HI Paul. Thanks for this request, and sorry for not responding sooner (just back from holidays)... Please go ahead and schedule the call. Answers to my question in-line below would be appreciated before the call, if possible. Everything else looks clear and OK. Regards, Steve ------- On 1/4/2008 10:36 AM, Grosso, Paul wrote: > The XML Core WG requests transition of > Canonical XML 1.1 > available at > http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2007/12/PR-xml-c14n11-20071211/Overview.html > to a Proposed Recommendation. > > The URL cited above is for the most recent Member-only > version of the specification as of 2 January 2008 but > dated 29 January 2008 in anticipation of publication then. > > That file is set up to be published by moving it to > http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-xml-c14n11-20080129/Overview.html > > The C14N 1.1 specification had been published on 21 June 2007 > at http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-xml-c14n11-20070621/ > as a Candidate Recommendation. > > The CR comments have been considered and resolved, a notification > of the resolution sent to every commentor, and acceptance of the > resolution by each commentor recorded in the DoC at > http://www.w3.org/XML/2007/12/CR-c14n11-doc.html > > The document being sent to PR contains changes made to > accommodate CR feedback. The changes made between CR and > PR were editorial corrections or clarifications suggested by > implementation experience. > > A review version with changes from the 1.0 version highlighted > is available at > http://www.w3.org/XML/2007/12/PR-xml-c14n11-20080129-diff.htm > A review version with changes since the Candidate Recommendation > version highlighted is available at > http://www.w3.org/XML/2007/12/PR-xml-c14n11-20080129-diff2.htm sb -- lots of changes in Sec 2.4 and in the appendix since CR. Could you please summarize the nature and reason for these? Are they non-normative? > > The Implementation Report at > http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/interop/xmldsig/c14n11/report.html > reflects the results of tests made against the CR as clarified > in this PR. > > There have been no changes in patent disclosures since CR: > http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/18796/status#disclosures > (there are no disclosures). > > The WG's decision to request transition to Proposed > Recommendation was taken during a teleconference on > 19 December 2007 whose minutes may be found at > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2007Dec/0038 > > > SCHEDULE > > We propose a publication date of 29 January 2008. > > IMPLEMENTATION REPORT > > There is an Implementation Report at > http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/interop/xmldsig/c14n11/report.html > (thanks to the XML Security Specifications Maintenance Working Group). > > [As of the time of this PR request, the IR, while complete, > still needs some editorial work to add clarifying legends > and explanations that should become available before the > PR transition telcon.] > > PROPOSED PR TITLE, ABSTRACT AND STATUS SECTIONS > > Canonical XML 1.1 > > Abstract > -------- > Canonical XML 1.1 is a revision to Canonical XML 1.0 to address > issues related to inheritance of attributes in the XML namespace > when canonicalizing document subsets, including the requirement > not to inherit xml:id, and to treat xml:base URI path processing > properly. > > Any XML document is part of a set of XML documents that are > logically equivalent within an application context, but which > vary in physical representation based on syntactic changes > permitted by XML 1.0 [XML] and Namespaces in XML [Names]. This > specification describes a method for generating a physical > representation, the canonical form, of an XML document that > accounts for the permissible changes. Except for limitations > regarding a few unusual cases, if two documents have the same > canonical form, then the two documents are logically equivalent > within the given application context. Note that two documents > may have differing canonical forms yet still be equivalent in > a given context based on application-specific equivalence rules > for which no generalized XML specification could account. > > Canonical XML 1.1 is applicable to XML 1.0 and defined in terms > of the XPath 1.0 data model. It is not defined for XML 1.1. > > Status of this Document > ----------------------- > This section describes the status of this document at the time > of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. > A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this > technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index > at http://www.w3.org/TR/. > > Publication as a Proposed Recommendation does not imply endorsement > by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, > replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is > inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress. > > W3C Advisory Committee Members are invited to send formal review > comments to the W3C Team until 7 March 2008. Advisory Committee > Representatives should consult their WBS questionnaires. > The public is invited to send comments on this document to > www-xml-canonicalization-comments@w3.org which is an automatically > archived public email list. > > The implementation report details CR implementation feedback from > several implementations. It should be noted that this IR reflects > results implemented against the CR as clarified based on issues > raised during the CR period and subsequently reflected in the wording > of this Proposed Recommendation. See the Disposition of Comments > for the CR feedback and resolution. > > A review version with changes from the 1.0 version highlighted is > available. A review version with changes since the Candidate > Recommendation version highlighted is available. > > This document has been produced by the W3C XML Core Working Group > as part of the W3C XML Activity. The authors of this document are > the members of the XML Core Working Group and invited experts from > the Digital Signature community. > > This document was produced by a group operating under the > 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy. W3C maintains a public > list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the > deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions > for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge > of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential > Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with > section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. > > The English version of this specification is the only normative version. > > > > Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh, chairs of the XML Core WG. -- Steven R Bratt mailto:steve@w3.org Chief Executive Officer World Wide Web Consortium http://www.w3.org/ MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 32 Vassar Street, Rm G522, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA / tel: +1.617.253.7697Received on Monday, 7 January 2008 18:04:34 GMT
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