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draft-legg-xed-asd-xerei-02.txt                                  eB2Bcom
Intended Category: Standards Track                      October 20, 2006


           Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X) Representation
                      of Encoding Instructions for
                      the XML Encoding Rules (XER)

               Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).

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Abstract

   Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X) is an Extensible Markup Language
   (XML) representation for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
   specifications.  This document specifies the ASN.X representation of
   encoding instructions for the XML Encoding Rules (XER).



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Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................2
   2. Conventions .....................................................3
   3. Preprocessing of ImportedTypesIdentification ....................4
   4. EncodingInstructionAssignmentList Translation ...................4
   5. EncodingInstruction Translation .................................5
      5.1. AnyAttributesInstruction Translation .......................6
           5.1.1. NamespaceRestriction Translation ....................7
      5.2. AnyElementInstruction Translation ..........................7
      5.3. AttributeInstruction Translation ...........................7
      5.4. Base64Instruction Translation ..............................7
      5.5. DecimalInstruction Translation .............................8
      5.6. DefaultForEmptyInstruction Translation .....................8
      5.7. ElementInstruction Translation .............................8
      5.8. EmbedValuesInstruction Translation .........................8
      5.9. GlobalDefaultsInstruction Translation ......................8
      5.10. ListInstruction Translation ...............................9
      5.11. NameInstruction Translation ...............................9
      5.12. NamespaceInstruction Translation .........................10
      5.13. PIOrCommentInstruction Translation .......................10
      5.14. TextInstruction Translation ..............................11
      5.15. UntaggedInstruction Translation ..........................11
      5.16. UseNilInstruction Translation ............................11
      5.17. UseNumberInstruction Translation .........................11
      5.18. UseOrderInstruction Translation ..........................11
      5.19. UseQNameInstruction Translation ..........................12
      5.20. UseTypeInstruction Translation ...........................12
      5.21. UseUnionInstruction Translation ..........................12
      5.22. WhiteSpaceInstruction Translation ........................12
   6. TargetList Translation .........................................12
      6.1. TypeIdentification Translation ............................13
      6.2. BuiltInTypeIdentification Translation .....................14
      6.3. IdentifiersInContext Translation ..........................16
   7. Security Considerations ........................................17
   8. IANA Considerations ............................................18
   9. References .....................................................18
      9.1. Normative References ......................................18
      9.2. Informative References ....................................19
   Appendix A. ASN.1 for XER Encoding Instruction Notation ...........19
   Appendix B. ASN.1 for Target List Notation ........................23
   Appendix C. ASN.X for XER Encoding Instruction Notation ...........25
   Appendix D. ASN.X for Target List Notation ........................32

1.  Introduction

   Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X) [ASN.X] is an Extensible Markup
   Language (XML) [XML10][XML11] representation for Abstract Syntax



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   Notation One (ASN.1) [X.680] specifications.  The ASN.X
   representation for the ASN.1 basic notation [X.680] [X.680-1] is
   described elsewhere [ASN.X].

   The grammar of ASN.1 also permits the application of encoding
   instructions [X.680-1], through type prefixes and encoding control
   sections, that modify how abstract values are encoded by nominated
   encoding rules.

   The generic notation for type prefixes and encoding control sections
   is defined by the ASN.1 basic notation, however the notation for
   specific encoding instructions i.e., the EncodingInstruction and
   EncodingInstructionAssignmentList productions of the notation, are
   defined separately for each set of encoding rules using encoding
   instructions.  This document specifies the ASN.X representation for
   EncodingInstructionAssignmentList and EncodingInstruction as they are
   defined for the XML Encoding Rules (XER) [X.693][X.693-1].

   ASN.X is defined in terms of rules for translating from an ASN.1
   specification.  This does not preclude an ASN.X document being
   written directly without a pre-existing ASN.1 specification, however
   such an ASN.X document is considered valid if and only if there
   exists, in principle, an ASN.1 specification that when translated
   would yield the ASN.X document.

   By design, an ASN.X document is also the Robust XML Encoding Rules
   (RXER) [RXER] encoding of an ASN.1 abstract value.  The ASN.1 type
   definitions for such abstract values, insofar as they pertain to the
   ASN.1 basic notation, are provided elsewhere [ASN.X], however this
   document provides the ASN.1 type definitions for representing XER
   encoding instructions as abstract values.  These definitions appear
   in Appendix A.

   The ASN.X translation of the ASN.1 module in Appendix A is presented
   in Appendix B.

   The General Considerations of the specification for ASN.X [ASN.X]
   also apply here.

2.  Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED" and "MAY" in this document are
   to be interpreted as described in, BCP 14, RFC 2119 [BCP14].  The key
   word "OPTIONAL" is exclusively used with its ASN.1 meaning.

   A reference to an ASN.1 production [X.680] (e.g., Type, NamedType) is
   a reference to the text in an ASN.1 specification corresponding to



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   that production.

   The description of the translation of XER encoding instructions into
   ASN.X makes use of definitions from the XML Information Set (Infoset)
   [ISET].  In particular, information item property names follow the
   Infoset convention of being shown in square brackets, e.g.,
   [local name].  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 <name> element item"
   means the element item with the [local name] "name".  Attribute items
   will be referred to by their [local name], e.g., "the name attribute
   item" means the attribute item with the [local name] "name".

   Code points for characters [UNICODE] are expressed using the Unicode
   convention U+n, where n is four to six hexadecimal digits, e.g., the
   space character is U+0020.

3.  Preprocessing of ImportedTypesIdentification

   Interpretation of an ImportedTypesIdentification depends on a
   SymbolList in the Imports of a module, but a SymbolList does not have
   a direct translation into ASN.X.  A module containing an
   ImportedTypesIdentification must be preprocessed so that each
   ImportedTypesIdentification has the intended effect.

   If an EncodingInstruction in an XER EncodingInstructionAssignmentList
   has a Targets that is an ImportedTypesIdentification then each Type
   affected by the ImportedTypesIdentification MUST be replaced by an
   EncodingPrefixedType where the Type in the EncodingPrefixedType is
   the original Type and the EncodingPrefix contains the
   EncodingInstruction minus the TargetList.  The
   ImportedTypesIdentification SHALL be removed.  If the
   EncodingInstruction in the EncodingInstructionAssignmentList has no
   other Targets then it MUST be removed from the
   EncodingInstructionAssignmentList.

