Re: PBKDF2 schema in Enc 1.1

On 7/2/12 1:23 PM, "Magnus Nystrom" <mnystrom@microsoft.com> wrote:

>I don't know what version you're looking at, but there is an "anyURI"
>type on that "Algorithm" attribute in the schema associated with the
>3/12/2012 draft.

I misread the year on the draft I was looking at, thanks.

> The "Parameter" element, as any element type without a Type
>specification, will get the "anyType" as you surmise (see e.g.
>http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-0/#anyType). I don't see a reason to
>change this as it is the default.

Unless there's a good reason, I'd urge getting that corrected as an
editorial nit. It's just bad form. It's also kind of bad in general, since
anyType includes mixed content, but that's inherited from the original.

>As for the wholesale copying, I agree. However, this was the decision of
>the group at the time; some people voiced concern over having a
>dependency on an external publication (see some of the thread here:
>http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xmlsec/2010Feb/0004.html)

Got it.

-- Scott

Received on Monday, 2 July 2012 17:41:35 UTC