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Element Dictionary

This document outlines the items of the OVAL System Characteristics XML schema that are independent of any specific family or platform. Each iten is an extention of a basic System Characteristics item defined in the core System Characteristics XML schema.

The OVAL Schema is maintained by The MITRE Corporation and developed by the public OVAL Community. For more information, including how to get involved in the project and how to submit change requests, please visit the OVAL website at http://oval.mitre.org.



< family_item >

This element stores high level system OS type, otherwise known as the family.

Child Elements Type MinOccurs MaxOccurs
family ind-sc:EntityItemFamilyType 0 1



< filemd5_item >

Deprecated As Of Version: 5.1
Reason: Replaced by the filehash_item entity. The filehash_item entity should be used to allow for the verification of both MD5 and SHA1 hashes. See the filehash_item.
Comment: This entity has been deprecated and will be removed in version 6.0 of the language.

This element stores md5 hash associated with a specific file.

Child Elements Type MinOccurs MaxOccurs
path oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
filename oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
md5 oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1



< filehash_item >

This element stores the different hash values associated with a specific file.

Child Elements Type MinOccurs MaxOccurs
filepath oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
path oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
filename oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
md5 oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
sha1 oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1



< environmentvariable_item >

This item stores information about environment variables and their values.

Child Elements Type MinOccurs MaxOccurs
name oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
value oval-sc:EntityItemAnyType 0 1



< ldap_item >

This element holds information about specific entries in the LDAP directory. It extends the standard ItemType as defined in the oval-system-characteristics schema and one should refer to the ItemType description for more information.

Child Elements Type MinOccurs MaxOccurs
suffix oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
relative_dn oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
attribute oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
object_class oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
ldaptype ind-sc:EntityItemLdaptypeType 0 1
value oval-sc:EntityItemAnyType 0 unbounded



< sql_item >

The sql_item outlines information collected from a database via an SQL query.

Child Elements Type MinOccurs MaxOccurs
engine oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
version oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
connection_string oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
sql oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
result oval-sc:EntityItemAnyType 0 unbounded



< textfilecontent_item >

The textfilecontent_item looks at the contents of a text file (aka a configuration file) by looking at individual lines.

Child Elements Type MinOccurs MaxOccurs
filepath oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
path oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
filename oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
pattern oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
instance oval-sc:EntityItemIntType 0 1
line oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
text oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
subexpression oval-sc:EntityItemAnyType 0 unbounded



< variable_item >

This item stores information about OVAL Variables and their values.

Child Elements Type MinOccurs MaxOccurs
var_ref ind-sc:EntityItemVariableRefType 0 1
value oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 unbounded



< xmlfilecontent_item >

This item stores results from checking the contents of an xml file.

Child Elements Type MinOccurs MaxOccurs
filepath oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
path oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
filename oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
xpath oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 1
value_of oval-sc:EntityItemStringType 0 unbounded

== EntityItemEngineType ==

The EntityItemEngineType complex type defines a string entity value that is restricted to an enumeration. Each valid entry in the enumeration is a valid database engine.

Value Description

access 

The access value describes the Microsoft Access database engine.

db2 

The db2 value describes the IBM DB2 database engine.

cache 

The cache value describes the InterSystems Cache database engine.

firebird 

The firebird value describes the Firebird database engine.

firstsql 

The firstsql value describes the FirstSQL database engine.

foxpro 

The foxpro value describes the Microsoft FoxPro database engine.

informix 

The informix value describes the IBM Informix database engine.

ingres 

The ingres value describes the Ingres database engine.

interbase 

The interbase value describes the Embarcadero Technologies InterBase database engine.

lightbase 

The lightbase value describes the Light Infocon LightBase database engine.

maxdb 

The maxdb value describes the SAP MaxDB database engine.

monetdb 

The monetdb value describes the MonetDB SQL database engine.

mimer 

The mimer value describes the Mimer SQL database engine.

oracle 

The oracle value describes the Oracle database engine.

paradox 

The paradox value describes the Paradox database engine.

pervasive 

The pervasive value describes the Pervasive PSQL database engine.

postgre 

The postgre value describes the PostgreSQL database engine.

sqlbase 

The sqlbase value describes the Unify SQLBase database engine.

sqlite 

The sqlite value describes the SQLite database engine.

sqlserver 

The sqlserver value describes the Microsoft SQL database engine.

sybase 

The sybase value describes the Sybase database engine.

 

The empty string value is permitted here to allow for detailed error reporting.




== EntityItemFamilyType ==

The EntityItemFamilyType complex type defines a string entity value that is restricted to a set of enumerations. Each valid enumeration is a high-level family of system operating system.

Value Description

ios 

The ios value describes the Cisco IOS operating system.

macos 

The macos value describes the Mac operating system.

unix 

The unix value describes the UNIX operating system.

windows 

The windows value describes the Windows operating system.

 

The empty string value is permitted here to allow for detailed error reporting.


== EntityItemVariableRefType ==

The EntityItemVariableRefType complex type defines a string item entity that has a valid OVAL variable id as the value.


== EntityItemLdaptypeType ==

The EntityItemLdaptypeType complex type restricts a string value to a specific set of values that specify the different types of information that an ldap attribute can represent. The empty string value is permitted here to allow for detailed error reporting.

Value Description

LDAPTYPE_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_DESCRIP_STRING 

The data type is the attribute type description.

LDAPTYPE_DN_STRING 

The string is of Distinguished Name (path) of a directory service object.

LDAPTYPE_BIT_STRING 

The bit string type.

LDAPTYPE_PRINTABLE_STRING 

The string is displayable on screen or in print.

LDAPTYPE_NUMERIC_STRING 

The string is of a numeral to be interpreted as text.

LDAPTYPE_BOOLEAN 

The data is of a Boolean value.

LDAPTYPE_INTEGER 

The data is of an integer value.

LDAPTYPE_UTC_TIME 

The data is of the universal time as expressed in Universal Time Coordinate (UTC).

LDAPTYPE_GENERALIZED_TIME 

The data is of generalized time.

LDAPTYPE_DIRECTORY_STRING 

The directory string.

LDAPTYPE_OBJECT_CLASS_DESCRIP_STRING 

The object class description type.

LDAPTYPE_TIMESTAMP 

The data is of a time stamp in seconds.

LDAPTYPE_EMAIL 

The data is of an e-mail message.

 

The empty string value is permitted here to allow for detailed error reporting.