Documentation for Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL®)
Definition Type: Element
Name: item
Namespace: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/system_characteristics
Type: system_characteristics:itemType
Containing Schema: system-characteristics-schema.xsd
Abstract True
Documentation:
The abstract item element is a container for information about an item on a system. An item might be a file, a rpm, a process, etc. This element is extended by the different families through substitution groups. Each item represents a unique object as specified by the object section of the item. There are cases where the object declaration results in many different instances, all described by the unique object section. An example of this would be in the wmi_item where a wql query my return multiple instances. Each instance would be represented by a different item in the system characterics file, yet each item would have the same object section.
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Drilldown into message in schema system-characteristics-schema_xsd Drilldown into id in schema system-characteristics-schema_xsd Drilldown into itemType in schema system-characteristics-schema_xsdXSD Diagram of item in schema system-characteristics-schema_xsd (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL®))
Collapse XSD Schema Code: 
<xsd:element name="item" type="system_characteristics:itemType" abstract="true">
    <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>The abstract item element is a container for information about an item on a system. An item might be a file, a rpm, a process, etc. This element is extended by the different families through substitution groups.  Each item represents a unique object as specified by the object section of the item.  There are cases where the object declaration results in many different instances, all described by the unique object section.  An example of this would be in the wmi_item where a wql query my return multiple instances.  Each instance would be represented by a different item in the system characterics file, yet each item would have the same object section.</xsd:documentation>
        <xsd:appinfo>
            <cardinality>1-n</cardinality>
            <attributes>id</attributes>
            <content>none</content>
            <parent_elements>item_container</parent_elements>
            <child_elements>(specified through extension)</child_elements>
        </xsd:appinfo>
    </xsd:annotation>
</xsd:element>
Collapse Child Elements:
Name Type Min Occurs Max Occurs
message system_characteristics:message 0 1
Collapse Child Attributes:
Name Type Default Value Use
id system_characteristics:id Required
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Documentation for Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL®)

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