- From: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:23:10 -0400
- To: public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>, public-xmlsec@w3.org
Hi All - a friendly reminder June 1 is the end of the comment period for the April 30 Widgets 1.0: Digital Signatures Last Call Working Draft: <http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-widgets-digsig-20090430/> Please send all comments by June 1. -Regards, Art Barstow On May 1, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Barstow Art (Nokia-CIC/Boston) wrote: > On April 30 the WebApps WG published a LCWD of the Widgets 1.0 > Digital Signatures spec: > > [[ > <http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-widgets-digsig-20090430/> > > Introduction > > This document defines a profile of the XML Signature Syntax and > Processing 1.1 specification to allow a widget package to be > digitally signed. Widget authors and distributors can digitally sign > widgets as a mechanism to ensure continuity of authorship and > distributorship. Prior to instantiation, a user agent can use the > digital signature to verify the integrity of the widget package and > to confirm the signing key(s). This document specifies conformance > requirements on both widget packages and user agents. > > A widget package can be signed by the author of the widget producing > an [XMLDSIG11] signature that cryptographically includes all of the > file entries other than signature files. A widget package can also be > signed by one or more distributors of the widget, producing > [XMLDSIG11] signatures that each cryptographically includes all of > the non-signature file entries as well as any author signature. > ]] > > We explicitly seek comments from the XML Security WG; comments from > other WGs as well as the TAG are welcome. > > The comment period ends 1 June 2009. > > All comments should be sent to public-webapps@w3.org [1]. > > -Regards, Art Barstow > > [1] <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/> > >
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