand side of the referenced
ParameterizedObjectSetAssignment.
If the ActualParameter corresponding to a DummyReference is not a
ValueSet, then the substitute definition for that DummyReference is
the Type, Value, DefinedObjectClass, Object, or ObjectSet in the
ActualParameter.
If the ActualParameter corresponding to a DummyReference is a
ValueSet, then the substitute definition for that DummyReference is
the notional constrained type equivalent to the ValueSet; the
ElementSetSpecs of the ValueSet contributes to the constraint of the
constrained type, and the governor of the Parameter corresponding to
the ActualParameter is used as the parent type that is constrained.
Definition (interchangeable): The contexts of the referencing and
referenced modules are interchangeable with respect to interpreting
the substitute definition if:
(1) the referenced module is the referencing module and does not
contain an XER encoding control section, or
(2) the referenced module and referencing module have the same
TagDefault (where an absent TagDefault is taken to be equivalent
to "EXPLICIT TAGS"), the referenced module and referencing module
have the same ExtensionDefault, and neither module has an XER
encoding control section.
Aside: A module with an XER encoding control section is not
considered to have a context interchangeable with another module,
including itself, because the typereference by which a substitute
type definition is identified may appear in a TargetList in the
XER encoding control section of the referenced module, and because
the in-line expansion of a substitute definition may cause its
text to come within the scope of a TargetList in the XER encoding
control section of the referencing module that would not apply
otherwise.
Definition (recursively contained): A ParameterizedType is
recursively contained if its translation will be nested within the
translation (i.e., in-line expansion) of another ParameterizedType to
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which it is equivalent. A ParameterizedValueSetType is recursively
contained if its translation will be nested within the translation of
another ParameterizedValueSetType to which it is equivalent.
Aside: ASN.1 does not permit the other kinds of parameterized
reference to be recursive.
The translation of a DummyReference, a ParameterizedType that is not
recursively contained, a ParameterizedValue, a
ParameterizedValueSetType that is not recursively contained, a
ParameterizedObjectClass, a ParameterizedObject, or a
ParameterizedObjectSet is either:
(a) the translation of the substitute definition, or
(b) an element item with the [local name] "type" if the substitute
definition is a Type, "value" if the substitute definition is a
Value, "class" if the substitute definition is an ObjectClass or
DefinedObjectClass, "object" if the substitute definition is an
Object, or "objectSet" if the substitute definition is an
ObjectSet. A fully expanded reference (described shortly) SHALL
be added to the [children] of the element item.
The translation in case (b) is always allowed and provides
information to identify the referenced module and the referenced
definition.
The translation in case (a) MAY be used instead if and only if the
contexts of the referencing and referenced modules are
interchangeable, or the contexts of the referencing and referenced
modules are not interchangeable, but the difference between them does
not affect how the substitute definition is interpreted.
Aside: There are many ways in which the substitute definition can
be unaffected by a difference between the contexts of the
referencing and referenced modules. One example would be where
the referencing and referenced modules differ only in their
TagDefault, but the substitute definition does not contain any
TaggedType notation.
Note that if the translation in case (a) is used, then the
referencing module is still the referencing module when considering a
nested in-line expansion. If the translation in case (b) is used,
then the referenced module becomes the referencing module when
considering a nested in-line expansion.
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If case (a) is used for the translation of a DummyReference where the
substitute definition is a Type, then an attribute form translation
of the substitute definition SHALL NOT be used, and an attribute item
with the [local name] "explicit" and [normalized value] "true" or "1"
SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <type> element item
resulting from the translation of the substitute definition. Where
the automatic tagging transformation applies [X.680], this attribute
item indicates that explicit tagging applies to the type instead of
the usual implicit tagging.
If case (b) is used for the translation of a DummyReference where the
substitute definition is a Type, then an attribute item with the
[local name] "explicit" and [normalized value] "true" or "1" SHALL be
added to the [attributes] of the <type> element item generated by
case (b).
A fully expanded reference is an element item with the [local name]
"expanded". Except in the case of a DummyReference, the reference
name is indicated by an attribute item with the [local name] "name"
added to the [attributes] of the <expanded> element item.
In the case of a ParameterizedType or ParameterizedValueSetType, the
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the typereference of the
ParameterizedType or ParameterizedValueSetType.
In the case of a ParameterizedValue, the [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the valuereference of the ParameterizedValue.
In the case of a ParameterizedObjectClass, the [normalized value] of
this attribute item is the objectclassreference of the
ParameterizedObjectClass.
In the case of a ParameterizedObject, the [normalized value] of this
attribute item is the objectreference of the ParameterizedObject.
In the case of a ParameterizedObjectSet, the [normalized value] of
this attribute item is the objectsetreference of the
ParameterizedObjectSet.
The "name" attribute item MAY be omitted if:
(1) the conditions permitting the use of the translation in case (a)
are satisfied, or
(2) the reference is not a typereference, or
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(3) the reference is a typereference that does not appear in any
TargetList in an XER encoding control section of the referenced
module.
The "name" attribute SHALL NOT appear in the translation of a
DummyReference.
The referenced module is indicated by an element item with the
[local name] "module" added to the [children] of the <expanded>
element item. The <module> element item MAY be omitted if the
conditions permitting the use of the translation in case (a) are
satisfied, or if the referencing module is the referenced module.
When the <module> element item is present:
(1) An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHOULD be added to
the [attributes] of the <module> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the modulereference
in the ModuleIdentifier in the ModuleDefinition of the referenced
module.
(2) If the DefinitiveIdentifier in the ModuleIdentifier in the
ModuleDefinition of the referenced module is not empty, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "identifier" SHALL be added
to the [attributes] of the <module> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the RXER character
data translation of the DefinitiveIdentifier.
(3) If the referenced module has a schema identity URI, then an
attribute item with the [local name] "schemaIdentity" SHALL be
added to the [attributes] of the <module> element item. The
[normalized value] of this attribute item is the schema identity
URI of the referenced module.
The [attributes] of the <module> element item MUST contain at least
one of the attribute items specified in cases (1), (2), and (3).
The translation of the substitute definition SHALL be added to the
[children] or [attributes] of the <expanded> element item.
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Example
Consider these module definitions:
Templates
DEFINITIONS
AUTOMATIC TAGS ::=
BEGIN
CollectionOfThings { Thing } ::= SEQUENCE OF thing Thing
-- the Thing on the right-hand side of the assignment is
-- a DummyReference
END
ProtocolDefinitions
DEFINITIONS
AUTOMATIC TAGS ::=
BEGIN
IMPORTS
CollectionOfThings{}
FROM Templates
;
CollectionOfIntegers ::= CollectionOfThings { INTEGER }
-- the right-hand side of the assignment is
-- a ParameterizedType
END
Without using the translation in case (a), the translations of
these modules are:
<asnx:module name="Templates"/>
<asnx:module xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
name="ProtocolDefinitions">
<namedType name="CollectionOfIntegers">
<type>
<expanded name="CollectionOfThings">
<module name="Templates"/>
<type>
<sequenceOf>
<element name="thing">
<type>
<expanded>
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<module name="ProtocolDefinitions"/>
<type ref="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</expanded>
</type>
</element>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</expanded>
</type>
</namedType>
</asnx:module>
The translation of the Templates module is empty because the
module contains only a parameterized assignment.
Since the contexts of the Templates and ProtocolDefinitions
modules are interchangeable, a simpler translation of the
ProtocolDefinitions module is permitted:
<asnx:module xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
name="ProtocolDefinitions">
<namedType name="CollectionOfIntegers">
<type>
<sequenceOf>
<element name="thing">
<type ref="asnx:INTEGER" explicit="true"/>
</element>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
</asnx:module>
If a ParameterizedType or ParameterizedValueSetType is recursively
contained, then its translation is an element item with the
[local name] "type". An attribute item with the [local name]
"ancestor" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the <type> element
item. The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the decimal
digit string representing the integer value of one plus the number of
intermediate enclosing <type> element items between the <type>
element items resulting from the translations of the two equivalent
instances of ParameterizedType or ParameterizedValueSetType. An
element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to the
[children] of the <type> element item.
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A <type> element item with an ancestor attribute item is a reference
to an ancestor <type> element item. This form for a <type> element
item SHOULD NOT be used in original specifications written in ASN.X.
Aside: The form is only intended for the purpose of handling
recursive parameterized type definitions in an ASN.1 specification
being translated into ASN.X. Such definitions are
self-referencing, but have no obvious name. It is also not easy
to construct a suitable name from the surrounding context because
recursive parameterized types can be embedded in other constructs,
such as information objects, that are themselves unnamed.
