- From: Sean Mullan <Sean.Mullan@Sun.COM>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 13:30:24 -0400
- To: Ed Simon <edsimon@xmlsec.com>
- Cc: public-xmlsec-maintwg@w3.org
Ed Simon wrote: > I've re-reviewed the material and think I agree with Thomas. However, I do > have a suggested rewrite of the text: > > <section> > <heading>DName Encoding</heading> > <p>Except for DName AttributeValues that have a string representation, > DNames (X509IssuerSerial,X509SubjectName, and KeyName if appropriate) should > be encoded in accordance with RFC2253 [LDAP-DN]. DName AttributeValues that > have a string representation should be encoded in accordance with RFC2253 > [LDAP-DN] with the following exceptions:</p> > <ul> > <li>Escape any trailing white space by replacing "\ " with "\20".</li> > <li>Escape all occurrences of ASCII control characters (Unicode range \x00 - > \x1f) by replacing them with "\" followed by a two digit hex number showing > its Unicode number.</li> > </ul> > </section> > <<< > > In the above, I have removed the discussion of XML escaping and such -- that > to me is just the fundamentals of XML. Personally, I would recommend > applications use CDATA sections around DNames and MgmtData. But wouldn't that require a change to the DTD, since DN Strings are currently specified as PCDATA? --Sean
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