xmldsig-core and xml-exc-c14n published

Congratulations to the WG! XML Signature is now a W3C REC (and approved for 
Draft Standard Publication) and Exclusive Canonicalization should follow 
soon (now a Candidate Recommendation)! Early on we faced some difficult 
technical issues and a double set of process hoops to jump through, but we 
preserved, ended up with a powerful and extensible spec that has at least 
12 implementations! I think that's a first for the W3C -- and I'd like to 
think that's because the spec is so clear but it also might have been 
helped by the process lag <grin/>. So I thank everyone that has contributed 
via their participation, writing, editing, coding, and patience!

With our most substantive deliverable out of the way, Donald and I have 
spoken about revisiting the charter to focus on a ~6 month period of 
finishing up exc-c14n, xpath-transform, operational 
experience/optimizations, and maintaining the errata for the REC. (The 
present charter includes many tweaks to the milestones/timeline and it has 
gotten rather crufty.)

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Date: 14 Feb 2002 15:46:15 +0100
From: Dominique Hazaël-Massieux <dom@w3.org>


Published at:
	http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-exc-c14n
	http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/

Dated version at:
	http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/CR-xml-exc-c14n-20020212
	http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xmldsig-core-20020212/

The TR page has been updated accordingly. See:
        http://www.w3.org/TR/

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There's also a press release at:
  http://www.w3.org/2002/02/xmlsignature-pressrelease

-- 

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/

Received on Thursday, 14 February 2002 12:39:39 UTC