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

The object element is an abstract element that is meant to be extended (via substitution groups) by the objects found in the component schemas. An actual object element is not valid. The use of this abstract class simplifies the OVAL schema by allowing individual objects to inherit any common elements and attributes from the base ObjectType. The optional notes child element, and the id and comment attributes from the base testType. A description of the notes element can be found under the definitions section. Please refer to the description of the ObjectType complex type for more information. An OVAL Object describes a set of items to look for on a system. A simple object will usually result in a single file, process, etc being identified. But through the use pattern matches, sets, and variables, multiple matching objects can be identified. Therefore an OVAL Object can identify a set of many individual items on a system. This set of items defined by the OVAL Object can then be used by an OVAL Test and compared against an OVAL State.

<xsd:element name="object" type="oval-def:ObjectType" abstract="true"> <xsd:annotation> <xsd:documentation>The object element is an abstract element that is meant to be extended (via substitution groups) by the objects found in the component schemas. An actual object element is not valid. The use of this abstract class simplifies the OVAL schema by allowing individual objects to inherit any common elements and attributes from the base ObjectType. The optional notes child element, and the id and comment attributes from the base testType. A description of the notes element can be found under the definitions section. Please refer to the description of the ObjectType complex type for more information.</xsd:documentation> <xsd:documentation>An OVAL Object describes a set of items to look for on a system. A simple object will usually result in a single file, process, etc being identified. But through the use pattern matches, sets, and variables, multiple matching objects can be identified. Therefore an OVAL Object can identify a set of many individual items on a system. This set of items defined by the OVAL Object can then be used by an OVAL Test and compared against an OVAL State.</xsd:documentation> </xsd:annotation> </xsd:element>

Definition Type:	Element
Name:	object
Namespace:	http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Type:	oval-def:ObjectType
Containing Schema:	oval-definitions-schema.xsd
Abstract	True
Documentation:	The object element is an abstract element that is meant to be extended (via substitution groups) by the objects found in the component schemas. An actual object element is not valid. The use of this abstract class simplifies the OVAL schema by allowing individual objects to inherit any common elements and attributes from the base ObjectType. The optional notes child element, and the id and comment attributes from the base testType. A description of the notes element can be found under the definitions section. Please refer to the description of the ObjectType complex type for more information. An OVAL Object describes a set of items to look for on a system. A simple object will usually result in a single file, process, etc being identified. But through the use pattern matches, sets, and variables, multiple matching objects can be identified. Therefore an OVAL Object can identify a set of many individual items on a system. This set of items defined by the OVAL Object can then be used by an OVAL Test and compared against an OVAL State.

Derivation Tree:
	oval-def:ObjectType *object*