Re: Updated XML Signature 1.1 editors draft for MgmtData, updated 2nd edition redline from Frederick Hirsch on 2009-12-08 (public-xmlsec@w3.org from December 2009)

From: Frederick Hirsch <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 13:29:29 -0500
To: ext Scott Cantor <cantor.2@osu.edu>
Cc: Frederick Hirsch <Frederick.Hirsch@nokia.com>, "'Sean Mullan'" <Sean.Mullan@Sun.COM>, "'XMLSec WG Public List'" <public-xmlsec@w3.org>
Message-Id: <03207FAF-F810-49CF-A5FD-019B8C71500D@nokia.com>

I believe it means, not to be used. I could not find a definition in  
the W3 process document.

regards, Frederick

Frederick Hirsch
Nokia



On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:00 PM, ext Scott Cantor wrote:

> Sean Mullan wrote on 2009-12-08:
>> I think we should define what the term "deprecated" means. How should
>> implementations treat MgmtData? Should they ignore it, or treat it  
>> as an
>> error? Or is it optional for implementations to support it? If not
>> clear, this could be interpreted by implementations differently.
>
> As a suggestion, I believe that MgmtData is OPTIONAL to support now,  
> but
> that the intent of the deprecation is to signal deployers and  
> profilers that
> relying on it for new scenarios is ill-advised?
>
> -- Scott
>
>

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