- From: Grosso, Paul <pgrosso@ptc.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:35:08 -0400
- To: <timbl@w3.org>, "Steve Bratt" <steve@w3.org>
- Cc: <public-xml-core-wg@w3.org>, <webreq@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/2007/05/CR-xml-c14n11-20070509.htm as a Candidate Recommendation. The URL cited above is for the most recent Member-only version of the specification as of 9 May 2006 but dated 21 June 2007 in anticipation of publication then. That file is set up to be published by moving it to http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-xml-c14n11-20070621.html C14N 1.0 was published as a Recommendation on 15 March 2001 at http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315.html The C14N 1.1 specification was published on 20 December 2006 at http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xml-c14n11-20061220/ as a Last Call Specification. The Last Call comments have been considered and resolved, and a notification of the fact sent to every commenter. The document being sent to CR contains the changes that were made to accommodate these comments. There is a Disposition of Comments outlining the status at http://www.w3.org/XML/2007/05/c14n11-wd-doc.htm There are no outstanding objections to our resolution of comments. A review version showing the differences between C14N 1.0 is at http://www.w3.org/XML/2007/05/CR-xml-c14n11-20070509-diff.htm The WG's decision to request publication as a Candidate Recommendation was taken during our telcon on 2007 May 23 whose minutes may be found at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2007May/0045 SCHEDULE We propose a publication date of 2007 June 21. We propose that the CR period lasts from the date of publication until 30 September 2007. EXIT CRITERIA The XML Core Working Group will advance the specification to Proposed Recommendation when the following exit criteria have been met: * There are at least two interoperable implementations of the specification. * A minimum of three months of the CR period must have elapsed. PRELIMINARY IMPLEMENTATION REPORT There is no preliminary Implementation Report. PROPOSED CR 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 related to inheritance of attributes in the XML namespace when canonicalizing document subsets, including the requirement not to inherit xml:id, and to treat xml:base URI path processing properly. 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. Canonical XML 1.1 is applicable to XML 1.0 and defined in terms of the XPath 1.0 data model. It is not defined for XML 1.1. 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/. Publication as a Candidate Recommendation 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. Candidate Recommendation comments on this document are invited. Comments on this document are due by 30 September 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. At this time, there is no implementation report. A review version with differences between the 1.0 version highlighted is available. 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. The English version of this specification is the only normative version. Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh, chairs of the XML Core WG.
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