Docs for schema item EntityStateBaseType in Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL®)

The EntityStateBaseType complex type is an abstract type that extends the EntityBaseType and is used by the entities withing an OVAL State. The optional entity_check attribute specifies how to handle entities with multiple instances in the system characteristics file. For example, if an OVAL Object has multiple values associated with it and the OVAL State defines the value entity as 'less than 3', the entity_check attribute determines if all values must be less than 3, or at least one value must be less than 3, etc. If the state entity uses a var_ref and the associated variable defines more than one value, the optional var_check attribute defines how the evaluation should proceed. For example, if an entity 'size' with an operation of 'less than' references a variable that returns five different integers, and the var_check attribute has a value of 'all', then the 'size' entity returns true only if the actual size is less than each of the five integers defined by the variable. If a variable does not return any value, then an error should be thrown during OVAL analysis.

<xsd:complexType name="EntityStateBaseType" abstract="true"> <xsd:annotation> <xsd:documentation>The EntityStateBaseType complex type is an abstract type that extends the EntityBaseType and is used by the entities withing an OVAL State.</xsd:documentation> <xsd:documentation>The optional entity_check attribute specifies how to handle entities with multiple instances in the system characteristics file. For example, if an OVAL Object has multiple values associated with it and the OVAL State defines the value entity as 'less than 3', the entity_check attribute determines if all values must be less than 3, or at least one value must be less than 3, etc.</xsd:documentation> <xsd:documentation>If the state entity uses a var_ref and the associated variable defines more than one value, the optional var_check attribute defines how the evaluation should proceed. For example, if an entity 'size' with an operation of 'less than' references a variable that returns five different integers, and the var_check attribute has a value of 'all', then the 'size' entity returns true only if the actual size is less than each of the five integers defined by the variable. If a variable does not return any value, then an error should be thrown during OVAL analysis.</xsd:documentation> </xsd:annotation> <xsd:simpleContent> <xsd:extension base="oval-def:EntityBaseType"> <xsd:attribute name="entity_check" type="oval:CheckEnumeration" use="optional" default="all" /> <xsd:attribute name="var_check" type="oval:CheckEnumeration" use="optional" default="all" /> </xsd:extension> </xsd:simpleContent> </xsd:complexType>

Definition Type:	ComplexType
Name:	EntityStateBaseType
Namespace:	http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Type:	oval-def:EntityBaseType
Containing Schema:	oval-definitions-schema.xsd
Abstract	True
Documentation:	The EntityStateBaseType complex type is an abstract type that extends the EntityBaseType and is used by the entities withing an OVAL State. The optional entity_check attribute specifies how to handle entities with multiple instances in the system characteristics file. For example, if an OVAL Object has multiple values associated with it and the OVAL State defines the value entity as 'less than 3', the entity_check attribute determines if all values must be less than 3, or at least one value must be less than 3, etc. If the state entity uses a var_ref and the associated variable defines more than one value, the optional var_check attribute defines how the evaluation should proceed. For example, if an entity 'size' with an operation of 'less than' references a variable that returns five different integers, and the var_check attribute has a value of 'all', then the 'size' entity returns true only if the actual size is less than each of the five integers defined by the variable. If a variable does not return any value, then an error should be thrown during OVAL analysis.

References:
	oval-def:EntityStateAnyType, oval-def:EntityStateBinaryType, oval-def:EntityStateBoolType, oval-def:EntityStateFloatType, oval-def:EntityStateIntType, oval-def:EntityStateStringType