Example
Consider these type definitions, assumed to be defined in a module
that does not have an XER encoding control section:
Tree { ValueType } ::= SEQUENCE {
value [0] ValueType,
left-subtree [1] Tree { ValueType } OPTIONAL,
right-subtree [2] Tree { ValueType } OPTIONAL
}
NumberTree ::= [APPLICATION 13] Tree { INTEGER }
The assignment for "Tree" is not directly translated because it is
a ParameterizedAssignment. The translation for the "NumberTree"
assignment, up to but not yet including the Type in the
TaggedType, is as follows:
<namedType name="NumberTree">
<type>
<tagged tagClass="application" number="13"/>
</type>
</namedType>
The Type in the TaggedType is a ParameterizedType. Since the
ParameterizedType is not recursively contained, the translation of
the ParameterizedType (using the translation in case (a) above) is
the translation of the Type on the right-hand side of the
referenced ParameterizedTypeAssignment, namely this type:
SEQUENCE {
value [0] ValueType,
left-subtree [1] Tree { ValueType } OPTIONAL,
right-subtree [2] Tree { ValueType } OPTIONAL
}
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ValueType is a DummyReference. The translation of the actual
parameter substitutes for the DummyReference. In this case, the
actual parameter is the INTEGER type.
The translation for the SEQUENCE type, up to the first component,
is added to the <tagged> element:
<namedType name="NumberTree">
<type>
<tagged tagClass="application" number="13">
<type><!-- Tree { INTEGER } -->
<sequence>
<element name="value">
<type>
<tagged number="0">
<type ref="asnx:INTEGER"
explicit="true"/><!-- ValueType -->
</tagged>
</type>
</element>
</sequence>
</type>
</tagged>
</type>
</namedType>
The Type in the TaggedType for the second component is a
ParameterizedType. Since this ParameterizedType is recursively
contained, its translation is a <type> element with the ancestor
attribute. The value of the ancestor attribute is "2" because
there is one intermediate <type> element (for a TaggedType). Put
another way, the translations of the equivalent instances of
ParameterizedType are two <type> steps apart.
The translation of the third component of the SEQUENCE type
follows the same pattern as the second component. The completed
translation is as follows:
<namedType name="NumberTree">
<type>
<tagged tagClass="application" number="13">
<type><!-- Tree { INTEGER } -->
<sequence>
<element name="value">
<type>
<tagged number="0">
<type ref="asnx:INTEGER"
explicit="true"/><!-- ValueType -->
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</tagged>
</type>
</element>
<optional>
<element name="left-subtree">
<type>
<tagged number="1">
<type ancestor="2"/><!-- Tree { ValueType } -->
</tagged>
</type>
</element>
</optional>
<optional>
<element name="right-subtree">
<type>
<tagged number="2">
<type ancestor="2"/><!-- Tree { ValueType } -->
</tagged>
</type>
</element>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</tagged>
</type>
</namedType>
14. EncodingControlSections Translation
If an EncodingControlSections instance contains at least one
EncodingControlSection with an encodingreference that is not RXER,
then the translation of the EncodingControlSections instance is an
element item with the [local name] "encodingControls". The
translation of each EncodingControlSection with an encodingreference
that is not RXER SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
<encodingControls> element item.
Aside: This is not suggesting that RXER encoding control sections
are ignored. Encoding control sections for RXER are not
explicitly represented in ASN.X, but rather affect how an ASN.1
module is translated into an ASN.X module. The effect of an RXER
encoding control section on the translation is addressed in other
parts of this specification.
Encoding control sections for other encoding rules will have
explicit representations in ASN.X.
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If the encodingreference in an EncodingControlSection is GSER, then
the translation of the EncodingControlSection is an element item with
the [local name] "GSER". The translation of the
EncodingInstructionAssignmentList in the EncodingControlSection SHALL
be added to the [children] of the <GSER> element item.
The EncodingInstructionAssignmentList notation is different for each
set of encoding instructions. The translation into ASN.X of an
EncodingInstructionAssignmentList for GSER is specified in a separate
document [GSEREIT].
Aside: The translation of an EncodingInstructionAssignmentList for
GSER, as it is currently defined, is always empty.
If the encodingreference in an EncodingControlSection is XER, then
the translation of the EncodingControlSection is an element item with
the [local name] "XER". The translation of the
EncodingInstructionAssignmentList in the EncodingControlSection SHALL
be added to the [children] of the <XER> element item. The
translation into ASN.X of an EncodingInstructionAssignmentList for
XER is specified in a separate document [XEREIT].
15. Security Considerations
The ASN.X translation of an ASN.1 specification is semantically
equivalent to the original ASN.1 specification. The security
considerations that apply to an application built from the original
ASN.1 specification apply equally to an application built from the
ASN.X translation.
Syntax-based canonicalization for XML documents (e.g., Canonical XML
[CXML]) depends on the Infoset of an XML document being preserved.
However, the Infoset representation of an ASN.X module potentially
changes if it is decoded and re-encoded (though its ASN.1 value is
preserved), disrupting the Canonical XML representation. To avoid
this problem, ASN.X modules MUST be normalized prior to the
application of syntax-based canonicalization. The normalization
rules can be found in Section 6.13 of the specification for RXER
[RXER].
16. Acknowledgements
The technology described in this document is the product of a
research project begun jointly by Adacel Technologies Limited and
Deakin University, and subsequently refined and completed by eB2Bcom.
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17. References
17.1. 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.
[GSER] Legg, S., "Generic String Encoding Rules (GSER) for ASN.1
Types", RFC 3641, October 2003.
[GSEREI] Legg, S., "Encoding Instructions for the Generic String
Encoding Rules (GSER)", RFC 4792, January 2007.
[RXER] Legg, S. and D. Prager, "Robust XML Encoding Rules (RXER)
for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)",
RFC 4910, July 2007.
[RXEREI] Legg, S., "Encoding Instructions for the Robust XML
Encoding Rules (RXER)",
RFC 4911, July 2007.
[GSEREIT] Legg, S., "Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X)
Representation of Encoding Instructions for the Generic
String Encoding Rules (GSER)",
RFC 4913, July 2007.
[XEREIT] Legg, S., "Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X)
Representation of Encoding Instructions for the XML
Encoding Rules (XER)",
RFC 4914, July 2007.
[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.681] ITU-T Recommendation X.681 (07/02) | ISO/IEC 8824-2,
Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One
(ASN.1): Information object specification.
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[X.682] ITU-T Recommendation X.682 (07/02) | ISO/IEC 8824-3,
Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One
(ASN.1): Constraint specification.
[X.683] ITU-T Recommendation X.683 (07/02) | ISO/IEC 8824-4,
Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One
(ASN.1): Parameterization of ASN.1 specifications.
[X.693] ITU-T Recommendation X.693 (12/01) | ISO/IEC 8825-4:2002,
Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: XML
encoding rules (XER).
[X.693-1] Amendment 1: (to ITU-T Rec. X.693 | ISO/IEC 8825-4) XER
encoding instructions and EXTENDED-XER.
[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.
[XMLNS11] Bray, T., Hollander, D., Layman, A. and R. Tobin,
"Namespaces in XML 1.1 (Second Edition)", W3C
Recommendation,
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml-names11-20060816, 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.
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17.2. Informative References
[CXML] Boyer, J., "Canonical XML Version 1.0", W3C
Recommendation,
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315, March
2001.
[XSD1] Thompson, H., Beech, D., Maloney, M. and N. Mendelsohn,
"XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition", W3C
Recommendation,
http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xmlschema-1-20041028/,
October 2004.
[RNG] Clark, J. and M. Makoto, "RELAX NG Tutorial", OASIS
Committee Specification, http://www.oasis-open.org/
committees/relax-ng/tutorial-20011203.html, December 2001.
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Appendix A. ASN.1 for ASN.X
This appendix is normative.
AbstractSyntaxNotation-X
{ iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) notation(1) }
-- Copyright © The IETF Trust (2007). This version of
-- this ASN.1 module is part of RFC 4912; see the RFC itself
-- for full legal notices.
--
-- Regarding this ASN.1 module or any portion of it, the author
-- makes no guarantees and is not responsible for any damage
-- resulting from its use. The author grants irrevocable permission
-- to anyone to use, modify, and distribute it in any way that does
-- not diminish the rights of anyone else to use, modify, and
-- distribute it, provided that redistributed derivative works do
-- not contain misleading author or version information.
-- Derivative works need not be licensed under similar terms.
