Re: Request for information on implementation choices with respect to 4.3.3.1 (URI attribute values in ds:References) and encoding

Frederick Hirsch wrote:
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> XMLSec interop participants and other XML Signature implementers
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> One of the issues we are working through is the interpretation of 
> section 4.3.3.1 with regards to the value of the URI attribute for a 
> ds:Reference.
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> The issue was summarized at a high level by Thomas
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xmlsec-maintwg/2007Oct/0020.html
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> This message is a request  for participants in the interop event and 
> other implementers to  examine their implementations and to indicate to 
> the XMLSec WG   whether they assume the value placed in the URI 
> attribute value conforms to URI syntax (e.g. is escaped) and if not, 
> when used whether it is transformed to conform to that syntax (is escaped).

The former. When generating, we check that it conforms to RFC 2396/2732 
URI syntax and if so insert it in the signature as specified. We don't 
do any manipulation (escaping, etc) of the URI.

--Sean

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> This message should close ACTION-103
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> regards, Frederick
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> Frederick Hirsch
> Nokia
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