[MS-WSSFO2]: Windows SharePoint Services (WSS): File Operations Database Communications Version 2 Protocol

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4 Table of Contents 1 Introduction Glossary References Normative References Informative References Overview File Operations User and Group Operations Relationship to Other Protocols Prerequisites/Preconditions Applicability Statement Versioning and Capability Negotiation Vendor-Extensible Fields Standards Assignments Messages Transport Message Syntax Simple Data Types Content Type Identifier Document Identifier Event Receiver Identifier Feature Identifier List Identifier List Item Identifier Role Identifier Scope Identifier Site Collection Identifier Site Group Identifier Site Identifier SystemID User Identifier View Identifier Web Part Identifier Workflow Identifier Bit Fields and Flag Structures Audit Flags Configuration Object Status Doc Flags Document Store Type List Flags Publishing Level Type Put Flags Type Rename Flags Site Collection Flags Site Property Flags UserInfo tp_flags View Flags Workdays Flag WSS Rights Mask / 432

5 2.2.3 Enumerations Attachments Flag Audit Item Type Calendar Type Collation Order Enumeration Event Host Type Event Receiver Type Excluded Folder Type LinkDynamic Type LinkSecurity Type LinkType Types List Base Type List Server Template Moderation Status Page Type Redirect Type Role Definition Type Time Zone Identifier Virus Status Binary Structures Calendar View Options Type External Group Token Token Group Offset and Attributes Token Groups WSS ACE WSS ACL Format WSS External Group Map Cache Format WSS Compressed Structures WSS External Group Record WSS User Token Result Sets ACL and Permission Result Set Custom Actions From Scope Result Set Domain Group Cache BEDS Update Result Set Domain Group Cache Versions Result Set Domain Group Cache WFE Update Result Set Document Metadata Result Set Document Version Metadata Result Set Empty Result Set Event Receivers Result Set Individual URL Security Result Set Link Information Result Set List Metadata Result Set List Web Parts Result Set NULL Individual URL Security Result Set NULL Unique Permissions Result Set Object ID Result Set Principal User Information Result Set Server Time Result Set Single Doc Link Information Result Set Site Audit Mask Result Set Site Feature List Result Set Site Metadata Result Set / 432

6 Site MetaInfo Result Set Unique Permissions Result Set URL Result Set List Related Fields Result Set SQL Structures Configuration Object Class Id Name Parent Status Version Properties Alternate URL Collection Content Database Web Application Dependencies Tables and Views AllDocs Table AllDocStreams Table AllUserData Table Docs View GroupMembership Table Sec_SiteGroupsView Sites Table UserData View UserDataVersioned View UserInfo Table Versions XML Structures Namespaces Simple Types FALSE_Case_Insensitive_Else_Anything FieldInternalType FieldAggregationAttribute FieldRefType FieldRichTextMode IMEMode IntPositive JoinType TextDirection TRUE_If_Present TRUEFALSE TRUE_Case_Sensitive_Else_Anything UniqueIdentifierWithBracesUppercase UniqueIdentifierWithOrWithoutBraces RelationshipDeleteBehaviorAttribute Complex Types CHOICEDEFINITION Schema Attributes Child Elements CHOICEDEFINITIONS / 432

7 Schema Attributes Child Elements FieldDefinition Schema Attributes Child Elements FieldDefinitionDatabase Schema Attributes Child Elements FieldDefinitionDatabaseWithVersion Schema Attributes Child Elements FieldDefinitionTP Schema Attributes Child Elements FieldParserRef Schema Attributes Child Elements FieldParserRefs Schema Attributes Child Elements FieldRefDefinitionField Schema Attributes Child Elements FieldRefDefinitionIndex Schema Attributes Child Elements FieldRefDefinitionTP Schema Attributes Child Elements IndexDefinitionTP Schema Attributes Child Elements MAPPINGDEFINITION Schema Attributes Child Elements MAPPINGDEFINITIONS Schema Attributes Child Elements Elements Attributes / 432