DEFINITIONS
RXER INSTRUCTIONS
AUTOMATIC TAGS
EXTENSIBILITY IMPLIED ::= BEGIN
IMPORTS
Markup,
AnyURI,
NCName,
Name,
QName
FROM AdditionalBasicDefinitions
{ iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) basic(0) }
GSER-EncodingInstruction,
GSER-EncodingInstructionAssignmentList
FROM GSER-EncodingInstructionNotation
{ iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) gser-ei-notation(2) }
XER-EncodingInstruction,
XER-EncodingInstructionAssignmentList
FROM XER-EncodingInstructionNotation
{ iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
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;
ModuleDefinition ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
format [ATTRIBUTE] [VERSION-INDICATOR]
UTF8String ("1.0", ...) DEFAULT "1.0",
name [ATTRIBUTE] ModuleReference,
identifier [ATTRIBUTE] DefinitiveIdentifier OPTIONAL,
schemaIdentity [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL,
targetNamespace [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL,
targetPrefix [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL,
tagDefault [ATTRIBUTE] TagDefault DEFAULT automatic,
extensibilityImplied [ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
export SEQUENCE { } OPTIONAL,
-- export is not used in this version
imports [GROUP] ImportList OPTIONAL,
assignments [GROUP] AssignmentList OPTIONAL,
encodingControls EncodingControlSections OPTIONAL
}
ModuleReference ::= TypeReference
DefinitiveIdentifier ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
TagDefault ::= ENUMERATED { explicit, implicit, automatic }
Annotation ::= Markup
ImportList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF import Import
Import ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] ModuleReference OPTIONAL,
identifier [ATTRIBUTE] DefinitiveIdentifier OPTIONAL,
schemaIdentity [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL,
namespace [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL,
schemaLocation [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL
}
AssignmentList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
assignment [GROUP] Assignment
Assignment ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
namedType TypeAssignment,
namedValue ValueAssignment,
namedValueSet ValueSetTypeAssignment,
namedClass ObjectClassAssignment,
namedObject ObjectAssignment,
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namedObjectSet ObjectSetAssignment,
component [GROUP] TopLevelNamedType
}
TypeAssignment ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] TypeReference,
type [GROUP] Type
}
TypeReference ::= UTF8String (PATTERN "[A-Z]\w*(-\w+)*")
-- \w is equivalent to [a-zA-Z0-9]
ValueAssignment ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] ValueReference,
type [GROUP] Type,
value [GROUP] Value
}
ValueReference ::= Identifier
Identifier ::= UTF8String (PATTERN "[a-z]\w(-\w+)*")
ValueSetTypeAssignment ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] TypeReference,
type [GROUP] Type,
valueSet [GROUP] ValueSet
}
ObjectClassAssignment ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] ObjectClassReference,
objectClass [GROUP] ObjectClass
}
ObjectClassReference ::= UTF8String
(PATTERN "[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(-[A-Z0-9]+)*")
ObjectAssignment ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] ObjectReference,
objectClass [GROUP] DefinedObjectClass,
object [GROUP] Object
}
ObjectReference ::= ValueReference
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ObjectSetAssignment ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] ObjectSetReference,
objectClass [GROUP] DefinedObjectClass,
objectSet [GROUP] ObjectSet
}
ObjectSetReference ::= TypeReference
TopLevelNamedType ::= NamedType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
component (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
definition (WITH COMPONENTS { ..., reference ABSENT })
}),
element (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
definition (WITH COMPONENTS { ..., reference ABSENT })
}),
attribute (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
definition (WITH COMPONENTS { ..., reference ABSENT })
}),
group ABSENT,
member ABSENT,
item ABSENT,
simpleContent ABSENT })
NamedType ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
component Element,
element Element,
attribute Attribute,
group InvisibleNamedType,
member InvisibleNamedType,
item InvisibleNamedType,
simpleContent InvisibleNamedType
}
Attribute ::= GenericNamedType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
definition (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
local (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
typeAsVersion ABSENT }) }) })
Element ::= GenericNamedType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
definition (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
local (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
versionIndicator ABSENT }) }) })
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InvisibleNamedType ::= GenericNamedType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
definition (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
reference ABSENT,
local (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
typeAsVersion ABSENT,
versionIndicator ABSENT }) }) })
GenericNamedType ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
identifier [ATTRIBUTE] IdentifierOrEmpty OPTIONAL,
definition [GROUP] CHOICE {
reference [GROUP] DefinedComponent,
local [GROUP] LocalComponent
}
}
IdentifierOrEmpty ::= UTF8String (INCLUDES Identifier | "")
DefinedComponent ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
name [GROUP] [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
ref [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
elementType [ATTRIBUTE] Name
},
namespace [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL,
context [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL,
embedded [ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN OPTIONAL,
prefixes [GROUP] EncodingPrefixes OPTIONAL
}
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
name (WITH COMPONENTS { ref PRESENT }),
namespace ABSENT } |
WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
name (WITH COMPONENTS { elementType PRESENT }),
embedded ABSENT })
LocalComponent ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName,
typeAsVersion [ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN OPTIONAL,
versionIndicator [ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN OPTIONAL,
type [GROUP] Type
}
Type ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
typeRef [NAME AS "type"] [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
type ElementFormType
}
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ElementFormType ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
explicit [ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN OPTIONAL,
definition [GROUP] CHOICE {
reference [GROUP] DefinedType,
expanded ExpandedType,
ancestor [ATTRIBUTE] INTEGER (1..MAX),
namedBitList NamedBitList,
namedNumberList NamedNumberList,
enumerated EnumeratedType,
tagged TaggedType,
prefixed EncodingPrefixedType,
selection SelectionType,
instanceOf InstanceOfType,
fromClass ObjectClassFieldType,
fromObjects InformationFromObjects,
sequence SequenceType,
set SetType,
choice ChoiceType,
union UnionType,
sequenceOf SequenceOfType,
setOf SetOfType,
list ListType,
constrained ConstrainedType
}
}
DefinedType ::= SEQUENCE {
name [GROUP] [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
ref [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
elementType [ATTRIBUTE] Name
},
context [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL,
embedded [ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN OPTIONAL
}
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
name (WITH COMPONENTS { ref PRESENT }) } |
WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
name (WITH COMPONENTS { elementType PRESENT }),
embedded ABSENT })
ExpandedType ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL,
module ReferencedModule OPTIONAL,
type [GROUP] Type
}
ReferencedModule ::= SEQUENCE {
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name [ATTRIBUTE] ModuleReference OPTIONAL,
identifier [ATTRIBUTE] DefinitiveIdentifier OPTIONAL,
schemaIdentity [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL
}
NamedBitList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF namedBit NamedBit
NamedBit ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName,
identifier [ATTRIBUTE] Identifier OPTIONAL,
bit [ATTRIBUTE] INTEGER (0..MAX)
}
NamedNumberList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
namedNumber NamedNumber
NamedNumber ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName,
identifier [ATTRIBUTE] Identifier OPTIONAL,
number [ATTRIBUTE] INTEGER
}
EnumeratedType ::= SEQUENCE {
root [GROUP] Enumeration,
extension SEQUENCE {
exception ExceptionSpec OPTIONAL,
additions [GROUP] Enumeration OPTIONAL
} OPTIONAL
}
Enumeration ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
enumeration EnumerationItem
EnumerationItem ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName,
identifier [ATTRIBUTE] Identifier OPTIONAL,
number [ATTRIBUTE] INTEGER OPTIONAL
}
Tag ::= SEQUENCE {
tagClass [ATTRIBUTE] TagClass OPTIONAL,
number [ATTRIBUTE] INTEGER (0..MAX),
tagging [ATTRIBUTE] Tagging OPTIONAL
}
TaggedType ::= SEQUENCE {
COMPONENTS OF Tag,
type [GROUP] Type
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}
TagClass ::= ENUMERATED { universal, application, private }
Tagging ::= ENUMERATED { explicit, implicit }
EncodingPrefixedType ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
prefixes [GROUP] EncodingPrefixes,
type [GROUP] Type
}
EncodingPrefixes ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
prefix [GROUP] EncodingPrefix
EncodingPrefix ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
tag [NAME AS "TAG"] Tag,
gser [NAME AS "GSER"] GSER-EncodingInstruction,
xer [NAME AS "XER"] XER-EncodingInstruction
-- plus encoding instructions
-- for other encoding rules in the future
}
SelectionType ::= SEQUENCE {
alternative [GROUP] [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
component [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
element [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
attribute [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
group [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
member [ATTRIBUTE] QName
},
type [GROUP] Type
}
InstanceOfType ::= DefinedObjectClass
ObjectClassFieldType ::= SEQUENCE {
objectClass [GROUP] DefinedObjectClass,
fieldName [GROUP] FieldName
}
FieldName ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
fieldNameAtt [NAME AS "fieldName"]
[ATTRIBUTE] PrimitiveFieldNames,
fieldName PrimitiveFieldNames
}
PrimitiveFieldNames ::= UTF8String
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InformationFromObjects ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
referencedObjects [GROUP] ReferencedObjects,
fieldName [GROUP] FieldName
}
ReferencedObjects ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
object [GROUP] Object,
objectSet [GROUP] ObjectSet
}
Insertions ::=
ENUMERATED { none, hollow, singular, uniform, multiform }
SequenceType ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
insertions [ATTRIBUTE] Insertions OPTIONAL,
root [GROUP] ComponentTypeList OPTIONAL,
extensionAndFinal [GROUP] [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
extension [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
exception ExceptionSpec OPTIONAL,
additions [GROUP] ExtensionAdditions OPTIONAL
},
root [GROUP] ComponentTypeList OPTIONAL
} OPTIONAL
}
ComponentTypeList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
componentType [GROUP] ComponentType
ComponentType ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
component [GROUP] SequenceNamedType,
optional SEQUENCE {
component [GROUP] SequenceNamedType,
default Value OPTIONAL
},
componentsOf Type
}
SequenceNamedType ::= NamedType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ..., member ABSENT, item ABSENT })
ExtensionAdditions ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
addition [GROUP] ExtensionAddition
ExtensionAddition ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
extensionGroup ExtensionAdditionGroup,
componentType [GROUP] ComponentType
}
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ExtensionAdditionGroup ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
version [ATTRIBUTE] VersionNumber OPTIONAL,
componentTypes [GROUP] ComponentTypeList
}
VersionNumber ::= INTEGER (2..MAX)
SetType ::= SequenceType
ChoiceOrUnionType ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
insertions [ATTRIBUTE] Insertions OPTIONAL,
precedence [ATTRIBUTE] PrecedenceList OPTIONAL,
root [GROUP] AlternativeTypeList,
extension [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
exception ExceptionSpec OPTIONAL,
additions [GROUP] ExtensionAdditionAlternatives OPTIONAL
} OPTIONAL
}
PrecedenceList ::= [LIST] SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF member QName
AlternativeTypeList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
component [GROUP] ChoiceOrUnionNamedType
ChoiceOrUnionNamedType ::= NamedType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ..., item ABSENT, simpleContent ABSENT })
ExtensionAdditionAlternatives ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
addition [GROUP] ExtensionAdditionAlternative
ExtensionAdditionAlternative ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
extensionGroup ExtensionAdditionAlternativesGroup,
component [GROUP] ChoiceOrUnionNamedType
}
ExtensionAdditionAlternativesGroup ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
