A combination of other security schemes identified by the Vocabulary Term combo (i.e., "scheme": "combo"). Elements of this scheme define various ways in which other named schemes defined in securityDefinitions, including other ComboSecurityScheme definitions, are to be combined to create a new scheme definition. Exactly one of either oneOf or allOf MUST be included. Only security scheme definitions which can be used together can be combined with allOf. For example, it is not possible in general to combine different OAuth 2.0 flows together using allOf unless one applies to a proxy and one to the endpoint. Note that when multiple named security scheme definitions are listed in a security field the same semantics apply as in an allOf combination (and the same limitations on allowable combinations). The oneOf combination is equivalent to using different security schemes on forms that are otherwise identical. In this sense a oneOf scheme is not an essential feature but it does avoid redundancy in such cases.

OAuth 2.0 authentication security configuration for systems conformant with [[!RFC6749]] and [[!RFC8252]], identified by the Vocabulary Term oauth2 (i.e., "scheme": "oauth2"). For the code flow both authorization and token MUST be included. For the client flow token MUST be included. For the client flow authorization MUST NOT be included. The mandatory elements for each flow are summarized in the following table:

Metadata describing the configuration of a security mechanism. The value assigned to the name scheme MUST be defined within a Vocabulary included in the Thing Description, either in the standard Vocabulary defined in § 5. TD Information Model or in a TD Context Extension.

For all security schemes, any keys, passwords, or other sensitive information directly providing access MUST NOT be stored in the TD and should instead be shared and stored out-of-band via other mechanisms. The purpose of a TD is to describe how to access a Thing if and only if a Consumer already has authorization, and is not meant be used to grant that authorization.

Each security scheme object used in a TD defines a set of requirements to be met before access can be granted. We say a security scheme is satisfied when all its requirements are met. In some cases requirements from multiple security schemes will have to be met before access can be granted.

Security schemes generally may require additional authentication parameters, such as a password or key. The location of this information is indicated by the value associated with the name in, often in combination with the value associated with name. The in name can take one of the following values:

header:

The parameter will be given in a header provided by the protocol, with the name of the header provided by the value of name.

query:

The parameter will be appended to the URI as a query parameter, with the name of the query parameter provided by name.

body:

The parameter will be provided in the body of the request payload, with the data schema element used provided by name. When used in the context of a body security information location, the value of name MUST be in the form of a JSON pointer [[!RFC6901]] relative to the root of the input DataSchema for each interaction it is used with. Since this value is not a fragment identifier, and is not relative to the root of the TD but to whichever data schemas the security scheme is bound to, this value should not start with "#"; it is a "pure" JSON pointer. Since this value is not a fragment identifier, it also does not need to URL-encode special characters. The targeted element may or may not already exist at the specified location in the referenced data schema. If it does not, it will be inserted. This avoids having to duplicate definitions in the data schemas of every interaction. When an element of a data schema indicated by a JSON pointer indicated in a body locator does not already exist in the indicated schema, it MUST be possible to insert the indicated element at the location indicated by the pointer.. For example, pointing to a key of a Map where that key does not exist in the corresponding Data Schema, the key and its value, which is the credential, would be inserted to the Map at the specified location during the operation execution. On the other hand, pointing to an Array's item with a number as the item index, that number should be outside the range of the Array's already specified items in order to not alter the strict sequence of items. The JSON pointer used in the body locator MAY use the "-" character to indicate a non-existent array element when it is necessary to insert an element after the last element of an existing array. The element referenced (or created) by a body security information location MUST be required and of type "string". If name is not given, it is assumed the entire body is to be used as the security parameter.

cookie:

The parameter is stored in a cookie identified by the value of name.

uri:

The parameter is embedded in the URI itself, which is encoded in the relevant interaction using a URI template variable defined by the value of name. This is more general than the query mechanism but more complex. The value uri SHOULD be specified for in in a security scheme only if query is not applicable. The URIs provided in interactions where a security scheme using uri MUST be a URI template including the defined variable.

auto:

The location is determined as part of the protocol, or negotiated. If a value of auto is set for the in field of a SecurityScheme, then the name field SHOULD NOT be set. In this case, the application of the SecurityScheme is subject to the respective specification for the given protocol (e.g. [[!RFC8288]] when using the BasicSecurityScheme with HTTP).

The names of URI variables declared in a SecurityScheme MUST be distinct from all other URI variables declared in the TD.