Re: Namespace in the XPath tag

Got it, thanks for the clarification :)

Cheers,
Herry

 --- Christian Geuer-Pollmann
<geuer-pollmann@nue.et-inf.uni-siegen.de> wrote: > 
> Let's give another example: If you use a, b and c in
> your XPath, you should 
> define them in the ds:XPath element like here:
> 
> <XPath xmlns:a="..." xmlns:b="..." xmlns:c="...">
>    a:foo and not b:baz and c:bar
> </Xpath>
> 
> (The xpath itself is nonsense, only to show that the
> prefixes are used). 
> But you can also do this in an ancestor of the
> ds:XPath element:
> 
> <document xmlns:a="..." xmlns:b="..." xmlns:c="...">
>   ...
>   <XPath>
>     a:foo and not b:baz and c:bar
>   </Xpath>
>   ...
> </document>
> 
> This ensures that the namespaces are "in scope" in
> the XPath element.
> 
> 
> /Christian
> 
> 
> 
> --On Montag, 8. Juli 2002 14:22 +0800 Herry
> <herrykoh@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Christian,
> > thanks for the reply.
> >
> > When you said 'used namespaces', does it refer to
> the
> > namespaces used within the XPath expr? So for any
> > namespaces used in the XPath expr, they will have
> to
> > be declared somewhere that is visible to the XPath
> > expr. It doesn't matter that the namespace
> declaration
> > in the XPath expr is declared in the XPath tag, we
> can
> > similarly declare that in the, say, <Transforms>
> tag
> > if we want, is that correct.
> >
> > Just want to clarify as I am still a novice in
> XPath
> > :)
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Herry
> >
> >
> >  --- Christian Geuer-Pollmann
> > <geuer-pollmann@nue.et-inf.uni-siegen.de> wrote: >
> Hi
> > Herry,
> >>
> >> In this snippet:
> >>
> >> >  <XPath xmlns:dsig="&dsig;">
> >> >    not(ancestor-or-self::dsig:Signature)
> >> >  </XPath>
> >>
> >> the namespace is only declared because the Xpath
> >> expression in the text
> >> node uses the dsig prefix. The XPath element is a
> >> good place to (re)define
> >> namespaces which are used by the xpath
> expression.
> >> So it is NOT mandatory
> >> to bind the XML Signature namespace in a special
> >> way. You only have to take
> >> care that the used namespaces are defined. (You
> can
> >> also do this in the
> >> Transforms or the Signature element or even in
> your
> >> document element...
> >>
> >>
> >> Christian
> >>
> >> --On Montag, 8. Juli 2002 10:56 +0800 Herry
> >> <herrykoh@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Hi,
> >> > in the current XML DSIG specification [1],
> under
> >> > section 6.6.3, there is an example of how an
> XPath
> >> tag
> >> > will look like inside a <Signature> tag. I've
> >> noticed
> >> > an additional namespace declaration in the
> XPath
> >> tag:
> >> > <XPath xmlns:dsig="&dsig;">.
> >> >
> >> > Just want to clarify whether this is mandatory
> if
> >> my
> >> > XPath expression does not involve any Signature
> >> tags
> >> > or tags belonging to the Signature namespace.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Herry
> >> >
> >> > [start example below from [1]]
> >> >
> >> >  <Document>
> >> >    ...
> >> >    <Signature
> >> > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
> >> >      <SignedInfo>
> >> >       ...
> >> >        <Reference URI="">
> >> >          <Transforms>
> >> >            <Transform
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116">
> >> >              <XPath xmlns:dsig="&dsig;">
> >> >             
> not(ancestor-or-self::dsig:Signature)
> >> >              </XPath>
> >> >            </Transform>
> >> >          </Transforms>
> >> >          <DigestMethod
> >> >
> >>
> Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"/>
> >> >          <DigestValue></DigestValue>
> >> >        </Reference>
> >> >      </SignedInfo>
> >> >      <SignatureValue></SignatureValue>
> >> >     </Signature>
> >> >     ...
> >> >    </Document>
> >> >
> >> > [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/
> >> >
> >> >
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