version [ATTRIBUTE] VersionNumber OPTIONAL,
alternatives [GROUP] AlternativeTypeList
}
ChoiceType ::= ChoiceOrUnionType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
precedence ABSENT,
root (WITH COMPONENT (INCLUDES ChoiceNamedType)),
extension (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
additions (WITH COMPONENT (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
extensionGroup (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
alternatives (WITH COMPONENT
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(INCLUDES ChoiceNamedType)) }),
component (INCLUDES ChoiceNamedType) })) }) })
ChoiceNamedType ::= ChoiceOrUnionNamedType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ..., member ABSENT })
UnionType ::= ChoiceOrUnionType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
insertions ABSENT,
root (WITH COMPONENT (INCLUDES UnionNamedType)),
extension (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
additions (WITH COMPONENT (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
extensionGroup (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
alternatives (WITH COMPONENT
(INCLUDES UnionNamedType)) }),
component (INCLUDES UnionNamedType) })) }) })
UnionNamedType ::= ChoiceOrUnionNamedType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
component ABSENT,
element ABSENT,
attribute ABSENT,
group ABSENT })
SequenceOfOrListType ::= SEQUENCE {
minSize [ATTRIBUTE] INTEGER (0..MAX) OPTIONAL,
maxSize [ATTRIBUTE] INTEGER (0..MAX) OPTIONAL,
component [GROUP] NamedType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
attribute ABSENT,
member ABSENT,
simpleContent ABSENT })
}
SequenceOfType ::= SequenceOfOrListType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
component (WITH COMPONENTS { ..., item ABSENT }) })
SetOfType ::= SequenceOfType
ListType ::= SequenceOfOrListType
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
component (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
component ABSENT,
element ABSENT,
group ABSENT }) })
ConstrainedType ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
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type [GROUP] Type,
constraint [GROUP] Constraint
}
Constraint ::= SEQUENCE {
constraintSpec [GROUP] [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
subtype [GROUP] ElementSetSpecs,
constrainedBy UserDefinedConstraint,
table TableConstraint,
contents ContentsConstraint
},
exception ExceptionSpec OPTIONAL
}
UserDefinedConstraint ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
parameters [GROUP] ConstraintParameters OPTIONAL
}
ConstraintParameters ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
parameter [GROUP] UserDefinedConstraintParameter
UserDefinedConstraintParameter ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
valueParameter SEQUENCE {
type [GROUP] Type,
value [GROUP] Value
},
valueSetParameter SEQUENCE {
type [GROUP] Type,
valueSet [GROUP] ValueSet
},
objectParameter SEQUENCE {
objectClass [GROUP] DefinedObjectClass,
object [GROUP] Object
},
objectSetParameter SEQUENCE {
objectClass [GROUP] DefinedObjectClass,
objectSet [GROUP] ObjectSet
},
typeParameter SEQUENCE {
type [GROUP] Type
},
classParameter SEQUENCE {
objectClass [GROUP] DefinedObjectClass
}
}
TableConstraint ::= SEQUENCE {
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objectSet [GROUP] ObjectSet,
componentRelation [GROUP] AtNotations OPTIONAL
}
AtNotations ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
restrictBy AtNotation
AtNotation ::= Markup
ContentsConstraint ::= SEQUENCE {
containing Type OPTIONAL,
encodedBy Value OPTIONAL
} ((WITH COMPONENTS { ..., containing PRESENT }) |
(WITH COMPONENTS { ..., encodedBy PRESENT }))
ExceptionSpec ::= SEQUENCE {
type [GROUP] Type,
value [GROUP] Value
}
Value ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
literalValueAtt [NAME AS "literalValue"] [ATTRIBUTE] UTF8String,
literalValue ElementFormLiteralValue,
valueRef [NAME AS "value"] [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
value ElementFormNotationalValue
}
ElementFormLiteralValue ::= Markup
-- If asnx:literal="false" then the governing type of
-- ElementFormLiteralValue is ElementFormNotationalValue.
ElementFormNotationalValue ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
definition [GROUP] [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
reference [GROUP] Reference,
expanded ExpandedValue,
fromObjects InformationFromObjects,
openTypeValue SEQUENCE {
type [GROUP] Type,
value [GROUP] Value
},
components [GROUP] ComponentValueList
}
}
Reference ::= SEQUENCE {
ref [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
context [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI OPTIONAL
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}
ExpandedValue ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL,
module ReferencedModule OPTIONAL,
value [GROUP] Value
}
ComponentValueList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
component [GROUP] NamedValue
NamedValue ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
component GenericNamedValue,
element GenericNamedValue,
attribute GenericNamedValue,
group GenericNamedValue,
member GenericNamedValue,
item GenericNamedValue,
simpleContent GenericNamedValue
}
GenericNamedValue ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
value [GROUP] Value
}
ValueSet ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
valueSetRef [NAME AS "valueSet"] [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
-- valueSetRef is not used in this version
valueSet ElementFormValueSet
}
ElementFormValueSet ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
definition [GROUP] [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
elementSetSpecs [GROUP] ElementSetSpecs
}
}
ElementSetSpecs ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
root [GROUP] ValueElementSetSpec,
extension [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
additions [GROUP] ValueElementSetSpec OPTIONAL
} OPTIONAL
}
ValueElementSetSpec ::= ElementSetSpec
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
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object ABSENT,
objectSet ABSENT,
union (WITH COMPONENT (INCLUDES ValueElementSetSpec)),
intersection (WITH COMPONENT (INCLUDES ValueElementSetSpec)),
all (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
elements (INCLUDES ValueElementSetSpec),
except (INCLUDES ValueElementSetSpec) }) })
ElementSetSpec ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
literalValue ElementFormLiteralValue,
value ElementFormNotationalValue,
includes Type,
range ValueRange,
size Constraint,
typeConstraint Type,
from Constraint,
withComponent Constraint,
withComponents MultipleTypeConstraints,
pattern Value,
object ElementFormObject,
objectSet ElementFormObjectSet,
union ElementSetSpecList,
intersection ElementSetSpecList,
all SEQUENCE {
elements [GROUP] ElementSetSpec OPTIONAL,
except ElementSetSpec
}
}
ElementSetSpecList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (2..MAX) OF
elements [GROUP] ElementSetSpec
ValueRange ::= SEQUENCE {
minimum [GROUP] [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
minInclusive EndValue,
minExclusive EndValue
} DEFAULT minInclusive:{},
maximum [GROUP] [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
maxInclusive EndValue,
maxExclusive EndValue
} DEFAULT maxInclusive:{}
}
EndValue ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
value [GROUP] Value OPTIONAL
}
MultipleTypeConstraints ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
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partial [ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
typeConstraints [GROUP] TypeConstraints
}
TypeConstraints ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
namedConstraint [GROUP] NamedConstraint
NamedConstraint ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
component GenericNamedConstraint,
element GenericNamedConstraint,
attribute GenericNamedConstraint,
group GenericNamedConstraint,
member GenericNamedConstraint,
item GenericNamedConstraint,
simpleContent GenericNamedConstraint
}
GenericNamedConstraint ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
use [ATTRIBUTE] PresenceConstraint OPTIONAL,
constraint [GROUP] Constraint OPTIONAL
}
PresenceConstraint ::= ENUMERATED { present, absent, optional }
ObjectClass ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
classRef [NAME AS "class"] [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
class ElementFormObjectClass
}
DefinedObjectClass ::= ObjectClass
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
class (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
definition (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
objectClassDefn ABSENT }) }) })
ElementFormObjectClass ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
definition [GROUP] [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
reference [GROUP] Reference,
expanded ExpandedObjectClass,
objectClassDefn [GROUP] ObjectClassDefn
}
}
ExpandedObjectClass ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL,
module ReferencedModule OPTIONAL,
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objectClass [GROUP] ObjectClass
}
ObjectClassDefn ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
fieldSpec [GROUP] FieldSpec
FieldSpec ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
typeField TypeField,
valueField ValueField,
valueSetField ValueSetField,
objectField ObjectField,
objectSetField ObjectSetField,
optional OptionalField
}
OptionalField ::= SEQUENCE {
field [GROUP] [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
typeField TypeField,
valueField ValueField,
valueSetField ValueSetField,
objectField ObjectField,
objectSetField ObjectSetField
},
default Setting OPTIONAL
} (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
field (WITH COMPONENTS { typeField PRESENT }),
default (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
value ABSENT,
valueSet ABSENT,
object ABSENT,
objectSet ABSENT }) } |
WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
field (WITH COMPONENTS { valueField PRESENT }),
default (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
type ABSENT,
valueSet ABSENT,
object ABSENT,
objectSet ABSENT }) } |
WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
field (WITH COMPONENTS { valueSetField PRESENT }),
default (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
type ABSENT,
value ABSENT,
object ABSENT,
objectSet ABSENT }) } |
WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
field (WITH COMPONENTS { objectField PRESENT }),
default (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
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type ABSENT,
value ABSENT,
valueSet ABSENT,
objectSet ABSENT }) } |
WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
field (WITH COMPONENTS { objectSetField PRESENT }),
default (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
type ABSENT,
value ABSENT,
valueSet ABSENT,
object ABSENT }) })
TypeField ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] TypeFieldReference
}
TypeFieldReference ::= TypeReference
ValueField ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] ValueFieldReference,
unique [ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN OPTIONAL,
governor [GROUP] [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
type [GROUP] Type,
typeFromField FieldName
}
} ((WITH COMPONENTS { ..., unique ABSENT }) |
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
governor (WITH COMPONENTS { ..., typeFromField ABSENT }) }))
ValueFieldReference ::= ValueReference
ValueSetField ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] ValueSetFieldReference,
governor [GROUP] [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
type [GROUP] Type,
typeFromField FieldName
}
}
ValueSetFieldReference ::= TypeReference
ObjectField ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] ObjectFieldReference,
objectClass [GROUP] DefinedObjectClass
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}
ObjectFieldReference ::= ObjectReference
ObjectSetField ::= SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
name [ATTRIBUTE] ObjectSetFieldReference,
objectClass [GROUP] DefinedObjectClass
}
ObjectSetFieldReference ::= ObjectSetReference
Object ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
objectRef [NAME AS "object"] [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
object ElementFormObject
}
ElementFormObject ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
definition [GROUP] [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
reference [GROUP] Reference,
expanded ExpandedObject,
fromObjects InformationFromObjects,
fields [GROUP] ObjectDefn
}
}
ExpandedObject ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL,
module ReferencedModule OPTIONAL,
object [GROUP] Object
}
ObjectDefn ::= SEQUENCE OF field FieldSetting
FieldSetting ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName,
setting [GROUP] Setting
}
Setting ::= CHOICE {
type [GROUP] Type,
value [GROUP] Value,
valueSet [GROUP] ValueSet,
object [GROUP] Object,
objectSet [GROUP] ObjectSet
}
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ObjectSet ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
objectSetRef [NAME AS "objectSet"] [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
objectSet ElementFormObjectSet
}
ElementFormObjectSet ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
annotation Annotation OPTIONAL,
definition [GROUP] [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
reference [GROUP] Reference,
expanded ExpandedObjectSet,
objectSetSpec [GROUP] ObjectSetSpec,
fromObjects InformationFromObjects
