This describes the XML representation of the UCF's Common Elements XML Schema Definition (XSD). Each of the elements, types, and attributes that make up the format are described in detail.

The URL for the Common Elements XML structure is as follows:

http://unifiedcompliance.com/NFI/XSDs/2_2/UCF_Common.xsd

The primary goal of the Common Elements XML schema is to provide a single source for re-used XML elements and complex elements. As such, when we find that we are re-using elements between XML schemas, we will migrate the most-used elements to this file.

The elements

Here is the current listing of the XML common elements:

UCF_ID_Type

This defines the string restriction for the original ID type, only used in the Control ID entries. This ID type is limited to a five character string.

UCF_ID2_Type

This defines the string restriction for the rest of the ID types used by the UCF. This ID type is limited to a seven character string.

UCF_Text_Type

This text type is used to limit certain fields to 255 characters in length.

UCF_AD_Parent_Type

This is an enumerated list of all of the parent categories found within the UCF. The current list is as follows:

• Sarbanes Oxley Guidance

• Banking and Finance Guidance

• NASD NYSE Guidance

• Healthcare and Life Science Guidance

• Energy Guidance

• Payment Card Guidance

• US Federal Security Guidance

• US Internal Revenue Guidance

• Records Management Guidance

• NIST Guidance

• General Guidance

• US Federal Privacy Guidance

• System Configuration Guidance

• ISO Guidance

• ITIL Guidance

• EU Guidance

• UK and Canadian Guidance

• Latin American Guidance

• Other European and African Guidance

• Asia and Pacific Rim Guidance

• Organizational Guidance

• Other Configuration Guidance

• Vendors

• Deprecated

• US State Laws and Protectorates Guidance

 

Non-empty-string

This element defines a text type with a minimum length of one.