FW: W3C Publishes Canonical XML Version 1.1 Recommendation

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From: w3c-ac-members-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-ac-members-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Ian B. Jacobs
Sent: Friday, 2008 May 02 11:05
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Subject: W3C Publishes Canonical XML Version 1.1 Recommendation


Dear Advisory Committee Representative,

It is my pleasure to announce that "Canonical XML Version 1.1" is a
W3C Recommendation:
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xml-c14n11-20080502/


All Members who responded to the Call for Review of the Proposed
Recommendation [1] supported the specification and agreed to its
publication as a W3C Recommendation.

Please join us in congratulating the XML Core Working Group [2] on this
achievement. This announcement follows section 8.1.2 of the W3C Process
Document [3].

For Tim Berners-Lee, Director, and
Philippe Le Hegaret, Architecture Domain Leader;
Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-ac-members/2008JanMar/0023

[2] http://www.w3.org/XML/Core/

[3] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/acreview#ACReviewAfter


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Quoting from the "Canonical XML Version 1.1" W3C Recommendation 
2 May 2008
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This version:
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-xml-c14n11-20080502/

Latest version:
    http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-c14n11/

Previous version:
    http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-xml-c14n11-20080129/

Authors:
    John Boyer, IBM (formerly PureEdge Solutions Inc.) Version 1.0
    Glenn Marcy, IBM 

Abstract

  Canonical XML Version 1.1 is a revision to Canonical XML Version 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 1.0 [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 Version 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/.


  This is a W3C Recommendation.

  This document has been reviewed by W3C Members, by software
  developers, and by other W3C groups and interested parties, and is
  endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable
  document and may be used as reference material or cited from another
  document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw
  attention to the specification and to promote its widespread
  deployment. This enhances the functionality and interoperability of
  the Web.

  Comments on this document should be sent to
  www-xml-canonicalization-comments@w3.org which is an automatically
  archived public email list.

  The implementation report [4] details CR implementation feedback
  from several implementations. It should be noted that this IR
  reflects results implemented against the CR as clarified based on
  issues raised during the CR period and subsequently reflected in the
  wording of this Recommendation.

  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.

  [4] http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/interop/xmldsig/c14n11/report


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Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org)   http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/

Tel:                     +1 718 260-9447

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