}
}
ExpandedObjectSet ::= SEQUENCE {
name [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL,
module ReferencedModule OPTIONAL,
objectSet [GROUP] ObjectSet
}
ObjectSetSpec ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
root [GROUP] ObjectElementSetSpec OPTIONAL,
extension [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
additions [GROUP] ObjectElementSetSpec OPTIONAL
} OPTIONAL
} ((WITH COMPONENTS { ..., root PRESENT }) |
(WITH COMPONENTS { ..., extension PRESENT }))
ObjectElementSetSpec ::= ElementSetSpec
(WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
literalValue ABSENT,
value ABSENT,
includes ABSENT,
range ABSENT,
size ABSENT,
typeConstraint ABSENT,
from ABSENT,
withComponent ABSENT,
withComponents ABSENT,
pattern ABSENT,
union (WITH COMPONENT (INCLUDES ObjectElementSetSpec)),
intersection (WITH COMPONENT (INCLUDES ObjectElementSetSpec)),
all (WITH COMPONENTS { ...,
elements (INCLUDES ObjectElementSetSpec),
except (INCLUDES ObjectElementSetSpec) }) })
EncodingControlSections ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
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section [GROUP] EncodingControlSection
EncodingControlSection ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
gser [NAME AS "GSER"] GSER-EncodingInstructionAssignmentList,
xer [NAME AS "XER"] XER-EncodingInstructionAssignmentList
-- plus encoding control sections
-- for other encoding rules in the future
}
ENCODING-CONTROL RXER
SCHEMA-IDENTITY "urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.1"
TARGET-NAMESPACE "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" PREFIX "asnx"
COMPONENT module ModuleDefinition
COMPONENT literal [ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN
END
Appendix B. ASN.X for ASN.X
This appendix is non-normative.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<asnx:module xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
name="AbstractSyntaxNotation-X"
identifier="1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.1"
schemaIdentity="urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.1"
targetNamespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
targetPrefix="asnx"
extensibilityImplied="true">
<annotation>
Copyright © The IETF Trust (2007). This version of
this ASN.X module is part of RFC 4912; see the RFC itself
for full legal notices.
Regarding this ASN.X module or any portion of it, the author
makes no guarantees and is not responsible for any damage
resulting from its use. The author grants irrevocable permission
to anyone to use, modify, and distribute it in any way that does
not diminish the rights of anyone else to use, modify, and
distribute it, provided that redistributed derivative works do
not contain misleading author or version information.
Derivative works need not be licensed under similar terms.
</annotation>
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<import name="GSER-EncodingInstructionNotation"
identifier="1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.2"
schemaIdentity="urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.2"
namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"/>
<import name="XER-EncodingInstructionNotation"
identifier="1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.3"
schemaIdentity="urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.3"
namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"/>
<namedType name="ModuleDefinition">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="format" versionIndicator="true">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:UTF8String">
<literalValue>1.0</literalValue>
<extension/>
</constrained>
</type>
</attribute>
<default literalValue="1.0"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ModuleReference"/>
<optional>
<attribute name="identifier" type="asnx:DefinitiveIdentifier"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="schemaIdentity" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="targetNamespace" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="targetPrefix" type="asnx:NCName"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="tagDefault" type="asnx:TagDefault"/>
<default literalValue="automatic"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="extensibilityImplied" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
<default literalValue="false"/>
</optional>
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<optional>
<element name="export">
<annotation> export is not used in this version </annotation>
<type>
<sequence/>
</type>
</element>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="imports" type="asnx:ImportList"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="assignments" type="asnx:AssignmentList"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<element name="encodingControls"
type="asnx:EncodingControlSections"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ModuleReference" type="asnx:TypeReference"/>
<namedType name="DefinitiveIdentifier"
type="asnx:OBJECT-IDENTIFIER"/>
<namedType name="TagDefault">
<type>
<enumerated>
<enumeration name="explicit"/>
<enumeration name="implicit"/>
<enumeration name="automatic"/>
</enumerated>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Annotation" type="asnx:Markup"/>
<namedType name="ImportList">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<element name="import" type="asnx:Import"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Import">
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<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ModuleReference"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="identifier" type="asnx:DefinitiveIdentifier"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="schemaIdentity" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="namespace" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="schemaLocation" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="AssignmentList">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="assignment" type="asnx:Assignment"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Assignment">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<element name="namedType" type="asnx:TypeAssignment"/>
<element name="namedValue" type="asnx:ValueAssignment"/>
<element name="namedValueSet"
type="asnx:ValueSetTypeAssignment"/>
<element name="namedClass" type="asnx:ObjectClassAssignment"/>
<element name="namedObject" type="asnx:ObjectAssignment"/>
<element name="namedObjectSet" type="asnx:ObjectSetAssignment"/>
<group name="component" type="asnx:TopLevelNamedType"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="TypeAssignment">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
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<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:TypeReference"/>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="TypeReference">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:UTF8String">
<pattern literalValue="[A-Z]\w*(-\w+)*"/>
<!-- \w is equivalent to [a-zA-Z0-9] -->
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ValueAssignment">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ValueReference"/>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
<group name="value" type="asnx:Value"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ValueReference" type="asnx:Identifier"/>
<namedType name="Identifier">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:UTF8String">
<pattern literalValue="[a-z]\w(-\w+)*"/>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ValueSetTypeAssignment">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:TypeReference"/>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
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<group name="valueSet" type="asnx:ValueSet"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectClassAssignment">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ObjectClassReference"/>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:ObjectClass"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectClassReference">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:UTF8String">
<pattern literalValue="[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(-[A-Z0-9]+)*"/>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectAssignment">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ObjectReference"/>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:DefinedObjectClass"/>
<group name="object" type="asnx:Object"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectReference" type="asnx:ValueReference"/>
<namedType name="ObjectSetAssignment">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ObjectSetReference"/>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:DefinedObjectClass"/>
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<group name="objectSet" type="asnx:ObjectSet"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectSetReference" type="asnx:TypeReference"/>
<namedType name="TopLevelNamedType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:NamedType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="component">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="definition">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="reference" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</element>
<element name="element">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="definition">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="reference" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</element>
<element name="attribute">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="definition">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="reference" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</element>
<element name="group" use="absent"/>
<element name="member" use="absent"/>
<element name="item" use="absent"/>
<element name="simpleContent" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="NamedType">
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<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="component" type="asnx:Element"/>
<element name="element" type="asnx:Element"/>
<element name="attribute" type="asnx:Attribute"/>
<element name="group" type="asnx:InvisibleNamedType"/>
<element name="member" type="asnx:InvisibleNamedType"/>
<element name="item" type="asnx:InvisibleNamedType"/>
<element name="simpleContent" type="asnx:InvisibleNamedType"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Attribute">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:GenericNamedType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="definition">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="local">
<withComponents partial="true">
<attribute name="typeAsVersion" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Element">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:GenericNamedType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="definition">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="local">
<withComponents partial="true">
<attribute name="versionIndicator" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
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<namedType name="InvisibleNamedType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:GenericNamedType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="definition">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="reference" use="absent"/>
<group name="local">
<withComponents partial="true">
<attribute name="typeAsVersion" use="absent"/>
<attribute name="versionIndicator" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="GenericNamedType">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="identifier" type="asnx:IdentifierOrEmpty"/>
</optional>
<group name="definition">
<type>
<choice>
<group name="reference" type="asnx:DefinedComponent"/>
<group name="local" type="asnx:LocalComponent"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="IdentifierOrEmpty">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:UTF8String">
<union>
<includes type="asnx:Identifier"/>
<literalValue></literalValue>
</union>
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</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="DefinedComponent">
<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<group name="name">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<attribute name="ref" type="asnx:QName"/>
<attribute name="elementType" type="asnx:Name"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
<optional>
<attribute name="namespace" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="context" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="embedded" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="prefixes" type="asnx:EncodingPrefixes"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
<union>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="name">
<withComponents>
<attribute name="ref" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
<attribute name="namespace" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="name">
<withComponents>
<attribute name="elementType" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
<attribute name="embedded" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
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</union>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="LocalComponent">
<type>
<sequence>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
<optional>
<attribute name="typeAsVersion" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="versionIndicator" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</optional>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Type">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<attribute name="type" identifier="typeRef" type="asnx:QName"/>
