Re: spec comments

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.)

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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?

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