8 Groups Attribute Groups Protocol Details Back-End Database Server Details Abstract Data Model Timers Initialization Higher-Layer Triggered Events Message Processing Events and Sequencing Rules fn_getfullurl proc_addbuilddependency proc_adddocument Site List for Normalization Result Set Checkout Information Result Set proc_addlistitem proc_changelevelfordoc proc_checkrbsinstalled proc_checkoutdocument Link Info Single Doc Result Set Document Metadata Result Set Event Receivers Result Set Audit Mask Result Set proc_clearlinks proc_createdir proc_deletealldocumentversions proc_deletedocbuilddependencyset proc_deletedocumentversion proc_deleteurl Deleted Documents Result Set Deleted Aliased Lists Result Set Empty Deleted Aliased Lists Result Set proc_disablerbs proc_dirtydependents proc_enablerbs proc_enumlists List Information Result Set Recycle Bin Information Result Set NULL Result Set proc_fetchchunkfromdocstreams Document Stream Chunk Result Set proc_fetchdocforhttpget HTTP Document Metadata Result Set Domain Group Cache Versions Result Set Domain Group Cache BEDS Update Result Set Domain Group Cache WFE Update Result Set User Information Result Set Welcome Page Redirect Information Result Set Non-Welcome Page Redirect Information Result Set Document Content Stream Result Set Site Collection Audit Mask Result Set List Audit Mask Result Set Document Build Dependency Set Result Set / 432

9 Document Build Dependency Metadata Result Set Site Metadata Result Set Event Receivers Result Set Web Event Receiver Result Set Site Features List Result Set WebParts Metadata, Personalized Result Set Web Parts Metadata, Nonpersonalized Result Set List Metadata Result Set List Event Receivers Result Set List Security Information Result Set SiteCollection Custom Action Result Set Site Custom Actions Result Set List Custom Actions Result Set List Web Parts Result Set Content Type Order Result Set Current Folder Scope Result Set Navigation Context Security Information Result Set NULL Navigation Context Security Information Result Set Empty Navigation Context Security Information Result Set proc_fetchdocforread Subsite List Result Set Link Info Single Doc Result Set Document Metadata Result Set Document Version Metadata Result Set NULL Result Set Event Receivers Result Set (1) List Metadata Result Set Empty List Result Set Event Receivers Result Set (2) Document Information and Content (Read) Result Set Document Version Information and Content Result Set Attachment State Result Set Audit Mask Result Set proc_fetchdocforupdate Subsite List Result Set ACL and Permission Result Set Document Metadata Result Set Document Version Metadata Result Set NULL Result Set Event Receivers Result Set (1) Link Info Single Doc Fixup Result Set Web Part Info Result Set Zone ID Result Set File Format Metadata Result Set List Metadata Result Set Empty List Result Set Event Receivers Result Set (2) Document Information and Content (Update) Result Set Document Version 1 Information and Content Result Set Document Version 2 Information and Content Result Set Attachment State Result Set proc_fetchwelcomenames Welcome Pages Result Set / 432

10 proc_generatenextid proc_getallrolesforuser User Roles Result Set proc_getauditmask Audit Mask Result Set proc_getauditmaskoutput proc_getblobidsdocs Document Stream External Storage Information Result Set proc_getblobidsversions Document Version External Storage Information Result Set proc_getcontaininglist List Metadata Result Set Empty Result Set Event Receivers Result Set proc_getdocsmetainfo Individual URL Security Result Set NULL Individual Url Security Result Set Server Time Result Set Subsite List Result Set Link Info Result Set Multiple Document Metadata Result Set proc_getlinkinfosingledoc Link Info Single Doc Result Set proc_getlistcheckedoutfiles Checked Out Files Result Set proc_getlistfields Fields Information Result Set proc_getlistmetadataandeventreceivers List Metadata Result Set Unique Permissions Result Set NULL Unique Permissions Result Set List Event Receivers Result Set List Web Parts Result Set List Related Fields Result Set proc_getnewlistitemid proc_getobject Object Result Set proc_getobjectsbybaseclass Object ID Result Set proc_getobjectsbyclass Object ID Result Set proc_getsiteflags Site Collection Flags Result Set proc_getsitemap Site Map Result Set proc_getsitemapbyid Site Map By Id Result Set proc_gettpwebmetadataandlistmetadata Web Url Result Set Domain Group Cache Versions Result Set Domain Group Cache BEDS Update Result Set Domain Group Cache WFE Update Result Set Site Metadata Result Set / 432