<element name="type" type="asnx:ElementFormType"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ElementFormType">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="explicit" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</optional>
<group name="definition">
<type>
<choice>
<group name="reference" type="asnx:DefinedType"/>
<element name="expanded" type="asnx:ExpandedType"/>
<attribute name="ancestor">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:INTEGER">
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="1"/>
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</range>
</constrained>
</type>
</attribute>
<element name="namedBitList" type="asnx:NamedBitList"/>
<element name="namedNumberList" type="asnx:NamedNumberList"/>
<element name="enumerated" type="asnx:EnumeratedType"/>
<element name="tagged" type="asnx:TaggedType"/>
<element name="prefixed" type="asnx:EncodingPrefixedType"/>
<element name="selection" type="asnx:SelectionType"/>
<element name="instanceOf" type="asnx:InstanceOfType"/>
<element name="fromClass" type="asnx:ObjectClassFieldType"/>
<element name="fromObjects"
type="asnx:InformationFromObjects"/>
<element name="sequence" type="asnx:SequenceType"/>
<element name="set" type="asnx:SetType"/>
<element name="choice" type="asnx:ChoiceType"/>
<element name="union" type="asnx:UnionType"/>
<element name="sequenceOf" type="asnx:SequenceOfType"/>
<element name="setOf" type="asnx:SetOfType"/>
<element name="list" type="asnx:ListType"/>
<element name="constrained" type="asnx:ConstrainedType"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="DefinedType">
<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="name">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<attribute name="ref" type="asnx:QName"/>
<attribute name="elementType" type="asnx:Name"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
<optional>
<attribute name="context" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="embedded" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</optional>
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</sequence>
</type>
<union>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="name">
<withComponents>
<attribute name="ref" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="name">
<withComponents>
<attribute name="elementType" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
<attribute name="embedded" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</union>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExpandedType">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<element name="module" type="asnx:ReferencedModule"/>
</optional>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ReferencedModule">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ModuleReference"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="identifier" type="asnx:DefinitiveIdentifier"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="schemaIdentity" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
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</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="NamedBitList">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<element name="namedBit" type="asnx:NamedBit"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="NamedBit">
<type>
<sequence>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
<optional>
<attribute name="identifier" type="asnx:Identifier"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="bit">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:INTEGER">
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="0"/>
</range>
</constrained>
</type>
</attribute>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="NamedNumberList">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<element name="namedNumber" type="asnx:NamedNumber"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="NamedNumber">
<type>
<sequence>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
<optional>
<attribute name="identifier" type="asnx:Identifier"/>
</optional>
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<attribute name="number" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="EnumeratedType">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="root" type="asnx:Enumeration"/>
<optional>
<element name="extension">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="exception" type="asnx:ExceptionSpec"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="additions" type="asnx:Enumeration"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Enumeration">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<element name="enumeration" type="asnx:EnumerationItem"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="EnumerationItem">
<type>
<sequence>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
<optional>
<attribute name="identifier" type="asnx:Identifier"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="number" type="asnx:INTEGER"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
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<namedType name="Tag">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<attribute name="tagClass" type="asnx:TagClass"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="number">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:INTEGER">
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="0"/>
</range>
</constrained>
</type>
</attribute>
<optional>
<attribute name="tagging" type="asnx:Tagging"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="TaggedType">
<type>
<sequence>
<componentsOf type="asnx:Tag"/>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="TagClass">
<type>
<enumerated>
<enumeration name="universal"/>
<enumeration name="application"/>
<enumeration name="private"/>
</enumerated>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Tagging">
<type>
<enumerated>
<enumeration name="explicit"/>
<enumeration name="implicit"/>
</enumerated>
</type>
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</namedType>
<namedType name="EncodingPrefixedType">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<group name="prefixes" type="asnx:EncodingPrefixes"/>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="EncodingPrefixes">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="prefix" type="asnx:EncodingPrefix"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="EncodingPrefix">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="TAG" identifier="tag" type="asnx:Tag"/>
<element name="GSER" identifier="gser"
type="asnx:GSER-EncodingInstruction"/>
<element name="XER" identifier="xer"
type="asnx:XER-EncodingInstruction"/>
<!-- plus encoding instructions
for other encoding rules in the future -->
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="SelectionType">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="alternative">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<attribute name="component" type="asnx:QName"/>
<attribute name="element" type="asnx:QName"/>
<attribute name="attribute" type="asnx:QName"/>
<attribute name="group" type="asnx:QName"/>
<attribute name="member" type="asnx:QName"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
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</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="InstanceOfType" type="asnx:DefinedObjectClass"/>
<namedType name="ObjectClassFieldType">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:DefinedObjectClass"/>
<group name="fieldName" type="asnx:FieldName"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="FieldName">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<attribute name="fieldName" identifier="fieldNameAtt"
type="asnx:PrimitiveFieldNames"/>
<element name="fieldName" type="asnx:PrimitiveFieldNames"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="PrimitiveFieldNames" type="asnx:UTF8String"/>
<namedType name="InformationFromObjects">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<group name="referencedObjects" type="asnx:ReferencedObjects"/>
<group name="fieldName" type="asnx:FieldName"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ReferencedObjects">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<group name="object" type="asnx:Object"/>
<group name="objectSet" type="asnx:ObjectSet"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Insertions">
<type>
<enumerated>
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<enumeration name="none"/>
<enumeration name="hollow"/>
<enumeration name="singular"/>
<enumeration name="uniform"/>
<enumeration name="multiform"/>
</enumerated>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="SequenceType">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<attribute name="insertions" type="asnx:Insertions"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="root" type="asnx:ComponentTypeList"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="extensionAndFinal">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<element name="extension">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="exception" type="asnx:ExceptionSpec"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="additions" type="asnx:ExtensionAdditions"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
<optional>
<group name="root" type="asnx:ComponentTypeList"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</group>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ComponentTypeList">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
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<group name="componentType" type="asnx:ComponentType"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ComponentType">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<group name="component" type="asnx:SequenceNamedType"/>
<element name="optional">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="component" type="asnx:SequenceNamedType"/>
<optional>
<element name="default" type="asnx:Value"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
<element name="componentsOf" type="asnx:Type"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="SequenceNamedType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:NamedType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="member" use="absent"/>
<element name="item" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExtensionAdditions">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="addition" type="asnx:ExtensionAddition"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExtensionAddition">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<element name="extensionGroup"
type="asnx:ExtensionAdditionGroup"/>
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<group name="componentType" type="asnx:ComponentType"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExtensionAdditionGroup">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<attribute name="version" type="asnx:VersionNumber"/>
</optional>
<group name="componentTypes" type="asnx:ComponentTypeList"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="VersionNumber">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:INTEGER">
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="2"/>
</range>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="SetType" type="asnx:SequenceType"/>
<namedType name="ChoiceOrUnionType">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<attribute name="insertions" type="asnx:Insertions"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="precedence" type="asnx:PrecedenceList"/>
</optional>
<group name="root" type="asnx:AlternativeTypeList"/>
<optional>
<element name="extension">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="exception" type="asnx:ExceptionSpec"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="additions"
type="asnx:ExtensionAdditionAlternatives"/>
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</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="PrecedenceList">
<type>
<list minSize="1">
<item name="member" type="asnx:QName"/>
</list>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="AlternativeTypeList">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="component" type="asnx:ChoiceOrUnionNamedType"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ChoiceOrUnionNamedType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:NamedType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="item" use="absent"/>
<element name="simpleContent" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExtensionAdditionAlternatives">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="addition" type="asnx:ExtensionAdditionAlternative"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExtensionAdditionAlternative">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<element name="extensionGroup"
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type="asnx:ExtensionAdditionAlternativesGroup"/>
<group name="component" type="asnx:ChoiceOrUnionNamedType"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExtensionAdditionAlternativesGroup">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<attribute name="version" type="asnx:VersionNumber"/>
</optional>
<group name="alternatives" type="asnx:AlternativeTypeList"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ChoiceType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:ChoiceOrUnionType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<attribute name="precedence" use="absent"/>
<group name="root">
<withComponent>
<includes type="asnx:ChoiceNamedType"/>
</withComponent>
