In answering a recent question, I provided an example of how to create a set programmatically. Creating a set is no different than creating a group or person with one caveat. A set requires a display name and a filter. The display name is a simple string as expected, but the filter is a string that must contain a WS-Enumeration filter element. Looking at schema alone you – and I – would assume to simply provide the XPath filter in the attribute value. Instead you must wrap the XPath filter in the XML WS-Enumeration filter element.
Here is a working example from Release Candidate of ILM “2’ and the public client:
Hope that helps!