- From: Joseph M. Reagle Jr. <reagle@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:45:05 -0400
- To: Brian LaMacchia <bal@microsoft.com>
- Cc: "IETF/W3C XML-DSig WG" <w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org>
At 12:34 PM 7/19/2000 -0700, Brian LaMacchia wrote: >Since CanonicalizationMethod is now a required element of SignedInfo, I >believe the last sentence of the first paragraph of 4.3.1 is incorrect. >That paragraph reads: > > CanonicalizationMethod is a required element that specifies the >canonicalization algorithm applied to the SignedInfo element prior to >performing signature calculations. This element uses the general structure >for algorithms described in section 6.1: Algorithm Identifiers and >Implementation Requirements. The default canonicalization algorithm (applied >if this element is omitted) is Canonical XML [XML-C14N]. > >Since the element is now required, I don't see why we need to specify a >default, and the "(applied if this element is omitted)" can never happen. Noted, the last sentence is changed to: /+The MANDATORY to implement canonicalization algorithm (applied if this element is omitted) is Canonical XML [XML-C14N].+/ Alternatives, such as the minimal canonicalization algorithm (the CRLF and charset normalization specified in section 6.5.1: Minimal Canonicalization), may be explicitly specified but are NOT REQUIRED.... _________________________________________________________ Joseph Reagle Jr. W3C Policy Analyst mailto:reagle@w3.org IETF/W3C XML-Signature Co-Chair http://www.w3.org/People/Reagle/
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