</group>
<element name="extension">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="additions">
<withComponent>
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="extensionGroup">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="alternatives">
<withComponent>
<includes type="asnx:ChoiceNamedType"/>
</withComponent>
</group>
</withComponents>
</element>
<group name="component">
<includes type="asnx:ChoiceNamedType"/>
</group>
</withComponents>
</withComponent>
</group>
</withComponents>
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</element>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ChoiceNamedType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:ChoiceOrUnionNamedType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="member" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="UnionType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:ChoiceOrUnionType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<attribute name="insertions" use="absent"/>
<group name="root">
<withComponent>
<includes type="asnx:UnionNamedType"/>
</withComponent>
</group>
<element name="extension">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="additions">
<withComponent>
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="extensionGroup">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="alternatives">
<withComponent>
<includes type="asnx:UnionNamedType"/>
</withComponent>
</group>
</withComponents>
</element>
<group name="component">
<includes type="asnx:UnionNamedType"/>
</group>
</withComponents>
</withComponent>
</group>
</withComponents>
</element>
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</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="UnionNamedType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:ChoiceOrUnionNamedType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="component" use="absent"/>
<element name="element" use="absent"/>
<element name="attribute" use="absent"/>
<element name="group" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="SequenceOfOrListType">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<attribute name="minSize">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:INTEGER">
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="0"/>
</range>
</constrained>
</type>
</attribute>
</optional>
<optional>
<attribute name="maxSize">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:INTEGER">
<range>
<minInclusive literalValue="0"/>
</range>
</constrained>
</type>
</attribute>
</optional>
<group name="component">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:NamedType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="attribute" use="absent"/>
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<element name="member" use="absent"/>
<element name="simpleContent" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="SequenceOfType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:SequenceOfOrListType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="component">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="item" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="SetOfType" type="asnx:SequenceOfType"/>
<namedType name="ListType">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:SequenceOfOrListType">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="component">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="component" use="absent"/>
<element name="element" use="absent"/>
<element name="group" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ConstrainedType">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
<group name="constraint" type="asnx:Constraint"/>
</sequence>
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</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Constraint">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="constraintSpec">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<group name="subtype" type="asnx:ElementSetSpecs"/>
<element name="constrainedBy"
type="asnx:UserDefinedConstraint"/>
<element name="table" type="asnx:TableConstraint"/>
<element name="contents" type="asnx:ContentsConstraint"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
<optional>
<element name="exception" type="asnx:ExceptionSpec"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="UserDefinedConstraint">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="parameters" type="asnx:ConstraintParameters"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ConstraintParameters">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="parameter"
type="asnx:UserDefinedConstraintParameter"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="UserDefinedConstraintParameter">
<type>
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<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="valueParameter">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
<group name="value" type="asnx:Value"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
<element name="valueSetParameter">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
<group name="valueSet" type="asnx:ValueSet"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
<element name="objectParameter">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:DefinedObjectClass"/>
<group name="object" type="asnx:Object"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
<element name="objectSetParameter">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:DefinedObjectClass"/>
<group name="objectSet" type="asnx:ObjectSet"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
<element name="typeParameter">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
<element name="classParameter">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:DefinedObjectClass"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
</choice>
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</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="TableConstraint">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="objectSet" type="asnx:ObjectSet"/>
<optional>
<group name="componentRelation" type="asnx:AtNotations"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="AtNotations">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<element name="restrictBy" type="asnx:AtNotation"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="AtNotation" type="asnx:Markup"/>
<namedType name="ContentsConstraint">
<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="containing" type="asnx:Type"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<element name="encodedBy" type="asnx:Value"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
<union>
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="containing" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="encodedBy" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</union>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
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<namedType name="ExceptionSpec">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
<group name="value" type="asnx:Value"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Value">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<attribute name="literalValue" identifier="literalValueAtt"
type="asnx:UTF8String"/>
<element name="literalValue"
type="asnx:ElementFormLiteralValue"/>
<attribute name="value" identifier="valueRef" type="asnx:QName"/>
<element name="value" type="asnx:ElementFormNotationalValue"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ElementFormLiteralValue" type="asnx:Markup">
<annotation>
If asnx:literal="false" then the governing type of
ElementFormLiteralValue is ElementFormNotationalValue.
</annotation>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ElementFormNotationalValue">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<group name="definition">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<group name="reference" type="asnx:Reference"/>
<element name="expanded" type="asnx:ExpandedValue"/>
<element name="fromObjects"
type="asnx:InformationFromObjects"/>
<element name="openTypeValue">
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
<group name="value" type="asnx:Value"/>
</sequence>
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</type>
</element>
<group name="components" type="asnx:ComponentValueList"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Reference">
<type>
<sequence>
<attribute name="ref" type="asnx:QName"/>
<optional>
<attribute name="context" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExpandedValue">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<element name="module" type="asnx:ReferencedModule"/>
</optional>
<group name="value" type="asnx:Value"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ComponentValueList">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="component" type="asnx:NamedValue"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="NamedValue">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="component" type="asnx:GenericNamedValue"/>
<element name="element" type="asnx:GenericNamedValue"/>
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<element name="attribute" type="asnx:GenericNamedValue"/>
<element name="group" type="asnx:GenericNamedValue"/>
<element name="member" type="asnx:GenericNamedValue"/>
<element name="item" type="asnx:GenericNamedValue"/>
<element name="simpleContent" type="asnx:GenericNamedValue"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="GenericNamedValue">
<type>
<sequence>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:QName"/>
<group name="value" type="asnx:Value"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ValueSet">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<attribute name="valueSet" identifier="valueSetRef"
type="asnx:QName">
<annotation>
valueSet attribute is not used in this version
</annotation>
</attribute>
<element name="valueSet" type="asnx:ElementFormValueSet"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ElementFormValueSet">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<group name="definition">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<group name="elementSetSpecs" type="asnx:ElementSetSpecs"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
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<namedType name="ElementSetSpecs">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<group name="root" type="asnx:ValueElementSetSpec"/>
<optional>
<element name="extension">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<group name="additions" type="asnx:ValueElementSetSpec"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ValueElementSetSpec">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:ElementSetSpec">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="object" use="absent"/>
<element name="objectSet" use="absent"/>
<element name="union">
<withComponent>
<includes type="asnx:ValueElementSetSpec"/>
</withComponent>
</element>
<element name="intersection">
<withComponent>
<includes type="asnx:ValueElementSetSpec"/>
</withComponent>
</element>
<element name="all">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="elements">
<includes type="asnx:ValueElementSetSpec"/>
</group>
<element name="except">
<includes type="asnx:ValueElementSetSpec"/>
</element>
</withComponents>
</element>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
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</namedType>
<namedType name="ElementSetSpec">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="literalValue"
type="asnx:ElementFormLiteralValue"/>
<element name="value" type="asnx:ElementFormNotationalValue"/>
<element name="includes" type="asnx:Type"/>
<element name="range" type="asnx:ValueRange"/>
<element name="size" type="asnx:Constraint"/>
<element name="typeConstraint" type="asnx:Type"/>
<element name="from" type="asnx:Constraint"/>
<element name="withComponent" type="asnx:Constraint"/>
<element name="withComponents"
type="asnx:MultipleTypeConstraints"/>
<element name="pattern" type="asnx:Value"/>
<element name="object" type="asnx:ElementFormObject"/>
<element name="objectSet" type="asnx:ElementFormObjectSet"/>
<element name="union" type="asnx:ElementSetSpecList"/>
<element name="intersection" type="asnx:ElementSetSpecList"/>
<element name="all">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<group name="elements" type="asnx:ElementSetSpec"/>
</optional>
<element name="except" type="asnx:ElementSetSpec"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ElementSetSpecList">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="2">
<group name="elements" type="asnx:ElementSetSpec"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ValueRange">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<group name="minimum">
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<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<element name="minInclusive" type="asnx:EndValue"/>
<element name="minExclusive" type="asnx:EndValue"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
<default>
<literalValue>
<minInclusive/>
</literalValue>
</default>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="maximum">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<element name="maxInclusive" type="asnx:EndValue"/>
<element name="maxExclusive" type="asnx:EndValue"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
<default>
<literalValue>
<maxInclusive/>
</literalValue>
</default>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="EndValue">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<group name="value" type="asnx:Value"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="MultipleTypeConstraints">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<attribute name="partial" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
