Documentation for Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL®)
Definition Type: Element
Name: variable_item
Namespace: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-system-characteristics-5#independent
Type: oval-sc:ItemType
Containing Schema: independent-system-characteristics-schema.xsd
Abstract
Documentation:
This item stores information about OVAL Variables and their values.
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Drilldown into value in schema independent-system-characteristics-schema_xsd Drilldown into var_ref in schema independent-system-characteristics-schema_xsd Drilldown into message in schema oval-system-characteristics-schema_xsd Drilldown into status in schema oval-system-characteristics-schema_xsd Drilldown into id in schema oval-system-characteristics-schema_xsd Drilldown into ItemType in schema oval-system-characteristics-schema_xsdXSD Diagram of variable_item in schema independent-system-characteristics-schema_xsd (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL®))
Collapse XSD Schema Code: 
<xsd:element name="variable_item" substitutionGroup="oval-sc:item">
    <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>This item stores information about OVAL Variables and their values.</xsd:documentation>
    </xsd:annotation>
    <xsd:complexType>
        <xsd:complexContent>
            <xsd:extension base="oval-sc:ItemType">
                <xsd:sequence>
                    <xsd:element name="var_ref" type="ind-sc:EntityItemVariableRefType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
                        <xsd:annotation>
                            <xsd:documentation>The id of the variable.</xsd:documentation>
                            <xsd:appinfo>
                                <sch:pattern id="varitemvar_ref" xmlns:sch="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron">
                                    <sch:rule context="ind-sc:variable_item/ind-sc:var_ref">
                                        <sch:assert test="not(@datatype) or @datatype='string'">item <sch:value-of select="../@id" /> - datatype attribute for the var_ref entity of a variable_item should be 'string'</sch:assert>
                                    </sch:rule>
                                </sch:pattern>
                            </xsd:appinfo>
                        </xsd:annotation>
                    </xsd:element>
                    <xsd:element name="value" type="oval-sc:EntityItemStringType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                        <xsd:annotation>
                            <xsd:documentation>The value of the variable. If a variable represents and array of values, then multiple value elements should exist.</xsd:documentation>
                            <xsd:appinfo>
                                <sch:pattern id="varitemvalue" xmlns:sch="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron">
                                    <sch:rule context="ind-sc:variable_item/ind-sc:value">
                                        <sch:assert test="(@datatype='int' and (floor(.) = number(.))) or not(@datatype='int') or not(node())">
                                            <sch:value-of select="../@id" /> - The datatype has been set to 'int' but the value is not an integer.</sch:assert>
                                    </sch:rule>
                                </sch:pattern>
                            </xsd:appinfo>
                        </xsd:annotation>
                    </xsd:element>
                </xsd:sequence>
            </xsd:extension>
        </xsd:complexContent>
    </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
Collapse Child Elements:
Name Type Min Occurs Max Occurs
message oval-sc:message 0 1
var_ref ind-sc:var_ref 0 1
value ind-sc:value 0 unbounded
Collapse Child Attributes:
Name Type Default Value Use
id oval-sc:id Required
status oval-sc:status exists Optional
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oval-sc:item
Documentation for Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language (OVAL®)

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