- From: Christian Geuer-Pollmann <geuer-pollmann@nue.et-inf.uni-siegen.de>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:18:06 +0200
- To: "Dournaee, Blake" <bdournaee@rsasecurity.com>, w3c-ietf-xmldsig@w3.org
--On Mittwoch, 14. August 2002 14:44 -0700 "Dournaee, Blake" <bdournaee@rsasecurity.com> wrote: > My point is largely academic. I think the consensus is correct: XPointer > fragment references include all referenced child nodes with no further > qualification. It just doesn't explicitly SAY these words. Not a big deal. > Carry on :) > > > 1. "if the URI is not a full XPointer, then delete all > comment nodes" > > 2. "Therefore to retain the default behavior of stripping > comments when passed a node-set, they are removed in > the last step if the URI is not a full XPointer." > > 3. *If* it's an XPointer, comments are not removed. > Hi Blake, I agree that the spec did not tell the other side of the fact in great detail. What I personally learned from these W3C specs (ds, c14n, exclC14n, xenc) is that the spec must be seen in conjunction with the repective mailing list archives (which can be a bit frustrating when you need unambigous advice). Joseph, maybe this is a candidate for the erratum? Regards, Christian
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