<default literalValue="false"/>
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</optional>
<group name="typeConstraints" type="asnx:TypeConstraints"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="TypeConstraints">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="namedConstraint" type="asnx:NamedConstraint"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="NamedConstraint">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="component" type="asnx:GenericNamedConstraint"/>
<element name="element" type="asnx:GenericNamedConstraint"/>
<element name="attribute" type="asnx:GenericNamedConstraint"/>
<element name="group" type="asnx:GenericNamedConstraint"/>
<element name="member" type="asnx:GenericNamedConstraint"/>
<element name="item" type="asnx:GenericNamedConstraint"/>
<element name="simpleContent"
type="asnx:GenericNamedConstraint"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="GenericNamedConstraint">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:QName"/>
<optional>
<attribute name="use" type="asnx:PresenceConstraint"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<group name="constraint" type="asnx:Constraint"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="PresenceConstraint">
<type>
<enumerated>
<enumeration name="present"/>
<enumeration name="absent"/>
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<enumeration name="optional"/>
</enumerated>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectClass">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<attribute name="class" identifier="classRef" type="asnx:QName"/>
<element name="class" type="asnx:ElementFormObjectClass"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="DefinedObjectClass">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:ObjectClass">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="class">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="definition">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="objectClassDefn" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</element>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ElementFormObjectClass">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<group name="definition">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<group name="reference" type="asnx:Reference"/>
<element name="expanded" type="asnx:ExpandedObjectClass"/>
<group name="objectClassDefn" type="asnx:ObjectClassDefn"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
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</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExpandedObjectClass">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<element name="module" type="asnx:ReferencedModule"/>
</optional>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:ObjectClass"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectClassDefn">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="fieldSpec" type="asnx:FieldSpec"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="FieldSpec">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="typeField" type="asnx:TypeField"/>
<element name="valueField" type="asnx:ValueField"/>
<element name="valueSetField" type="asnx:ValueSetField"/>
<element name="objectField" type="asnx:ObjectField"/>
<element name="objectSetField" type="asnx:ObjectSetField"/>
<element name="optional" type="asnx:OptionalField"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="OptionalField">
<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<sequence>
<group name="field">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="typeField" type="asnx:TypeField"/>
<element name="valueField" type="asnx:ValueField"/>
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<element name="valueSetField" type="asnx:ValueSetField"/>
<element name="objectField" type="asnx:ObjectField"/>
<element name="objectSetField" type="asnx:ObjectSetField"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
<optional>
<element name="default" type="asnx:Setting"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
<union>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="field">
<withComponents>
<element name="typeField" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
<element name="default">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="value" use="absent"/>
<group name="valueSet" use="absent"/>
<group name="object" use="absent"/>
<group name="objectSet" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</element>
</withComponents>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="field">
<withComponents>
<element name="valueField" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
<element name="default">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="type" use="absent"/>
<group name="valueSet" use="absent"/>
<group name="object" use="absent"/>
<group name="objectSet" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</element>
</withComponents>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="field">
<withComponents>
<element name="valueSetField" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
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<element name="default">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="type" use="absent"/>
<group name="value" use="absent"/>
<group name="object" use="absent"/>
<group name="objectSet" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</element>
</withComponents>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="field">
<withComponents>
<element name="objectField" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
<element name="default">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="type" use="absent"/>
<group name="value" use="absent"/>
<group name="valueSet" use="absent"/>
<group name="objectSet" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</element>
</withComponents>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="field">
<withComponents>
<element name="objectSetField" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
<element name="default">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="type" use="absent"/>
<group name="value" use="absent"/>
<group name="valueSet" use="absent"/>
<group name="object" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</element>
</withComponents>
</union>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="TypeField">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
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<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:TypeFieldReference"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="TypeFieldReference" type="asnx:TypeReference"/>
<namedType name="ValueField">
<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ValueFieldReference"/>
<optional>
<attribute name="unique" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</optional>
<group name="governor">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
<element name="typeFromField" type="asnx:FieldName"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
</type>
<union>
<withComponents partial="true">
<attribute name="unique" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="governor">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="typeFromField" use="absent"/>
</withComponents>
</group>
</withComponents>
</union>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ValueFieldReference" type="asnx:ValueReference"/>
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<namedType name="ValueSetField">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ValueSetFieldReference"/>
<group name="governor">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
<element name="typeFromField" type="asnx:FieldName"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ValueSetFieldReference" type="asnx:TypeReference"/>
<namedType name="ObjectField">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ObjectFieldReference"/>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:DefinedObjectClass"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectFieldReference" type="asnx:ObjectReference"/>
<namedType name="ObjectSetField">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:ObjectSetFieldReference"/>
<group name="objectClass" type="asnx:DefinedObjectClass"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectSetFieldReference"
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type="asnx:ObjectSetReference"/>
<namedType name="Object">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<attribute name="object" identifier="objectRef"
type="asnx:QName"/>
<element name="object" type="asnx:ElementFormObject"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ElementFormObject">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<group name="definition">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<group name="reference" type="asnx:Reference"/>
<element name="expanded" type="asnx:ExpandedObject"/>
<element name="fromObjects"
type="asnx:InformationFromObjects"/>
<group name="fields" type="asnx:ObjectDefn"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExpandedObject">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<element name="module" type="asnx:ReferencedModule"/>
</optional>
<group name="object" type="asnx:Object"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectDefn">
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<type>
<sequenceOf>
<element name="field" type="asnx:FieldSetting"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="FieldSetting">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
<group name="setting" type="asnx:Setting"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="Setting">
<type>
<choice>
<group name="type" type="asnx:Type"/>
<group name="value" type="asnx:Value"/>
<group name="valueSet" type="asnx:ValueSet"/>
<group name="object" type="asnx:Object"/>
<group name="objectSet" type="asnx:ObjectSet"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectSet">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<attribute name="objectSet" identifier="objectSetRef"
type="asnx:QName"/>
<element name="objectSet" type="asnx:ElementFormObjectSet"/>
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ElementFormObjectSet">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
</optional>
<group name="definition">
<type>
<choice insertions="none">
<group name="reference" type="asnx:Reference"/>
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<element name="expanded" type="asnx:ExpandedObjectSet"/>
<group name="objectSetSpec" type="asnx:ObjectSetSpec"/>
<element name="fromObjects"
type="asnx:InformationFromObjects"/>
</choice>
</type>
</group>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ExpandedObjectSet">
<type>
<sequence>
<optional>
<attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<element name="module" type="asnx:ReferencedModule"/>
</optional>
<group name="objectSet" type="asnx:ObjectSet"/>
</sequence>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectSetSpec">
<type>
<constrained>
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<group name="root" type="asnx:ObjectElementSetSpec"/>
</optional>
<optional>
<element name="extension">
<type>
<sequence insertions="hollow">
<optional>
<group name="additions" type="asnx:ObjectElementSetSpec"/>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
</element>
</optional>
</sequence>
</type>
<union>
<withComponents partial="true">
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<group name="root" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="extension" use="present"/>
</withComponents>
</union>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="ObjectElementSetSpec">
<type>
<constrained type="asnx:ElementSetSpec">
<withComponents partial="true">
<element name="literalValue" use="absent"/>
<element name="value" use="absent"/>
<element name="includes" use="absent"/>
<element name="range" use="absent"/>
<element name="size" use="absent"/>
<element name="typeConstraint" use="absent"/>
<element name="from" use="absent"/>
<element name="withComponent" use="absent"/>
<element name="withComponents" use="absent"/>
<element name="pattern" use="absent"/>
<element name="union">
<withComponent>
<includes type="asnx:ObjectElementSetSpec"/>
</withComponent>
</element>
<element name="intersection">
<withComponent>
<includes type="asnx:ObjectElementSetSpec"/>
</withComponent>
</element>
<element name="all">
<withComponents partial="true">
<group name="elements">
<includes type="asnx:ObjectElementSetSpec"/>
</group>
<element name="except">
<includes type="asnx:ObjectElementSetSpec"/>
</element>
</withComponents>
</element>
</withComponents>
</constrained>
</type>
</namedType>
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<namedType name="EncodingControlSections">
<type>
<sequenceOf minSize="1">
<group name="section" type="asnx:EncodingControlSection"/>
</sequenceOf>
</type>
</namedType>
<namedType name="EncodingControlSection">
<type>
<choice insertions="singular">
<element name="GSER" identifier="gser"
type="asnx:GSER-EncodingInstructionAssignmentList"/>
<element name="XER" identifier="xer"
type="asnx:XER-EncodingInstructionAssignmentList"/>
<!-- plus encoding control sections
for other encoding rules in the future -->
</choice>
</type>
</namedType>
<element name="module" type="asnx:ModuleDefinition"/>
<attribute name="literal" type="asnx:BOOLEAN"/>
</asnx:module>
Author's Address
Dr. Steven Legg
eB2Bcom
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
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