- From: Grosso, Paul <pgrosso@ptc.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:01:17 -0500
- To: <public-xml-core-wg@w3.org>
I'm about to send out this LC pub request for C14N 1.1 and request for updates to the notes. Last chance for any comments. paul ----------------------------------------------------- Eventually-to: webreq@w3.org; timbl@w3.org; steve@w3.org Eventually-cc: public-xml-core-wg@w3.org; chairs@w3.org; w3t-comm@w3.org The XML Core WG requests publication of Canonical XML 1.1 available at http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2006/10/WD-xml-c14n11.html as a Last Call Working Draft. In parallel, we also request publication of Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0) available at http://www.w3.org/2006/04/c14n-note/c14n-note.html and Using XML Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment available at http://www.w3.org/2006/04/c14n-note/dsig2006-note.html as Working Group Notes. The URLs cited above are for the most recent Member-only versions of the specifications as of 2006 December 13 but dated 20 December 2006 in anticipation of that publication date. The C14N 1.1 document is set up to be published by moving it to http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xml-c14n11-20061220/Overview.html The Known Issues document is set up to be published by moving it to http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/NOTE-C14N-issues-20061220/Overview.html The Using XML Digital Signatures document is set up to be published by moving it to http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/NOTE-DSig-usage-20061220/Overview.html The WG's decision to request publication of C14N 1.1 as a Last Call Working Draft and the notes as WG Notes was taken during a WG telcon on 2006 December 6 whose minutes may be found at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2006Dec/0006 A pre-announcement of the Last Call was made to the chairs list at: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/chairs/2006OctDec/0068 SCHEDULE We ask webreq/comm to publish these three documents on 20 December 2006. We plan a long last call period for C14N 1.1 so that some working groups that we expect to be chartered in Q1 2007 will have some time to review it. TITLE, ABSTRACT AND STATUS SECTIONS Canonical XML 1.1 ================= Abstract -------- Canonical XML 1.1 is a revision to Canonical XML 1.0 to address issues raised while producing the xml:id specification. Any XML document is part of a set of XML documents that are logically equivalent within an application context, but which vary in physical representation based on syntactic changes permitted by XML 1.0 [XML] and Namespaces in XML [Names]. This specification describes a method for generating a physical representation, the canonical form, of an XML document that accounts for the permissible changes. Except for limitations regarding a few unusual cases, if two documents have the same canonical form, then the two documents are logically equivalent within the given application context. Note that two documents may have differing canonical forms yet still be equivalent in a given context based on application-specific equivalence rules for which no generalized XML specification could account. Status of this document ----------------------- This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/. This is a Last Call Working Draft for review by W3C Members and other interested parties. Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress. Public Last Call comments on this document are invited. Comments on this document are due by 30 April 2007, but earlier comments are expressly solicited. Comments should be sent to www-xml-canonicalization-comments@w3.org which is an automatically archived public email list. This document has been produced by the W3C XML Core Working Group as part of the W3C XML Activity. The authors of this document are the members of the XML Core Working Group and invited experts from the Digital Signature community. This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy. W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0) ============================================== Abstract -------- This technical note addresses some of the issues related to inheritance of the XML attributes xml:base and xml:id and the W3C Recommendation for Canonical XML Version 1.0 [C14N10] (Errata). Shortcomings of C14N/1.0 are noted out and the use of a new C14N/1.1 recommendation with the XML Digital Signature 1.0 Recommendation [XMLDSIG] is discussed. Status of this Document ----------------------- This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/. This is the W3C Working Group Note of "Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0)", produced by the XML Core Working Group, as part of the XML Activity. A companion note, "XML Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment" [XMLDSIG2006], describes in further detail how a revised canonicalization algorithm (C14N/1.1 or other) may be used with the current XML-SIG/1.0 Specification. Please send comments related to this document to www-xml-canonicalization-comments@w3.org (public archive). Publication as a Working Group Note does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress. This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy. W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. Using XML Digital Signatures in the 2006 XML Environment ======================================================== Abstract -------- This technical note describes how to use the XML Digital Signature Recommendation [XMLDSIG] in a way consistent with the present (fall 2006) XML environment. In particular, this note takes into account the recent xml:id Version 1.0 [XMLID] Recommendation, and work in progress towards a Canonical XML Version 1.1 [C14N11] Recommendation. This note suggests constraints on the use of XML Signature, and relies on extension points present in the XML Digital Signature Recommendation. This note does not override any aspect of that Recommendation. Status of this Document ----------------------- This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/. This document was developed by the XML Core Working Group, as part of the XML Activity. A companion Note, "Known Issues with Canonical XML 1.0 (C14N/1.0)" [C14NNOTE], discusses in detail some of the issues related to the inheritance of certain XML attributes and the Canonical XML Recommendation 1.0 [C14N10]. Please send comments related to this document to www-xml-canonicalization-comments@w3.org (public archive). Publication as a Working Group Note does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress. This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy. W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh, chairs of the XML Core WG.
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