- From: Joseph M. Reagle Jr. <reagle@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 09:39:27 -0400
- To: Martin Duerst <duerst@w3.org>
- Cc: w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org
Good point. My next impulse was to use GIF, but we should be deprecating those, so it's now 'image/png' <smile/>. At 03:10 6/4/2001, Martin Duerst wrote: >Hello Joseph - Would it be possible to change the example below to >something else than text/xml? Text/xml in base64 isn't exactly something >that we should promote, or even mention. What about e.g. image/jpeg >or something similar? > >Regards, Martin. > >At 18:41 01/05/31 -0400, Joseph M. Reagle Jr. wrote: >[ Resulting document >> http://www.w3.org/Signature/Drafts/xmldsig-core/Overview.html >> $Revision: 1.63 $ on $Date: 2001/05/31 22:40:41 $ >> >>/+The MimeType attribute is an optional attribute which describes the data >>within the Object (independent of its encoding). This is a string with >>values defined by [MIME]. For example, if the Object contains base64 >>encoded XML, the Encoding may be specified as base64 and the MimeType as >>text/xml. This attribute is purely advisory; no validation of the MimeType >>information is required by this specification. Applications which require >>normatiave type and encoding information for signature validation should >>specify Transforms with well defined resulting types and/or encodings.+/ >> >>] >> >>-- >>Joseph Reagle Jr. http://www.w3.org/People/Reagle/ >>W3C Policy Analyst mailto:reagle@w3.org >>IETF/W3C XML-Signature Co-Chair http://www.w3.org/Signature >>W3C XML Encryption Chair http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/ -- Joseph Reagle Jr. http://www.w3.org/People/Reagle/ W3C Policy Analyst mailto:reagle@w3.org IETF/W3C XML-Signature Co-Chair http://www.w3.org/Signature W3C XML Encryption Chair http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/
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