- From: Joseph Reagle <reagle@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:36:37 -0400
- To: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" <lde008@dma.isg.mot.com>
- Cc: merlin <merlin@baltimore.ie>, xenc <xml-encryption@w3.org>
Moved from <element name="DigestMethod" type="ds:DigestMethodType"> to <element ref="ds:DigestMethod"> (I also noted that the schema of the AgreementMethod schema in the spec had some typos, which are now fixed.) [ Resulting document http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/Drafts/xmlenc-core/ $Revision: 1.67 $ on $Date: 2001/10/24 19:32:42 $ GMT by $Author: reagle $ ] On Wednesday 17 October 2001 11:31, Donald E. Eastlake 3rd wrote: > Fine on always using "ref=" for DigestMethod. > > DigestMethod is required for Diffie-Hellman as we have defined it but > there could be other AgreementMethod Algorithms that do not need a > DigestMethod parameter. Some text saying this would be OK but I think > this comment is left over from when the method of deriving the Keying > Material from the agreed shared secret was global and always needed a > DigestMethod. Now that it is just linked to Diffie-Hellman, the spec > is right. > > >At 10:06 7/27/2001, merlin wrote: > >>In some places, we use <element ref="ds:DigestMethod"> and in others, > >><element name="DigestMethod" type="ds:DigestMethodType">. Should we > >>just adopt the former (as is the case with our use of unadulterated > >>KeyInfo) or is there an intended distinction? -- Joseph Reagle Jr. http://www.w3.org/People/Reagle/ W3C Policy Analyst mailto:reagle@w3.org IETF/W3C XML-Signature Co-Chair http://www.w3.org/Signature/ W3C XML Encryption Chair http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/
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