4.  EncodingInstructionAssignmentList Translation

   As described in the specification for ASN.X [ASN.X], the translation
   of an EncodingControlSection for XER is an element item with the
   [local name] "XER".  The translation of the
   EncodingInstructionAssignmentList in such an EncodingControlSection
   determines the content of the <XER> element item.

   An element item with the [local name] "annotation" MAY be added to
   the [children] of the <XER> element item.




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   The translation of each EncodingInstruction in the
   EncodingInstructionAssignmentList SHALL be appended to the [children]
   of the <XER> element item.

5.  EncodingInstruction Translation

   The translation of an EncodingInstruction for XER can appear in the
   translation of an EncodingInstructionAssignmentList (see the previous
   section) or an EncodingPrefix.  The translation for an EncodingPrefix
   is described by the specification for ASN.X [ASN.X].

   The translation of an EncodingInstruction in an
   EncodingInstructionAssignmentList for XER is an element with the
   [local name] "targettedInstruction".  The translation of the
   PositiveInstruction or NegatingInstruction in the EncodingInstruction
   SHALL be added to the [children] of the <targettedInstruction>
   element item.  The translation of the TargetList within the encoding
   instruction SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
   <targettedInstruction> element item.

      Aside: The TargetList appears within an EncodingInstruction in an
      EncodingInstructionAssignmentList, but its ASN.X translation
      appears immediately after the translation of the
      EncodingInstruction rather than within it.

   Example

      ENCODING-CONTROL XER
          GLOBAL-DEFAULTS MODIFIED-ENCODINGS
          ATTRIBUTE MyType

      <encodingControls>
       <XER>
        <targettedInstruction>
         <globalDefaults>
          <modifiedEncodings/>
         </globalDefaults>
        </targettedInstruction>
        <targettedInstruction>
         <attribute/>
         <target type="MyType"/>
        </targettedInstruction>
       </XER>
      </encodingControls>

   The translation of an EncodingInstruction for XER in an
   EncodingPrefix is the translation of the contained
   PositiveInstruction or NegatingInstruction.



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      Aside: The TargetList within an EncodingInstruction in an
      EncodingPrefix is required to be empty and has no ASN.X
      translation in this context.

   The translation of a PositiveInstruction is the translation of the
   contained AnyAttributeInstruction, AnyElementInstruction,
   AttributeInstruction, Base64Instruction, DecimalInstruction,
   DefaultForEmptyInstruction, EmbedValuesInstruction,
   GlobalDefaultsInstruction, ListInstruction, NameInstruction,
   NamespaceInstruction, PIOrCommentInstruction, TextInstruction,
   UntaggedInstruction, UseNilInstruction, UseNumberInstruction,
   UseOrderInstruction, UseQNameInstruction, UseTypeInstruction,
   UseUnionInstruction or WhitespaceInstruction.

   The translation of a NegatingInstruction that is an
   ElementInstruction is the translation of that ElementInstruction.

   The translation of a NegatingInstruction that is not an
   ElementInstruction is an element item where the [local name] is the
   concatenation of "not-" and the [local name] that would be used by
   the translation of the PositiveInstruction in the
   NegatingInstruction.  No items are added to the [attributes] or
   [children] of the element item resulting from the translation of a
   NegatingInstruction.

   Example

      [XER:NOT ATTRIBUTE] MyType

      <type>
       <prefixed>
        <XER><not-attribute/></XER>
        <type ref="MyType"/>
       </prefixed>
      </type>

5.1.  AnyAttributesInstruction Translation

   The translation of an AnyAttributesInstruction is an element item
   with the [local name] "anyAttributes".  If a NamespaceRestriction is
   present, then the translation of the NamespaceRestriction is added to
   the [children] of the <anyAttributes> element item.

   Example

      ANY-ATTRIBUTES FROM "http://example.com" ABSENT

      <anyAttributes>



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       <namespace>http://example.com</namespace>
       <local/>
      </anyAttributes>

5.1.1.  NamespaceRestriction Translation

   The NamespaceRestriction production is common to
   AnyAttributesInstruction and AnyElementInstruction.

   The translation of a NamespaceRestriction of the "FROM URIList" form
   is an element item with the [local name] "from".  The translation of
   each QuotedURIorAbsent in the URIList is appended to the [children]
   of the <from> element item.

   The translation of a NamespaceRestriction of the "EXCEPT URIList"
   form is an element item with the [local name] "except".  The
   translation of each QuotedURIorAbsent in the URIList is appended to
   the [children] of the <except> element item.

   The translation of a QuotedURIorAbsent that is a QuotedURI is an
   element item with the [local name] "namespace".  The sequence of
   character items for the URI in the QuotedURI is added to the
   [children] of the <namespace> element item.

   The translation of a QuotedURIorAbsent of the "ABSENT" form is an
   element item with the [local name] "local".

5.2.  AnyElementInstruction Translation

   The translation of an AnyElementInstruction is an element item with
   the [local name] "anyElement".  If a NamespaceRestriction is present,
   then the translation of the NamespaceRestriction is added to the
   [children] of the <anyElement> element item.

5.3.  AttributeInstruction Translation

   The translation of an AttributeInstruction is an element item with
   the [local name] "attribute".

   Example

      ATTRIBUTE

      <attribute/>

5.4.  Base64Instruction Translation

   The translation of a Base64Instruction is an element item with the



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   [local name] "base64".

5.5.  DecimalInstruction Translation

   The translation of a DecimalInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "decimal".

5.6.  DefaultForEmptyInstruction Translation

   The translation of a DefaultForEmptyInstruction is an element item
   with the [local name] "defaultForEmpty".  The translation of the
   Value in the DefaultForEmptyInstruction SHALL be added to the
   [children] or [attributes] of the <defaultForEmpty> element item.

   Example

      DEFAULT-FOR-EMPTY AS "unspecified"

      <defaultForEmpty literalValue="unspecified"/>

5.7.  ElementInstruction Translation

   The translation of an ElementInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "element".

5.8.  EmbedValuesInstruction Translation

   The translation of an EmbedValuesInstruction is an element item with
   the [local name] "embedValues".

5.9.  GlobalDefaultsInstruction Translation

   The translation of a GlobalDefaultsInstruction is an element item
   with the [local name] "globalDefaults".

   If the DefaultSetting in the GlobalDefaultsInstruction is "MODIFIED-
   ENCODINGS", then an element item with the [local name]
   "modifiedEncodings" SHALL be added to the [children] of the
   <globalDefaults> element item.

