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RE: CipherReference + Transforms meaning

From: Joseph M. Reagle Jr. <reagle@w3.org>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 13:20:32 -0400
Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010618131745.00b316e8@localhost>
To: "Blair Dillaway" <blaird@microsoft.com>
Cc: "Takeshi Imamura" <IMAMU@jp.ibm.com>, <edsimon@xmlsec.com>, <xml-encryption@w3.org>
At 11:46 6/14/2001, Blair Dillaway wrote:
>I am open to adopting this interpretation.  But I don't find the wording
>in draft specs clearly indicate what should happen when the type is
>Element, Content, or some non-XML external data.  We should also cover
>XML Document since this can't generally be inserted in place of the
>EncrytpedData element.


Blair, 4.2.4 states:
>If it is an EncryptedData structure and the type is "Element" or "Content", 
>then place the resulting characters in place of the EncryptedData element 
>with the encoding of the parent XML document if necessary. Otherwise, the 
>octet sequence is the final result.

What would you suggest to make it more clear?


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