XML Key Management Services WG

DRAFT 13th March 2002 XKMS Teleconference Minutes
Chairs: Stephen Farrell, Shivaram Mysore
Note Takers: Shivaram Mysore, Mike Just

Participants

• Joseph Reagle, W3C
• Shivaram Mysore, Sun Microsystems
• Frederick Hirsch, Zolera
• Mike Just, Entrust
• Phill Hallam-Baker, Verisign
• Ed Simon, XML Sec
• Yassir Elley, Sun Microsystems
• Blair Dillaway, Microsoft

Regrets

• Stephen Farrell, Baltimore

Status Update

• Previous Action items except for Issue list one have been completed
• Publishing of Working Drafts and Last Call has left our hands and the ball is now in W3C (webreq) to prep it for publishing - should happen in a week's time
• Many thanks to Joseph Reagle for fixing many of the errors in the drafts to make it valid XHTML and also for fixing many other (not so) minor details.
• Joseph added that the docs to be published must standardize on pubrules to generate quality documents

• XKMS Requirements - Mike Just & Fedrick Hirsch
• Thanks to Mike Just and Federick Hirsch for very good editing work.
• The requirements document is scheduled for last call, "The last call period is 3 weeks, ending on 15 April 2002.". A notice has been sent to webreq to publish this. TimBL has already approved this request. A major delay was due to the fact that we could not get Specs validated and tweaked in-time to publish. Also, due to the variety of tools that we use, there were also other problems. We have now rectified most of them and from now on it must be a lot smoother.
• It was suggested to the Editors not to update the Requirements during Last Call phase, but, maintain a issue list so that it can be rolled-up after April 15th into the document.
• Add Yassir's comment (mid-feb) to the issue list
• Add to issue list - Clarification of section 2.1.8 for key word (MUST, SHOULD, etc) usage

• XKMS Specification - Phill Baker
• Concentrate on Editing changes, clean-up, removing design rationale as specs don't contain those. Removed much introductory material that belongs to Requirements. Removed notion of Tiers.
• Working on cleaning up of XHTML and using current validators to make the spec more browser friendly; plans to work on a XSL script to generate TOC - Joseph suggested use of style sheets from XML Encryption WG
• Spent most time carrying the split of Register element throught the entire document. Also making the flow consistent for schema, attributes, and elements.
• Added UsedKeyWith and took out KeyId
• Likely going to do Payload Authentication. Want to do Enveloped so that Signature is not a top-level element. Indicated that this aligns better with Web Service Model.
• Spec is currently missing Message Layer, Root Key Management & Key Agreement items. These could possibly be items for discussion in the F2F

• X-BULK
• Phill has sent Merlin a new schema and they are working together to make both specs consistent and non-overlapping.

Next Telecon & Face to Face details

• Next F2F
• Date: April 23, 2002; XKMS Panel Session: April 24, 2002
• Venue: Washington DC, in conjunction with NIST working group meeting (see http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~pki02/)
• Time: whole day

• Next Telecon
• Date: probably last week of May or early June 2002

Action Items

1. Shivaram/Stephen/Joseph: Make sure that the Requirements and Specifications are published as Last Call and Working Drafts
2. Shivaram/Stephen: Start building Issues list in preparation for Requirements Last Call
3. Shivaram/Stephen:Send details on next FTF to be held in Washington, DC at the NIST Campus on April 23; Also include info on the XKMS panel on April 24
4. Stephen/Shivaram: Update links to latest Specs on the Web
5. Stephen/Shivaram/Fedrick/Mike: Requirements issue List - Add Yassir's comment (mid-feb); Add Clarification of section 2.1.8 for key word (MUST, SHOULD, etc) usage
6. Phill: Send updated draft atleast a week or so before FTF