   If the DefaultSetting in the GlobalDefaultsInstruction is a
   ControlNamespace, then the translation of the ControlNamespace SHALL
   be added to the [children] of the <globalDefaults> element item.

   The translation of a ControlNamespace is an element item with the
   [local name] "controlNamespace".  An attribute item with the
   [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
   <controlNamespace> element item.  The [normalized value] of this



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   attribute item is the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) [URI] in the
   QuotedURI in the ControlNamespace.  If the ControlNamespace contains
   a Prefix, then an attribute item with the [local name] "prefix" SHALL
   be added to the [attributes] of the <controlNamespace> element item.
   The [normalized value] of this attribute item is the NCName in the
   QuotedNCName in the Prefix.

   Example

      GLOBAL-DEFAULTS
          CONTROL-NAMESPACE "http://example.com" PREFIX "ex"

      <globalDefaults>
       <controlNamespace name="http://example.com" prefix="ex"/>
      </globalDefaults>

5.10.  ListInstruction Translation

   The translation of a ListInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "list".

5.11.  NameInstruction Translation

   The translation of a NameInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "name".

   If the NewNameOrKeyword in the NameInstruction is a NewName, then an
   attribute item with the [local name] "newName" SHALL be added to the
   [attributes] of the <name> element item.  The [normalized value] of
   this attribute item is the character string value of the NewName.

   If the NewNameOrKeyword in the NameInstruction is a Keyword, then an
   attribute item with the [local name] "conversion" SHALL be added to
   the [attributes] of the <name> element item.  The [normalized value]
   of this attribute item is the keyword in the Keyword with all letters
   downcased, i.e., "capitalized", "uncapitalized", "uppercased" or
   "lowercased".

   Example

      NAME AS UNCAPITALIZED

      <name conversion="uncapitalized"/>

      NAME AS "category"

      <name newName="category"/>




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5.12.  NamespaceInstruction Translation

   The translation of a NamespaceInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "namespace".

   If a NamespaceSpecification is present, then an attribute item with
   the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes] of the
   <namespace> element item.  The [normalized value] of this attribute
   item is the URI in the QuotedURI in the NamespaceSpecification.

   If a Prefix is present in the NamespaceSpecification, then an
   attribute item with the [local name] "prefix" SHALL be added to the
   [attributes] of the <namespace> element item.  The [normalized value]
   of this attribute item is the NCName in the QuotedNCName in the
   Prefix.

   Example

      NAMESPACE AS "http://example.com" PREFIX "ex"

      <namespace name="http://example.com" prefix="ex"/>

5.13.  PIOrCommentInstruction Translation

   The translation of a PIOrCommentInstruction is an element item with
   the [local name] "piOrComment".

   An attribute item with the [local name] "text" SHALL be added to the
   [attributes] of the <piOrComment> element item.  The
   [normalized value] of this attribute item is the character string
   value of the RestrictedCharacterStringValue in the
   PIOrCommentInstruction.

   An attribute item with the [local name] "position" SHALL be added to
   the [attributes] of the <piOrComment> element item.  The
   [normalized value] of this attribute item is "beforeTag" if the
   keyword in the Position in the PIOrCommentInstruction is BEFORE-TAG,
   "beforeValue" if the keyword in the Position is BEFORE-VALUE,
   "afterTag" if the keyword in the Position is AFTER-TAG, or
   "afterValue" if the keyword in the Position is AFTER-VALUE.

   Example

      PI-OR-COMMENT AS "<!-- This is a comment. -->" BEFORE-TAG

      <piOrComment text="<!-- This is a comment. -->"
                   position="beforeTag"/>




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5.14.  TextInstruction Translation

   The translation of a TextInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "text".

   If a TextToBeUsed is present in the TextInstruction and the
   NewNameOrKeyword in the TextToBeUsed is a NewName, then an attribute
   item with the [local name] "newName" SHALL be added to the
   [attributes] of the <text> element item.  The [normalized value] of
   this attribute item is the character string value of the NewName.

   If a TextToBeUsed is present in the TextInstruction and the
   NewNameOrKeyword in the TextToBeUsed is a Keyword, then an attribute
   item with the [local name] "conversion" SHALL be added to the
   [attributes] of the <name> element item.  The [normalized value] of
   this attribute item is the keyword in the Keyword with all letters
   downcased, i.e., "capitalized", "uncapitalized", "uppercased" or
   "lowercased".

   Examples

      TEXT AS UPPERCASED

      <text conversion="uppercased"/>

      TEXT AS "A4"

      <text newName="A4"/>

5.15.  UntaggedInstruction Translation

   The translation of an UntaggedInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "untagged".

5.16.  UseNilInstruction Translation

   The translation of a UseNilInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "useNil".

5.17.  UseNumberInstruction Translation

   The translation of a UseNumberInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "useNumber".

5.18.  UseOrderInstruction Translation

   The translation of a UseOrderInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "useOrder".



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5.19.  UseQNameInstruction Translation

   The translation of a UseQNameInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "useQName".

5.20.  UseTypeInstruction Translation

   The translation of a UseTypeInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "useType".

5.21.  UseUnionInstruction Translation

   The translation of a UseUnionInstruction is an element item with the
   [local name] "useUnion".

5.22.  WhiteSpaceInstruction Translation

   The translation of a WhiteSpaceInstruction is an element item with
   the [local name] "whiteSpace".

   If a WhiteSpaceAction is present in the WhiteSpaceInstruction, then
   An attribute item with the [local name] "action" SHALL be added to
   the [attributes] of the <whiteSpace> element item.  The
   [normalized value] of this attribute item is the keyword in the
   WhiteSpaceAction in the WhiteSpaceInstruction with all letters
   downcased, i.e., "replace" or "collapse".

   Example

      WHITESPACE COLLAPSE

      <whiteSpace action="collapse"/>

6.  TargetList Translation

   The TargetList production is common to all the encoding instructions.

   The translation of a TargetList is the concatenation of the
   translations of each of the contained Targets.

   The translation of a Targets is an element item with the [local name]
   "target".  The translation of the contained TypeIdentification,
   BuiltInTypeIdentification or IdentifiersInContext SHALL be added to
   the [children] and/or [attributes] of the <target> element item.

      Aside: A Targets that is an ImportedTypesIdentification will have
      been removed by the preprocessing described in Section 3.