11 Site Collection Event Receivers Result Set Site Event Receivers Result Set Site MetaInfo Result Set Site Feature List Result Set Site Unique Permissions Result Set Site NULL Unique Permissions Result Set Empty Result Set Redirect Url Result Set No Welcome Redirect Url Result Set List Identifier Result Set List Metadata Result Set (1) List Related Fields Result Set List Unique Permissions Result Set List NULL Unique Permissions Result Set Event Receivers Result Set (1) List Web Parts Result Set (1) List Metadata Result Set (2) Unique Permissions Result Set NULL Unique Permissions Result Set Event Receivers Result Set (2) List Web Parts Result Set (2) Document Metadata Result Set NULL Result Set proc_getuniquescopesinlist Unique Permissions Result Set NULL Unique Permissions Result Set proc_getversion proc_getwebmetainfo Site MetaInfo Result Set Domain Group Cache Versions Result Set Domain Group Cache BEDS Update Result Set Domain Group Cache WFE Update Result Set Site Metadata Result Set Event Receivers Result Set proc_getwebmetainfobyurl Site URL Result Set Site Metainfo Result Set Domain Group Cache Versions Result Set Domain Group Cache BEDS Update Result Set Domain Group Cache WFE Update Result Set Site Metadata Result Set Event Receivers Result Set proc_listdocumentversions Individual URL Security Result Set NULL Individual URL Security Result Set Document Versions Result Set proc_listrbsstores List RBS Stores Result Set proc_listurls Individual URL Security Result Set NULL Individual URL Security Result Set Server Time Result Set Subsite List Result Set / 432

12 Document Metadata Result Set Link Info Result Set Contained Document Metadata Result Set proc_renameurl Rename Result Set Backward Link Result Set proc_secaddprincipaltorole Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secaddroledef Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secadduser proc_secaddusertositegroup proc_secaddwebmembership proc_secchangetoinheritedlist Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secchangetoinheritedweb Inherited Site Result Set Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secchangetouniquescope Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_seccheckdeletedaccounts Login Result Set proc_seccloneroledefinitions Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_seccreatesitegroup proc_secdeccurrentuserscount proc_secgetaccountstatus Account Status Result Set proc_secgetaclfromscope ACL and Permission Result Set proc_secgetallaclsforsite Access Control List Result Set proc_secgetallgroupsandmembershipinfo Groups Result Set Group Membership Result Set proc_secgetapplicationprincipalandusertoken Application Principal Result Set External Token Result Set proc_secgetcompletewebrolememberlist Role Member Result Set proc_secgetcurrentuserscount User Count Result Set proc_secgetdomaingroupmapdata Domain Group Cache Versions Result Set Domain Group Cache BEDS Update Result Set Domain Group Cache WFE Update Result Set proc_secgetgroupbyid proc_secgetgroupowner proc_secgetgroupsecurityscopes Security Scopes Result Set proc_secgetindividualurlsecuritycheckeventreceivers Individual URL Security Result Set NULL Individual URL Security Result Set / 432

13 List Metadata Result Set Event Receivers Result Set List Scopes Result Set proc_secgetitemswithuniquepermissions Items with Unique Permissions Result Set proc_secgetprincipalby Principal User Information Result Set proc_secgetprincipalbyid User Information Result Set proc_secgetprincipalbyidex Extended Principal User Information Result Set proc_secgetprincipalbylogin User Information Result Set proc_secgetprincipalbylogin User Information Result Set proc_secgetprincipaldisplayinformation Site Group Principal Display Information Result Set Security Principal Display Information Result Set proc_secgetroleassignments WSSACE Result Set proc_secgetrolebindingsforallprincipals Role Assignment Result Set proc_secgetroledefs Role Definition Result Set proc_secgetsecurityinfo Security Information Result Set proc_secgetsiteadmins Site Administrators Result Set proc_secgetsitegroupbyid Site Group Result Set proc_secgetsitegroupbytitle Site Group Information Result Set proc_secgetsitegroupbytitle Site Group Information Result Set proc_secgetuseraccountdirectorypath User Account Directory Path Result Set proc_secgetuserpermissionongroup proc_secgetwebsandlistwithuniquepermissions Site Information Result Set Sub Site Information Result Set Site List Information Result Set Sub Site List Information Result Set proc_seclistallsitemembers User Information Result Set proc_seclistallwebmembers Site Membership Result Set proc_seclistgroupsinrole Site Group Information Result Set proc_seclistscopegroups Site Groups Result Set proc_seclistscopeusers User Information Result Set proc_seclistsitegroupmembership / 432

