Fwd: Transition Request: PR Request for Canonical XML 1.1

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regards, Frederick

Frederick Hirsch, Nokia
Chair XML Security Specifications Maintenance WG


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> Resent-From: chairs@w3.org
> From: "ext Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com>
> Date: January 4, 2008 10:36:22 AM EST
> To: <timbl@w3.org>, <steve@w3.org>
> Cc: <public-xml-core-wg@w3.org>, <webreq@w3.org>, <chairs@w3.org>,  
> <w3t-comm@w3.org>
> Subject: Transition Request: PR Request for Canonical XML 1.1
>
>
>
> The XML Core WG requests transition of
>   Canonical XML 1.1
> available at
> http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2007/12/PR-xml-c14n11-20071211/ 
> Overview.html
> to a Proposed Recommendation.
>
> The URL cited above is for the most recent Member-only
> version of the specification as of 2 January 2008 but
> dated 29 January 2008 in anticipation of publication then.
>
> That file is set up to be published by moving it to
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-xml-c14n11-20080129/Overview.html
>
> The C14N 1.1 specification had been published on 21 June 2007
> at http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/CR-xml-c14n11-20070621/
> as a Candidate Recommendation.
>
> The CR comments have been considered and resolved, a notification
> of the resolution sent to every commentor, and acceptance of the
> resolution by each commentor recorded in the DoC at
> http://www.w3.org/XML/2007/12/CR-c14n11-doc.html
>
> The document being sent to PR contains changes made to
> accommodate CR feedback.  The changes made between CR and
> PR were editorial corrections or clarifications suggested by
> implementation experience.
>
> A review version with changes from the 1.0 version highlighted
> is available at
> http://www.w3.org/XML/2007/12/PR-xml-c14n11-20080129-diff.htm
> A review version with changes since the Candidate Recommendation
> version highlighted is available at
> http://www.w3.org/XML/2007/12/PR-xml-c14n11-20080129-diff2.htm
>
> The Implementation Report at
> http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/interop/xmldsig/c14n11/report.html
> reflects the results of tests made against the CR as clarified
> in this PR.
>
> There have been no changes in patent disclosures since CR:
> http://www.w3.org/2004/01/pp-impl/18796/status#disclosures
> (there are no disclosures).
>
> The WG's decision to request transition to Proposed
> Recommendation was taken during a teleconference on
> 19 December 2007 whose minutes may be found at
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2007Dec/0038
>
>
> SCHEDULE
>
> We propose a publication date of 29 January 2008.
>
> IMPLEMENTATION REPORT
>
> There is an Implementation Report at
> http://www.w3.org/2007/xmlsec/interop/xmldsig/c14n11/report.html
> (thanks to the XML Security Specifications Maintenance Working Group).
>
> [As of the time of this PR request, the IR, while complete,
> still needs some editorial work to add clarifying legends
> and explanations that should become available before the
> PR transition telcon.]
>
> PROPOSED PR 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 Proposed 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.
>
> W3C Advisory Committee Members are invited to send formal review
> comments to the W3C Team until 7 March 2008. Advisory Committee
> Representatives should consult their WBS questionnaires.
> The public is invited to send comments on this document to
> www-xml-canonicalization-comments@w3.org which is an automatically
> archived public email list.
>
> The implementation report 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 Proposed Recommendation. See the Disposition of Comments
> for the CR feedback and resolution.
>
> A review version with changes from the 1.0 version highlighted is
> available. A review version with changes since the Candidate
> Recommendation 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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