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6.1.  TypeIdentification Translation

   The translation of a TypeIdentification of the "ALL" form is an
   element item with the [local name] "allTypes", otherwise the
   translation of a TypeIdentification is the translation of the
   ModuleAndTypeReference followed by the translation of the
   ComponentReference, if present, followed by the translation of the
   QualifyingInformationPart, if present.

   The translation of a ModuleAndTypeReference is an attribute item with
   the [local name] "type".  The [normalized value] of this attribute
   item is the qualified name [XMLNS10] corresponding to the
   typereference in the ModuleAndTypeReference (see Section 5.1 of the
   specification for ASN.X [ASN.X]).

   The translation of a ComponentReference is an element item with the
   [local name] "component" and, if the final ComponentId in the
   ComponentIdList in the ComponentReference is "ALL", an element item
   with the [local name] "allTextuallyPresent".  The [children] property
   of the <component> element item is set to the sequence of character
   items for a "/" (U+002F) separated list of the translations of the
   ComponentId instances, excluding "ALL" if present.  Leading and/or
   trailing white space character items MAY be added to the [children]
   of the <component> element item.  White space character items MAY be
   added immediately before and/or after any character item for the "/"
   character.

   If a ComponentId identifies the Type in a NamedType, then the
   translation of the ComponentId is the RXER character data translation
   [RXER] of the effective name [RXEREI] of the NamedType.  If the
   NamedType is subject to an RXER ATTRIBUTE or ATTRIBUTE-REF encoding
   instruction [RXEREI], then a "@" (U+0040) character is prefixed to
   the translation.

   If a ComponentId identifies a Type that is not in a NamedType (the
   component type for a SEQUENCE OF or SET OF type), then the
   translation of the ComponentId is the character string "item".

   If a ComponentId does not identify a Type and the ComponentId is an
   identifier, then the translation of the ComponentId is the
   identifier.

   If a ComponentId does not identify a Type and the ComponentId is "*",
   then the translation of the ComponentId is the character string
   "item".

   The <component> element item is required to be self-contained [RXER].




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      Aside: An element item is self-contained if all namespace prefixes
      used by the element item and its contents are declared within the
      element item.

   The translation of a QualifyingInformationPart is the translation of
   the contained QualifyingInformation.

   The translation of a QualifyingInformation of the "identifier" form
   is an element item with the [local name] "identifier".  An attribute
   item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the [attributes]
   of the <identifier> element item.  If the ModuleTypeAndReference and
   ComponentReference (if present) identify a BIT STRING, ENUMERATED, or
   INTEGER type where the associated BitStringType, EnumeratedType or
   IntegerType (respectively) is subject to an RXER VALUES encoding
   instruction, then the [normalized value] of the attribute item is the
   replacement name [RXEREI] for the identifier, otherwise the
   [normalized value] is the identifier.

   The translation of a QualifyingInformation of the "ALL" form is an
   element item with the [local name] "allIdentifiers".

   Examples

      Assume this type assignment:

         MyType ::= SEQUENCE {
             a  SEQUENCE OF CHOICE {
                 b  ENUMERATED { red, green, blue },
                 c  INTEGER
             }
         }

      MyType.a.*.ALL

      <target type="MyType">
       <component> a / item </component>
       <allTextuallyPresent/>
      </target>

      MyType.a.*.b:ALL

      <target type="MyType">
       <component> a / item / b </component>
       <allIdentifiers/>
      </target>

6.2.  BuiltInTypeIdentification Translation




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   The translation of a BuiltInTypeIdentification is the translation of
   the BuiltInTypeName followed by the translation of the
   BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformationPart, if present.

   If the BuiltInTypeName is "BIT STRING", "BOOLEAN",
   "CHARACTER STRING", "EMBEDDED PDV", "EXTERNAL", "GeneralizedTime",
   "INTEGER", "NULL", "ObjectDescriptor", "OBJECT IDENTIFIER",
   "OCTET STRING", "REAL", "RELATIVE-OID" or "UTCTime", then the
   translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an attribute item with the
   [local name] "type".  The [normalized value] of this attribute item
   is a qualified name with the namespace name being
   "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" and the local part being the
   BuiltInTypeName with any white space separators replaced by a single
   hyphen character (U+002D), e.g. BIT STRING becomes BIT-STRING.

   If the BuiltInTypeName is a RestrictedCharacterStringType, then the
   translation of the BuiltInTypeName is an attribute item with the
   [local name] "type".  The [normalized value] of this attribute item
   is a qualified name with the namespace name being
   "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" and the local part being the
   RestrictedCharacterStringType, i.e., BMPString, GeneralString,
   GraphicString, IA5String, ISO646String, NumericString,
   PrintableString, TeletexString, T61String, UniversalString,
   UTF8String, VideotexString or VisibleString.

   If the BuiltInTypeName is "CHOICE", then the translation of the
   BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "choice".

   If the BuiltInTypeName is "ENUMERATED", then the translation of the
   BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name]
   "enumerated".

   If the BuiltInTypeName is "INSTANCE OF", then the translation of the
   BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name]
   "instanceOf".

   If the BuiltInTypeName is "SEQUENCE", then the translation of the
   BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "sequence".

   If the BuiltInTypeName is "SEQUENCE OF", then the translation of the
   BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name]
   "sequenceOf".

   If the BuiltInTypeName is "SET", then the translation of the
   BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "set".

   If the BuiltInTypeName is "SET OF", then the translation of the
   BuiltInTypeName is an element item with the [local name] "setOf".



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   The translation of a BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformationPart is the
   translation of the contained BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformation.

   The translation of a BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformation of the
   "identifier" form is an element item with the [local name]
   "identifier".  An attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL
   be added to the [attributes] of the <identifier> element item.  The
   [normalized value] of this attribute item is the actual identifier.

   The translation of a BuiltInTypeQualifyingInformationPart of the
   "ALL" form is an element item with the [local name] "allIdentifiers".

   Examples

      BOOLEAN:true

      <target xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
              type="asnx:BOOLEAN">
       <identifier name="true"/>
      </target>

      ENUMERATED:ALL

      <target>
       <enumerated/>
       <allIdentifiers/>
      </target>

6.3.  IdentifiersInContext Translation

   The translation of an IdentifiersInContext is an element item with
   the [local name] "components".