14 User Information Result Set proc_seclistsitegroups Site Group Information Result Set proc_seclistsitegroupscontaininguser Site Group Information Result Set proc_seclistsitegroupswhichuserowns Site Group Information Result Set proc_seclistusersinrole User Role Membership Result Set proc_secmigrateuser proc_secrecalculatewebfgp proc_secrefreshtoken proc_secremovegroup DLAlias Result Set proc_secmarkgroupforwebdelete DLAlias Result Set proc_secremoveprincipalfromscope Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secremoveroledef Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secremoveuserfromscopebylogin Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secremoveuserfromsite proc_secremoveuserfromsitegroup proc_secremoveuserfromsitegroupbylogin proc_secresetitemperm Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secresetwebtodefaultroledefinition Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secresolveprincipal Principal Information Result Set proc_secsetsitegroupproperties proc_secsetuseraccountdirectorypath proc_secsetwebrequestaccess proc_secupdateanonymouspermmask proc_secupdatedomaingroupmapdata proc_secupdateroledef Site Audit Mask Result Set proc_secupdateuser proc_secupdateuseractivestatus proc_takeovercheckout proc_transferstream proc_uncheckoutdocument Link Info Result Set Document Metadata Result Set NULL Result Set Event Receivers Result Set proc_updatediskused proc_updatedocbuilddependencyset proc_updatedocument Site List For Normalization Result Set Site Audit Mask Result Set Lock Information Result Set / 432

15 proc_updatelistitem Item Update Result Set proc_updatelistsettings proc_updateuserinfointablefromrowupdater proc_urltoweburl Web URL Result Set proc_writechunktoalldocstreams proc_writeexternaltokentoalldocstreams proc_writerbstokentoalldocstreams TVF_Docs_Url_Level TVF_UserData_ListItemLevelRow TVF_UserData_PId_DId_Level_Row proc_hascurrentpublishversion proc_transferstreamversion Timer Events Other Local Events Web Front End Client Details Abstract Data Model Timers Initialization Higher-Layer Triggered Events Message Processing Events and Sequencing Rules Timer Events Other Local Events Protocol Examples File: Open File OM Determine a User's Permission Level to a Document Group Add User to Site Group OM Group Update Site Group Properties OM Security: Add User to Document Library via Object Model Security: Break Web Inheritance OM Site Collection Lookup Retrieving the Farm Id Retrieving the Alternate URL Collection Ids Retrieving the Alternate URL Collections Alternate URL Matching Retrieving the Web Service Ids Retrieving the Web Application Ids Retrieving the Web Applications Web Application Lookup Prefix Matching Explicit Prefixes Wildcard Prefixes Site Collection Id Lookup Building Content Database Connection String Name User Update User Properties OM Version Negotiation File: Add File OM Folder: Move Folder OM Security / 432

16 5.1 Security Considerations for Implementers Index of Security Parameters Appendix A: Product Behavior Change Tracking Index / 432

17 1 Introduction The File Operations Database Communications Version 2 Protocol specifies the communication sequences used by front-end web servers to perform data query and update commands on back-end database servers as part of file, user, and group administration operations. Sections 1.8, 2, and 3 of this specification are normative and can contain the terms MAY, SHOULD, MUST, MUST NOT, and SHOULD NOT as defined in RFC Sections 1.5 and 1.9 are also normative but cannot contain those terms. All other sections and examples in this specification are informative. 1.1 Glossary The following terms are defined in [MS-GLOS]: access control list (ACL) Active Directory anonymous user Augmented Backus-Naur Form (ABNF) code page Component Object Model (COM) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) GUID Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) language code identifier (LCID) NULL GUID principal security identifier (SID) security policy security principal UTF-8 XML XML namespace The following terms are defined in [MS-OFCGLOS]: alert assembly name attachment audit entry author back-end database server backward link Boolean bot build dependency set CAML change log character set check in check out checked out Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) collation order contact 17 / 432

