Security Element

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05/05/2014

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Contains the Read, Schema, and Write security settings that specify how the security for a list is configured.

<Security>
  <ReadSecurity> 1 | 2 </ReadSecurity>
  <SchemaSecurity> 1 | 2 </SchemaSecurity>
  <WriteSecurity> 1 | 2 | 4 </WriteSecurity>
</Security>

Attributes

Attribute	Description
None	N/A

Child Elements

ReadSecurity, SchemaSecurity, WriteSecurity

Parent Elements

List

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 1

Remarks

The following table summarizes possible values that subelements of the Security element can contain.

Value	ReadSecurity	SchemaSecurity	WriteSecurity
1	Read all items.	Anyone can modify the schema (add and delete columns, etc.).	Write all items.
2	Read only my items.	Only the list owner can modify the schema.	Write only my items.
4	N/A	N/A	Write no items (read-only list).

Example

The following example outlines how to use the Security element.

<List Name="Announcements"...>
    ...
  <Security>
    <ReadSecurity>1</ReadSecurity>
    <WriteSecurity>1</WriteSecurity>
    <SchemaSecurity>1</SchemaSecurity>
  </Security>
    ...
</List>

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