CapabilityMetadata

represents the metadata for a single unique setting as defined by the VASA provider. A simple setting has one property, while a complex setting has more than one property.

CapabilityMetadata

contains the

CapabilityId

(below), name and description of the capability, whether it is mandatory when creating a profile, whether the capability should affect placement and compliance, a key ID for the property, whether multiple constraints are allowed for a capability instance, and metadata for properties that comprise the capability. All contents but the first two and last are optional.

CapabilityId

contains the unique identifier for a capability within its namespace, and the namespace to which the capability belongs.

CapabilityInstance

contains the

CapabilityId

(above), an array of constraints on the properties that comprise the capability, and (as of VASA 3.0) the appropriate line of service for the capability.

ConstraintInstance

contains the property constraints (in

PropertyInstance

) for a single occurrence of this capability. All properties must satisfy their respective constraints to be compliant.

PropertyInstance

includes the unique identifier for the property, and a value for its constraint.

The VASA provider is responsible for sending XML descriptions of capability metadata back to SMS. In the XML capability profiles, the <

subProfiles

> have a <

name

>, followed by a <

capability

> list, with each capability having an <

id

> for the <

namespace

> and a <

constraint

> for the <

propertyInstance

>.

CapabilityMetadataPerCategory

contains an array of

CapabilityMetadata

(above) and the category to which the metadata belongs. The category is vendor-supplied; well-known terms are recommended.

CapabilitySchema

describes a capability namespace, as reported by the VASA Provider in response to the

queryCapabilityMetadata

call.

CapabilitySchema

contains vendor information, namespace information, an array of

CapabilityMetadataPerCategory

(above), the line of service, and a schema ID string.