18 content database content type content type identifier current user current version custom action default view directory name dirty discussion board display name distribution list document document flag document identifier document library document stream document template document version domain group draft editor address enabled list event event host event receiver event sink external security provider feature feature identifier field field definition field identifier file file extension folder form forward link front-end web server full URL fully qualified class name group hash historical version home page host header host name HTTP GET HTTP HEAD Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Information Rights Management (IRM) internal version number item item identifier 18 / 432

19 leaf name level list list identifier list item list item identifier list template list template identifier list view locale locked login name major version master page meeting instance Meeting Workspace site member minor version mobile device moderation status navigation node navigation node element identifier navigation structure owner page parent site path segment permission permission level personal view published published version publishing level read-only mode Recycle Bin request identifier result set return code role role assignment role definition role identifier root folder sandboxed solution scope identifier securable object security group security provider security role security scope server-relative URL setup path site site collection site collection administrator 19 / 432

20 site collection identifier site definition site identifier site template site-relative URL stored procedure store-relative form store-relative URL stream subsite SystemID thicket thicket folder thicket main file thicket supporting file Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user account directory path user identifier user information list user name version view virus scanner web application web bot Web Part Web Part zone identifier Windows code page Windows collation name workflow workflow identifier workflow instance XML document XML Path Language (XPath) The following terms are specific to this document: MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as described in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT. 1.2 References References to Microsoft Open Specifications documentation do not include a publishing year because links are to the latest version of the documents, which are updated frequently. References to other documents include a publishing year when one is available Normative References We conduct frequent surveys of the normative references to assure their continued availability. If you have any issue with finding a normative reference, please contact dochelp@microsoft.com. We will assist you in finding the relevant information. [HTML] World Wide Web Consortium, "HTML 4.01 Specification", December 1999, 20 / 432

21 [Iseminger] Microsoft Corporation, "SQL Server 2000 Architecture and XML/Internet Support", Volume 1 of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reference Library, Microsoft Press, 2001, ISBN , [MC-FPSEWM] Microsoft Corporation, "FrontPage Server Extensions: Website Management Protocol". [MS-DTYP] Microsoft Corporation, "Windows Data Types". [MS-FPSE] Microsoft Corporation, "FrontPage Server Extensions Remote Protocol". [MS-TDS] Microsoft Corporation, "Tabular Data Stream Protocol". [RFC1950] Deutsch, P., and Gailly, J-L., "ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification version 3.3", RFC 1950, May 1996, [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997, [RFC2660] Rescorla, E., and Schiffman, A., "The Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol", RFC 2660, August 1999, [RFC5234] Crocker, D., Ed., and Overell, P., "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234, January 2008, [TSQL-Ref] Microsoft Corporation, "Transact-SQL Reference", [XPATH] Clark, J. and DeRose, S., "XML Path Language (XPath), Version 1.0", W3C Recommendation, November 1999, Informative References [MS-GLOS] Microsoft Corporation, "Windows Protocols Master Glossary". [MS-OFCGLOS] Microsoft Corporation, "Microsoft Office Master Glossary". [MS-WSSO] Microsoft Corporation, "Windows SharePoint Services Overview". [RFC2518] Goland, Y., Whitehead, E., Faizi, A., et al., "HTTP Extensions for Distributed Authoring - WebDAV", RFC 2518, February 1999, [RFC2616] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., et al., "Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC 2616, June 1999, Overview This protocol specifies the communication between the front-end web server and the back-end database server used to satisfy requests involving file access and administration of users and groups within Windows SharePoint Services. This client-to-server protocol uses the Tabular Data Stream Protocol [MS-TDS] as its transport between the front-end web server, acting as a client, and the back-end database server, acting as a server. The T-SQL language [TSQL-Ref] is used to define the queries and returned data which is transported over Tabular Data Stream. End user Clients use remote file access protocols to communicate with the Windows SharePoint Services front-end web servers, specifically using FrontPage Server Extensions Remote Protocol (as described in [MS-FPSE]), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) (as described in [RFC2616]), and WebDAV (as described in [RFC2518]). 21 / 432