   If the IdentifierList in the IdentifiersInContext is not of the "ALL"
   or "COMPONENTS" form, then for each identifier in the IdentifierList,
   an element item with the same [local name] (i.e., "attribute",
   "element", "component", "group", "member" or "item") as the
   translation of the NamedType corresponding to the identifier SHALL be
   appended to the [children] of the <components> element item.  An
   attribute item with the [local name] "name" SHALL be added to the
   [attributes] of each <attribute>, <element>, <component>, <group>,
   <member> or <item> element item, as the case may be.  The
   [normalized value] of each of these attribute items is the RXER
   character data translation [RXER] of the effective name [RXEREI] of
   the NamedType corresponding to the identifier.

   If the IdentifierList in the IdentifiersInContext is of the "ALL"
   form, then an element item with the [local name]



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   "allTextuallyPresent" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
   <components> element item.

   If the IdentifierList in the IdentifiersInContext is of the
   "COMPONENTS" form, then an element item with the [local name]
   "allFirstLevel" SHALL be appended to the [children] of the
   <components> element item.

   An element item with the [local name] "in" SHALL be appended to the
   [children] of the <components> element item.  The translation of the
   TypeIdentification in the IdentifiersInContext SHALL be added to the
   [children] and/or [attributes] of the <in> element item.

   Example

      Assume this type assignment:

         MyType ::= SEQUENCE {
             field     INTEGER,
             fieldAtt  [RXER:NAME AS "field"][RXER:ATTRIBUTE] BOOLEAN
         }

      field, fieldAtt IN MyType

      <target>
       <components>
        <element name="field"/>
        <attribute name="field"/>
        <in type="MyType"/>
       </components>
      </target>

7.  Security Considerations

   The ASN.X translation of an XER encoding instruction is semantically
   equivalent to the original XER encoding instruction.  The security
   considerations that apply to an application built from an original
   ASN.1 specification with XER encoding instructions apply equally to
   an application built from the ASN.X translation of the ASN.1
   specification.

   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 document (an abstract
   value of the ModuleDefinition ASN.1 type) potentially changes if it
   is decoded and re-encoded, disrupting the Canonical XML
   representation.  To avoid this problem, ASN.X documents must be
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   The normalization rules can be found in Section 5.12 of the
   specification for RXER [RXER].

8.  IANA Considerations

   This document has no actions for IANA.

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [BCP14]    Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [URI]      Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R. and L. Masinter, "Uniform
              Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax", STD 66, RFC
              3986, January 2005.

   [RXER]     Legg, S. and D. Prager, "Robust XML Encoding Rules (RXER)
              for Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)",
              draft-legg-xed-rxer-xx.txt, a work in progress, October
              2006.

   [RXEREI]   Legg, S., "Encoding Instructions for the Robust XML
              Encoding Rules (RXER)", draft-legg-xed-rxer-ei-xx.txt, a
              work in progress, October 2006.

   [ASN.X]    Legg, S., "Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X)",
              draft-legg-xed-asd-xx.txt, a work in progress, October
              2006.

   [X.680]    ITU-T Recommendation X.680 (07/02) | ISO/IEC 8824-1,
              Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One
              (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation.

   [X.680-1]  ITU-T Recommendation X.680 (2002) Amendment 1 (10/03) |
              ISO/IEC 8824-1:2002/Amd 1:2004, Support for EXTENDED-XER.

   [X.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.693-1]  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,



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              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.

   [ISET]     Cowan, J. and R. Tobin, "XML Information Set (Second
              Edition)", W3C Recommendation,
              http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-xml-infoset-20040204,
              February 2004.

   [UNICODE]  The Unicode Consortium, "The Unicode Standard, Version
              4.0", Boston, MA, Addison-Wesley Developers Press, 2003.
              ISBN 0-321-18578-1.

9.2.  Informative References

   [X.693]    ITU-T Recommendation X.693 (12/01) | ISO/IEC 8825-4:2002,
              Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules: XML
              encoding rules (XER)

Appendix A. ASN.1 for XER Encoding Instruction Notation

   This appendix is normative.

   XER-EncodingInstructionNotation
       { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
         internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
         xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) xer-ei-notation(3) }

   -- Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). This version of
   -- this ASN.1 module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself
   -- for full legal notices.

   DEFINITIONS
   RXER INSTRUCTIONS
   AUTOMATIC TAGS
   EXTENSIBILITY IMPLIED ::= BEGIN

   IMPORTS
       AnyURI,



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       NCName
           FROM AdditionalBasicDefinitions
               { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
                 internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
                 xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) basic(0) }
       Annotation,
       Value
           FROM AbstractSyntaxNotation-X
               { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
                 internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
                 xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) notation(1) }
       TargetList
           FROM TargetListNotation
               { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
                 internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
                 xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0)
                 target-list-notation(4) }
       ;

   XER-EncodingInstructionAssignmentList ::= SEQUENCE {
       annotation    Annotation OPTIONAL,
       instructions  [GROUP] XER-TargettedEncodingInstructions
   }

   XER-TargettedEncodingInstructions ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
       targettedInstruction XER-TargettedEncodingInstruction

   XER-TargettedEncodingInstruction ::= SEQUENCE {
       instruction  [GROUP] XER-GeneralEncodingInstruction,
       targetList   [GROUP] TargetList OPTIONAL
   }

   XER-EncodingInstruction ::= XER-GeneralEncodingInstruction
       (WITH COMPONENTS { ..., globalDefaults ABSENT })

   XER-GeneralEncodingInstruction ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
       anyAttributes        XER-WildcardInstruction,
       not-anyAttributes    XER-NegatingInstruction,
       anyElement           XER-WildcardInstruction,
       not-anyElement       XER-NegatingInstruction,
       attribute            XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-attribute        XER-NegatingInstruction,
       base64               XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-base64           XER-NegatingInstruction,
       decimal              XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-decimal          XER-NegatingInstruction,
       defaultForEmpty      XER-DefaultForEmptyInstruction,
       not-defaultForEmpty  XER-NegatingInstruction,



