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MSPROV DTD Elements

MSPROV DTD uses the following elements:

Element Description
characteristic Element Allows you to group settings.
characteristic-error Element Indicates that an error occurred while a characteristic element in the XML document is processing. When an error occurs, the erroneous element is changed to a characteristic-error element.
characteristic-query Element Queries the setting values designated by the characteristic type attributes.
characteristic-query-error Element Indicates that an error occurred while a characteristic-query element from the XML document was processed. When an error occurs, the erroneous element is changed to a characteristic-query-error element.
nocharacteristic In a request message, indicates the settings to be removed. In a response message, indicates the elements that do not exist.
nocharacteristic-error Element Indicates that an error occurred while a nocharacteristic element was processed. When an error occurs, the erroneous element is changed to a nocharacteristic-error element.
noparm Element In a request message, this element indicates the setting to be removed. In a response message, this element indicates that the corresponding parm identified by the name attribute does not exist.
noparm-error Element If an error occurs while a noparm element is processing, the erroneous element will be changed to a noparm-error element.
parm This element contains metadata that describes how that data is to be viewed and edited by the Configuration Service Provider.
parm-error Element If an error occurs while a parm element is processing, the erroneous element will be changed to a parm-error element.
parm-query Element specifies a request for the current value of the setting designated by the name attribute.
parm-query-error Element If an error occurs while a parm-query element is being processed, the erroneous element will be changed to a parm-query-error element.

Remarks

For the majority of XML documents, the most common node types are element, attribute, and text. Attributes occupy a special place in the model because they are not considered child nodes of a parent and are treated more like properties of elements.

When all settings in one characteristic are processed in the same manner, you can use the following elements:

  • characteristic
  • nocharacteristic
  • characteristic-query

The following list shows the setting elements that are nested below the characteristic element

  • parm
  • noparm
  • parm-query

At present, sending the parm-query and characteristic-query elements over the air is not supported due to the lack of an over-the-air (OTA) response mechanism.

See Also

Provisioning XML File Examples | MSPROV DTD Format | Configuration Service Providers

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