22 Further information about the interoperation of the clients with the front-end web server, and the front-end web server with the back-end database server, can be found in the Windows SharePoint Services Technical Document [MS-WSSO] File Operations Windows SharePoint Services provides methods for retrieving and manipulating files' properties, along with support for retrieving and manipulating files' security information. When client requests for files or file information are sent to the front-end web server, the front-end web server sends a series of stored procedure calls to the back-end database server for the requested information. The stored procedures return data that in turn can be used for further calls to other stored procedures. The front-end web server turns the values in the stored procedures' return codes and result sets into the data and metadata for the files requested by the client, and sends it back to the client using the same protocol used by the initial request User and Group Operations Windows SharePoint Services provides methods for retrieving and manipulating information about individual users and groups, along with support for retrieving information from Active Directory about users. When the Object Model on the front-end web server operates on requests to query or update users or groups, the front-end web server confirms whether the data is already populated in the local objects that represent the specific user or groups. If it does not exist, the front-end web server sends a series of stored procedure calls to the back-end database server for the requested information. The stored procedures return data, which in turn can be used for further calls to other stored procedures. The front-end web server turns the values in the stored procedures' return codes and result sets into objects that contain the data and metadata for the requested users or groups, and uses the objects according to implementation-specific procedures. 1.4 Relationship to Other Protocols This protocol relies on [MS-TDS] as its transport protocol to invoke stored procedures to inspect and manipulate document properties via result sets and return codes. Database queries or calls to stored procedures, and the returned result sets, are written in the [TSQL-Ref] language. Requests to a Windows SharePoint Services front-end web server via FrontPage Server Extensions (as specified in [MS-FPSE]) and WebDAV (as specified in [RFC2518]) rely on this protocol, via the front-end web server, to retrieve and manipulate file and security information persistently stored on the back-end database server and to service requests for files and their properties from their clients. 1.5 Prerequisites/Preconditions Unless otherwise specified, the stored procedures and any related tables are present in the content database that is being queried on the back-end database server. The tables in the content database have to contain valid data in a consistent state in order to be queried successfully by the stored procedures. For operations defined in this document, any file access, addition, or modification has to be to a valid location, such as a site, list, document library, folder, or document, as defined by the data within the tables and the front-end web server, in order for the request to be successfully processed. The user making the request to the front-end web server has to have adequate permission to access the content of the specified valid location in order for the request to be successfully processed. 22 / 432

23 1.6 Applicability Statement This protocol is only applicable to front-end web servers when communicating with the back-end database server for file, user, and group administration operations. 1.7 Versioning and Capability Negotiation The front-end web server and back-end database server use this protocol to perform explicit version verifications. The front-end web server calls stored procedure proc_getversion to retrieve version information from the back-end database server, which it uses to decide whether to connect with the back-end database server. The version information is stored in the Versions table (section ). 1.8 Vendor-Extensible Fields For complex types (defined in section ), an implementation of protocol servers can optionally support reading, writing, and persisting additional arbitrary elements or attributes. Unless otherwise specified in the underlying schema definition, this capability MUST NOT be used by vendors or by protocol server implementations to provide extensions to the schema specified in this document. The Customization element, which is specified in the FieldDefinition type (section ), can be used by third parties to store additional data on a field. 1.9 Standards Assignments None. 23 / 432

24 2 Messages 2.1 Transport [MS-TDS] is the transport protocol used to call the stored procedures, query SQL views, or SQL tables, and return result codes and result sets. 2.2 Message Syntax The following are common data types used in conjunction with this protocol. The low level data type and size are specified using commonly-known data type descriptions. It is possible that the variable may be stored in multiple T-SQL data types, depending on the actual implementation of each stored procedure, result set, or database table Simple Data Types Content Type Identifier A content type identifier is a numeric string value of arbitrary but limited length, which uniquely identifies a content type, stored on the BEDS as a T-SQL varbinary(512) Document Identifier A document identifier is a GUID, as specified in [MS-DTYP] section , used to uniquely identify a document within a site collection. Specialized varieties of document identifier include site identifiers (section ) and list identifiers (section ) Event Receiver Identifier An event receiver identifier is a GUID used to uniquely identify an event receiver within a site collection Feature Identifier A feature identifier is a GUID used to uniquely identify a feature within a site collection List Identifier A list identifier is a variety of document identifier (section ), which is a GUID used to uniquely identify a list within a site collection List Item Identifier A list item identifier is a 4-byte integer value used to uniquely identify a list item within any list in a particular site collection Role Identifier A role identifier is a 4-byte integer value used to uniquely identify a role definition within a site collection. 24 / 432