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       embedValues          XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-embedValues      XER-NegatingInstruction,
       globalDefaults       XER-GlobalDefaultsInstruction,
       list                 XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-list             XER-NegatingInstruction,
       name                 XER-NameInstruction,
       not-name             XER-NegatingInstruction,
       namespace            XER-NamespaceInstruction,
       not-namespace        XER-NegatingInstruction,
       piOrComment          XER-PIOrCommentInstruction,
       not-piOrComment      XER-NegatingInstruction,
       text                 XER-TextInstruction,
       not-text             XER-NegatingInstruction,
       untagged             XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-untagged         XER-NegatingInstruction,
       element              XER-NegatingInstruction,
       useNil               XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-useNil           XER-NegatingInstruction,
       useNumber            XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-useNumber        XER-NegatingInstruction,
       useOrder             XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-useOrder         XER-NegatingInstruction,
       useQName             XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-useQName         XER-NegatingInstruction,
       useType              XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-useType          XER-NegatingInstruction,
       useUnion             XER-SimpleInstruction,
       not-useUnion         XER-NegatingInstruction,
       whiteSpace           XER-WhiteSpaceInstruction,
       not-whiteSpace       XER-NegatingInstruction
   }

   XER-SimpleInstruction ::= SEQUENCE { }

   XER-NegatingInstruction ::= XER-SimpleInstruction

   XER-WildcardInstruction ::= SEQUENCE {
       namespaceRestriction  [GROUP] XER-NamespaceRestriction OPTIONAL
   }

   XER-NamespaceRestriction ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
       from    XER-URIList,
       except  XER-URIList
   }

   XER-URIList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE(1..MAX) OF
       uriOrAbsent [GROUP] XER-QuotedURIorAbsent




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   XER-QuotedURIorAbsent ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
       namespace  AnyURI,
       local      NULL
   }

   XER-DefaultForEmptyInstruction ::= SEQUENCE {
       value  [GROUP] Value
   }

   XER-GlobalDefaultsInstruction ::= SEQUENCE {
       defaultSetting  [GROUP] [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
           modifiedEncodings  NULL,
           controlNamespace   XER-ControlNamespace
       }
   }

   XER-ControlNamespace ::= SEQUENCE {
       name    [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI,
       prefix  [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL
   }

   XER-NameInstruction ::= SEQUENCE {
       newNameOrKeyword  [GROUP] XER-NewNameOrKeyword
   }

   XER-NewNameOrKeyword ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
       newName     [ATTRIBUTE] UTF8String,
       conversion  [ATTRIBUTE] XER-Conversion
   }

   XER-Conversion ::= ENUMERATED {
       capitalized   (0),
       uncapitalized (1),
       uppercased    (2),
       lowercased    (3)
   }

   XER-NamespaceInstruction ::= SEQUENCE {
       namespace  [GROUP] XER-NamespaceSpecification OPTIONAL
   }

   XER-NamespaceSpecification ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
       name    [ATTRIBUTE] AnyURI,
       prefix  [ATTRIBUTE] NCName OPTIONAL
   }

   XER-PIOrCommentInstruction ::= SEQUENCE {
       text      [ATTRIBUTE] UTF8String,



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       position  [ATTRIBUTE] XER-Position
   }

   XER-Position ::= ENUMERATED {
       beforeTag   (0),
       beforeValue (1),
       afterValue  (2),
       afterTag    (3)
   }

   XER-TextInstruction ::= SEQUENCE {
       newNameOrKeyword  [GROUP] XER-NewNameOrKeyword OPTIONAL
   }

   XER-WhiteSpaceInstruction ::= SEQUENCE {
       action  [ATTRIBUTE] XER-WhiteSpaceAction
   }

   XER-WhiteSpaceAction ::= ENUMERATED {
       replace  (0),
       collapse (1)
   }

   ENCODING-CONTROL RXER

       SCHEMA-IDENTITY "urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.3"
       TARGET-NAMESPACE "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" PREFIX "asnx"

   END

Appendix B. ASN.1 for Target List Notation

   This appendix is normative.

   TargetListNotation
       { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
         internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
         xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) target-list-notation(4) }

   -- Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). This version of
   -- this ASN.1 module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself
   -- for full legal notices.

   DEFINITIONS
   RXER INSTRUCTIONS
   AUTOMATIC TAGS
   EXTENSIBILITY IMPLIED ::= BEGIN




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   IMPORTS
       Markup,
       NCName,
       QName
           FROM AdditionalBasicDefinitions
               { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
                 internet(1) private(4) enterprise(1)
                 xmled(21472) asnx(1) module(0) basic(0) }
       ;

   TargetList ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF target Targets

   Targets ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
       allTypes         NULL,
       identifiedTypes  [GROUP] QualifiedTypeIdentification,
       components       IdentifiersInContext,
       allImportsFrom   SEQUENCE { }
           -- allImportsFrom is not used in this version
   }

   -- TypeIdentification and BuiltInTypeIdentification
   QualifiedTypeIdentification ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
       types          [GROUP] [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
           specificType  [GROUP] SpecificTypeIdentification,
           choice        NULL,
           enumerated    NULL,
           instanceOf    NULL,
           sequence      NULL,
           sequenceOf    NULL,
           set           NULL,
           setOf         NULL
       },
       qualification  [GROUP] QualifyingInformationPart OPTIONAL
   }

   SpecificTypeIdentification ::= [HOLLOW-INSERTIONS] SEQUENCE {
       type                 [ATTRIBUTE] QName,
       component            Markup OPTIONAL,
       allTextuallyPresent  NULL OPTIONAL
   }

   QualifyingInformationPart ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
       allIdentifiers  NULL,
       identifier      SEQUENCE {
           name            [ATTRIBUTE] NCName
       }
   }




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   IdentifiersInContext ::= SEQUENCE {
       identifiers  [GROUP] IdentifierList,
       in           CHOICE {
           allTypes      NULL,
           specificType  [GROUP] SpecificTypeIdentification
       }
   }

   IdentifierList ::= [NO-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
       list                 [GROUP] IdentifiedComponents,
       allTextuallyPresent  NULL,
       allFirstLevel        NULL
   }

   IdentifiedComponents ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
       identifiedComponent [GROUP] IdentifiedComponent

   IdentifiedComponent ::= [SINGULAR-INSERTIONS] CHOICE {
       component  GenericIdentifiedComponent,
       element    GenericIdentifiedComponent,
       attribute  GenericIdentifiedComponent,
       group      GenericIdentifiedComponent,
       member     GenericIdentifiedComponent,
       item       GenericIdentifiedComponent
   }

   GenericIdentifiedComponent ::= SEQUENCE {
       name  [ATTRIBUTE] QName
   }

   ENCODING-CONTROL RXER

       SCHEMA-IDENTITY "urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.4"
       TARGET-NAMESPACE "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx" PREFIX "tln"

   END

Appendix C. ASN.X for XER Encoding Instruction Notation

   This appendix is non-normative.

