- From: Donald E. Eastlake 3rd <lde008@dma.isg.mot.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:55:27 -0400
- To: merlin <merlin@baltimore.ie>
- cc: w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org, lde008@dma.isg.mot.com
Thanks for pointing out the error in the DTD. I don't have a problem with a raw X.509 certificate type... Thanks, Donald From: merlin <merlin@baltimore.ie> Message-Id: <200008281226.NAA21676@cougar.baltimore.ie> To: Donald Eastlake 3rd <dee3@torque.pothole.com> Cc: w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org, lde008@dma.isg.mot.com In-reply-to: <200008252023.QAA12392@noah.dma.isg.mot.com> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:26:09 +0100 > >Hi, > >The DTD has an 'Encoding' attribute, it should be 'Type'. > >I presume that a request for a type allocation for a >raw X.509 certificate would meet with resistance? > >Merlin > >r/dee3@torque.pothole.com/2000.08.25/16:23:34 >> >><h3>4.4.3 The <a id="sec-RetrievalMethod" >>name="sec-RetrievalMethod"><code>RetrievalMethod</code></a> >>Element</h3> >> >><p>A <code>RetrievalMethod</code> element within <code>KeyInfo</code> >>is used to convey a <u>reference</u> to <code>KeyInfo</code> >>information that is stored at <u>another</u> location. For example, >><u>several sigantures in a document might use a key verified by</u> an >>X.509v3 certificate chain <u>appearing once in the document or >>remotely outside the document</u>; each <u>signature's >><code>KeyInfo</code></u> can reference this chain using a single >><code>RetrievalMethod</code> element instead of including the entire >>chain with a sequence of <code>X509Certificate</code> elements.</p> >> >><p><u><code>RetrievalMethod</code> uses the same syntax as >><code>Reference</code> except that there is no >><code>DigestMethod</code> or <code>DigestValue</code> sub-element and >>presence of the <code>URI</code> and <code>Type</code> attributes is >>mandatory. The referenced data is a <code>KeyInfo</code> sub-element >>type. The <code>Type</code> attribute, as in Section 4.3.3, is a URI >>consisting of "http://www.w3.org/2000/07/xmldsig#" suffixed with a >><code>KeyInfo</code> sub-element type, such as >>"http://www.w3.org/2000/07/xmldsig#X509Data".</u></p> >> >><pre class="xml-dtd"> >> Schema Definition: >> >> <element name='RetrievalMethod'> >> <complexType content='elementOnly'> >> <element ref='ds:Transforms' minOccurs='0' maxOccurs='1'/> >> <attribute name='URI' type='uriReference'/> >> <attribute name='Type' type='uriReference'/> >> </complexType> >> </element> >></pre> >> >><pre class="xml-dtd"> >> DTD: >> >> <!ELEMENT RetrievalMethod (Transforms?) > >> <!ATTLIST Type >> URI CDATA #REQUIRED >> Encoding CDATA #REQUIRED > >></pre> >> >> >> >> >>
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