25 Role identifier value Role definition Guest Reader Contributor Web Designer Administrator Scope Identifier A scope identifier is a GUID used to uniquely identify a scope within a site collection Site Collection Identifier A site collection identifier is a GUID used to uniquely identify a site collection within a content database Site Group Identifier A site group identifier is a 4-byte integer value used to uniquely identify a site group within a site collection. Site group identifiers are assigned from the same numbering space as user identifiers (section ) and cannot overlap. Values of -1 and 0 are reserved to indicate invalid or unknown user or site group identifiers.<1> Site Identifier A site identifier is a variety of document identifier (section ). The site identifier is a GUID used to uniquely identify a site within a site collection SystemID A SystemID is a binary value of arbitrary but limited length that uniquely identifies a principal, stored on the BEDS as a T-SQL varbinary(512) User Identifier A user identifier is a 4-byte integer value used to uniquely identify a principal within a site collection. User identifiers are assigned from the same numbering space as site group identifiers (section ) and cannot overlap. Certain user identifiers are predefined such as the system account ( ), the site collection owner, and the secondary site collection contact (2). Values of - 1 and 0 are reserved to indicate invalid or unknown user or site group identifiers View Identifier A view identifier is a 4-byte integer value used to identify a view within a list or document library. A view identifier is unique only within a particular list or document library Web Part Identifier A Web Part identifier is a GUID used to uniquely identify a Web Part within a site collection. 25 / 432

26 Workflow Identifier A workflow identifier is a GUID used to uniquely identify a workflow within a site collection Bit Fields and Flag Structures Audit Flags Audit Flags is a 4-byte unsigned integer bit mask that tracks operations to be audited on a given object. Auditing is an implementation-specific capability, which can have one or more flags set. The values of the Audit Flags bits are specified as follows. Value 0x x x x x x x x x x x x x x xFFFFC000 Description Audit checkout operations. Audit checkin operations. Audit view operations. Audit delete operations. Audit update operations. Audit content type update operations. Audit child object deletion operations. Audit List Schema change operations. Audit security change operations. Audit undelete operations. Audit workflow operations. Audit copy operations. Audit move operations. Audit search operations. Unused Configuration Object Status Configuration Object Status is a 4-byte unsigned integer that describes the status of the associated configuration object. Valid values of the Configuration Object Status bits are specified in the following table. The semantic meaning of each value is implementation-specific to the service that owns the configuration object. Value 0x x Description The Configuration Object is provisioned and online. The Configuration Object is disabled. The resources necessary to run this Configuration Object are on the machine, but the administrator needs to provision the Configuration Object and enable it. 26 / 432

27 Value 0x x x x Description The Configuration Object is offline for some unknown reason. The administrator has issued the command to unprovision the Configuration Object into a disabled state, but the unprovisioning job has not completed yet. The administrator has issued the command to provision the Configuration Object and turn it online, but the provisioning job has not completed yet. The administrator has issued the command to upgrade the Configuration Object into an online state, but the upgrade job has not completed yet Doc Flags Doc Flags is a 4-byte unsigned integer bit mask that provides metadata about the document, which can have one or more flags set. The values of the Doc Flags bits are specified as follows. Value 0x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Description This document contains dynamic content to be sent through the Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) interpreter, an implementation-specific dynamic content generation component. An example of this would be a category Web bot present in the source of the page. The document is a "sub image" of another document. This is set if this document is an automatically generated thumbnail or web image based on another item in the store. The document is a type for which there was a registered parser available at the time it was saved. A parser is an implementation-specific component that can extract data and metadata from a document, which can then be used to build a list of hyperlinks and fields for content types. The document is a type that can contain hyperlinks. The document has an associated resource in the "_private" folder that should be renamed in parallel when this file is renamed. An example of this is the count file for a hit counter Web bot. The document is currently checked out to a user. The document is unghosted. The document is, by default, a page that contains a personalized view showing the personalized and customized Web Parts of the current user. The document is a type that can have a document stream. The document is currently checked out to a location on the user's client system. The document has child documents created by the document transformations feature. The document is only a namespace entry for a list item (that is, it corresponds to an item in a non-document library list that should be filtered out from file system-centric enumerations). Unused. The document has properties in its metainfo defining a custom order of the content types. 27 / 432