   <?xml version="1.0"?>
   <asnx:module xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
                xmlns:tln="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
                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"
                targetNamespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"



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                targetPrefix="asnx"
                extensibilityImplied="true">

    <annotation>
     Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). This version of
     this ASN.X module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself
     for full legal notices.
    </annotation>

    <import 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"
            namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"/>

    <import name="TargetListNotation"
            identifier="1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.4"
            schemaIdentity="urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.4"
            namespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"/>

    <namedType name="XER-EncodingInstructionAssignmentList">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <optional>
        <element name="annotation" type="asnx:Annotation"/>
       </optional>
       <group name="instructions"
              type="asnx:XER-TargettedEncodingInstructions"/>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-TargettedEncodingInstructions">
     <type>
      <sequenceOf minSize="1">
       <element name="targettedInstruction"
                type="asnx:XER-TargettedEncodingInstruction"/>
      </sequenceOf>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-TargettedEncodingInstruction">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <group name="instruction"
              type="asnx:XER-GeneralEncodingInstruction"/>
       <optional>
        <group name="targetList" type="tln:TargetList"/>
       </optional>



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      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-EncodingInstruction">
     <type>
      <constrained type="asnx:XER-GeneralEncodingInstruction">
       <withComponents partial="true">
        <element name="globalDefaults" use="absent"/>
       </withComponents>
      </constrained>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-GeneralEncodingInstruction">
     <type>
      <choice insertions="singular">
       <element name="anyAttributes"
                type="asnx:XER-WildcardInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-anyAttributes"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="anyElement" type="asnx:XER-WildcardInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-anyElement"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="attribute" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-attribute"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="base64" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-base64" type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="decimal" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-decimal" type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="defaultForEmpty"
                type="asnx:XER-DefaultForEmptyInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-defaultForEmpty"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="embedValues" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-embedValues"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="globalDefaults"
                type="asnx:XER-GlobalDefaultsInstruction"/>
       <element name="list" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-list" type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="name" type="asnx:XER-NameInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-name" type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="namespace" type="asnx:XER-NamespaceInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-namespace"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="piOrComment"



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                type="asnx:XER-PIOrCommentInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-piOrComment"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="text" type="asnx:XER-TextInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-text" type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="untagged" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-untagged"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="element" type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="useNil" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-useNil" type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="useNumber" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-useNumber"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="useOrder" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-useOrder"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="useQName" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-useQName"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="useType" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-useType" type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="useUnion" type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-useUnion"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
       <element name="whiteSpace"
                type="asnx:XER-WhiteSpaceInstruction"/>
       <element name="not-whiteSpace"
                type="asnx:XER-NegatingInstruction"/>
      </choice>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-SimpleInstruction">
     <type>
      <sequence/>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-NegatingInstruction"
               type="asnx:XER-SimpleInstruction"/>

    <namedType name="XER-WildcardInstruction">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <optional>
        <group name="namespaceRestriction"
               type="asnx:XER-NamespaceRestriction"/>



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       </optional>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-NamespaceRestriction">
     <type>
      <choice insertions="none">
       <element name="from" type="asnx:XER-URIList"/>
       <element name="except" type="asnx:XER-URIList"/>
      </choice>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-URIList">
     <type>
      <sequenceOf minSize="1">
       <group name="uriOrAbsent" type="asnx:XER-QuotedURIorAbsent"/>
      </sequenceOf>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-QuotedURIorAbsent">
     <type>
      <choice insertions="singular">
       <element name="namespace" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
       <element name="local" type="asnx:NULL"/>
      </choice>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-DefaultForEmptyInstruction">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <group name="value" type="asnx:Value"/>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-GlobalDefaultsInstruction">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <group name="defaultSetting">
        <type>
         <choice insertions="singular">
          <element name="modifiedEncodings" type="asnx:NULL"/>
          <element name="controlNamespace"
                   type="asnx:XER-ControlNamespace"/>



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         </choice>
        </type>
       </group>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-ControlNamespace">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <attribute name="name" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
       <optional>
        <attribute name="prefix" type="asnx:NCName"/>
       </optional>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-NameInstruction">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <group name="newNameOrKeyword" type="asnx:XER-NewNameOrKeyword"/>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-NewNameOrKeyword">
     <type>
      <choice insertions="none">
       <attribute name="newName" type="asnx:UTF8String"/>
       <attribute name="conversion" type="asnx:XER-Conversion"/>
      </choice>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-Conversion">
     <type>
      <enumerated>
       <enumeration name="capitalized" number="0"/>
       <enumeration name="uncapitalized" number="1"/>
       <enumeration name="uppercased" number="2"/>
       <enumeration name="lowercased" number="3"/>
      </enumerated>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-NamespaceInstruction">
     <type>



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      <sequence>
       <optional>
        <group name="namespace" type="asnx:XER-NamespaceSpecification"/>
       </optional>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-NamespaceSpecification">
     <type>
      <sequence insertions="hollow">
       <attribute name="name" type="asnx:AnyURI"/>
       <optional>
        <attribute name="prefix" type="asnx:NCName"/>
       </optional>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-PIOrCommentInstruction">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <attribute name="text" type="asnx:UTF8String"/>
       <attribute name="position" type="asnx:XER-Position"/>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-Position">
     <type>
      <enumerated>
       <enumeration name="beforeTag" number="0"/>
       <enumeration name="beforeValue" number="1"/>
       <enumeration name="afterValue" number="2"/>
       <enumeration name="afterTag" number="3"/>
      </enumerated>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-TextInstruction">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <optional>
        <group name="newNameOrKeyword"
               type="asnx:XER-NewNameOrKeyword"/>
       </optional>
      </sequence>
     </type>



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    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-WhiteSpaceInstruction">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <attribute name="action" type="asnx:XER-WhiteSpaceAction"/>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="XER-WhiteSpaceAction">
     <type>
      <enumerated>
       <enumeration name="replace" number="0"/>
       <enumeration name="collapse" number="1"/>
      </enumerated>
     </type>
    </namedType>

   </asnx:module>

Appendix D. ASN.X for Target List Notation

   This appendix is non-normative.

   <?xml version="1.0"?>
   <asnx:module xmlns:asnx="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
                xmlns:tln="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
                name="TargetListNotation"
                identifier="1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.4"
                schemaIdentity="urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.21472.1.0.4"
                targetNamespace="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:asnx"
                targetPrefix="tln"
                extensibilityImplied="true">

    <annotation>
     Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). This version of
     this ASN.X module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC itself
     for full legal notices.
    </annotation>

    <namedType name="TargetList">
     <type>
      <sequenceOf minSize="1">
       <element name="target" type="tln:Targets"/>
      </sequenceOf>
     </type>
    </namedType>



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    <namedType name="Targets">
     <type>
      <choice insertions="none">
       <element name="allTypes" type="asnx:NULL"/>
       <group name="identifiedTypes"
              type="tln:QualifiedTypeIdentification"/>
       <element name="components" type="tln:IdentifiersInContext"/>
       <element name="allImportsFrom">
        <annotation>
         allImportsFrom is not used in this version
        </annotation>
        <type>
         <sequence/>
        </type>
       </element>
      </choice>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="QualifiedTypeIdentification">
     <annotation>
      TypeIdentification and BuiltInTypeIdentification
     </annotation>
     <type>
      <sequence insertions="hollow">
       <group name="types">
        <type>
         <choice insertions="singular">
          <group name="specificType"
                 type="tln:SpecificTypeIdentification"/>
          <element name="choice" type="asnx:NULL"/>
          <element name="enumerated" type="asnx:NULL"/>
          <element name="instanceOf" type="asnx:NULL"/>
          <element name="sequence" type="asnx:NULL"/>
          <element name="sequenceOf" type="asnx:NULL"/>
          <element name="set" type="asnx:NULL"/>
          <element name="setOf" type="asnx:NULL"/>
         </choice>
        </type>
       </group>
       <optional>
        <group name="qualification"
               type="tln:QualifyingInformationPart"/>
       </optional>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>




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    <namedType name="SpecificTypeIdentification">
     <type>
      <sequence insertions="hollow">
       <attribute name="type" type="asnx:QName"/>
       <optional>
        <element name="component" type="asnx:Markup"/>
       </optional>
       <optional>
        <element name="allTextuallyPresent" type="asnx:NULL"/>
       </optional>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="QualifyingInformationPart">
     <type>
      <choice insertions="none">
       <element name="allIdentifiers" type="asnx:NULL"/>
       <element name="identifier">
        <type>
         <sequence>
          <attribute name="name" type="asnx:NCName"/>
         </sequence>
        </type>
       </element>
      </choice>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="IdentifiersInContext">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <group name="identifiers" type="tln:IdentifierList"/>
       <element name="in">
        <type>
         <choice>
          <element name="allTypes" type="asnx:NULL"/>
          <group name="specificType"
                 type="tln:SpecificTypeIdentification"/>
         </choice>
        </type>
       </element>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="IdentifierList">
     <type>



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      <choice insertions="none">
       <group name="list" type="tln:IdentifiedComponents"/>
       <element name="allTextuallyPresent" type="asnx:NULL"/>
       <element name="allFirstLevel" type="asnx:NULL"/>
      </choice>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="IdentifiedComponents">
     <type>
      <sequenceOf minSize="1">
       <group name="identifiedComponent"
              type="tln:IdentifiedComponent"/>
      </sequenceOf>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="IdentifiedComponent">
     <type>
      <choice insertions="singular">
       <element name="component" type="tln:GenericIdentifiedComponent"/>
       <element name="element" type="tln:GenericIdentifiedComponent"/>
       <element name="attribute" type="tln:GenericIdentifiedComponent"/>
       <element name="group" type="tln:GenericIdentifiedComponent"/>
       <element name="member" type="tln:GenericIdentifiedComponent"/>
       <element name="item" type="tln:GenericIdentifiedComponent"/>
      </choice>
     </type>
    </namedType>

    <namedType name="GenericIdentifiedComponent">
     <type>
      <sequence>
       <attribute name="name" type="asnx:QName"/>
      </sequence>
     </type>
    </namedType>

   </asnx:module>

Author's Address

   Dr. Steven Legg
   eB2Bcom
   Suite 3, Woodhouse Corporate Centre
   935 Station Street
   Box Hill North, Victoria 3129
   AUSTRALIA



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   Phone: +61 3 9896 7830
     Fax: +61 3 9896 7801
   EMail: steven.legg@eb2bcom.com

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Changes in Draft 01



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   ASN.1 Schema has been renamed to Abstract Syntax Notation X (ASN.X)
   and the <asnx:schema> element has been renamed to <asnx:module>.

   The XER-EncodingInstructionSchema module has been renamed to
   XER-EncodingInstructionNotation.  The schema identity for the module
   has been similarly changed.

   The component attribute in the SpecificTypeIdentification translation
   has been changed to a <component> element.

   Examples have been added.

   The CONTENT encoding instruction has been renamed to GROUP and a
   component subject to a GROUP encoding instruction is now an element
   item with the [local name] "group" instead of "content".

   The <encodingControl-XER> element has been renamed to <XER> and now
   appears as a child element of an <encodingControls> element.

   Insertion encoding instructions have been added to the ASN.1 for XER
   Encoding Instruction Notation to remove extension ambiguity.

Changes in Draft 02

   The AnyType ASN.1 type has been renamed to Markup.

   Each EncodingInstruction in an EncodingInstructionAssignmentList is
   now wrapped in a <targettedInstruction> element with the <target>
   elements following the encoding instruction element instead of being
   nested within it.  This is better aligned with the improved syntax
   for XER encoding instructions that will be introduced along with
   encoding instructions for PER.

   The ASN.1 for TargetList has been extracted into a separate ASN.1
   module so that it can be more conveniently shared with encoding
   instructions for PER.

   The method for dealing with parameterized definitions has been
   generalized for ASN.X, so a specific solution for module context
   changes with respect to XER encoding instructions is no longer needed
   and has been dropped.

   The treatment of the GLOBAL-DEFAULTS encoding instruction has been
   changed so that there is now an explicit <globalDefaults> element
   item.

   A negating instruction is now represented as an empty element item
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   positive instruction child of a <not> element item.

   A preprocessing step has been added to deal with
   ImportedTypesIdentification.  The previous translation for
   ImportedTypesIdentification was unable to account for symbols
   imported from another module's import list.

   The URL for the ASN.1 namespace has been replaced.  A permanent URN
   will be requested from IANA.










































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