XML Signature WG

2000-September-7
Chairs: Donald Eastlake and Joseph Reagle
Note Taker: Joseph Reagle [text]

Participants

• Donald Eastlake, Motorola
• Joseph Reagle, W3C
• John M. Boyer, PureEdge
• Ed Simon , Entrust Technologies Inc.
• Mark Bartel, JetForm

Status of documents < 5 minutes

• Next draft of Canonicalization (WD-xml-c14n-20000907) is being published today, includes a link to its Last Call Issues

Canonicalization < 15 minutes

• Boyer: would like implementors to confirm if his examples operate in the new spec the way implemenations do.
• Namespaces: Kent asked about rational for namespace reduction, Boyer responded on list and in Last Call Issues.
• Whitespace: addressed in Last Call Issues. Presently, this can invite a ton of trouble that people aren't keen to get into right now.
• DOMHASH: some discussion, not a lot of interest presently. DOMHASH should work with present canonicalizations.

Content Model

• Moved Transforms content model to ElementOnly.

RSA and OIDS

• Merlin posted a summary of options.
• Bartel prefer 2.
• ACTION: Reagle, email poll of which option people want.
• ACTION: Reagle, get Brian/Barb to tweak text once resolved..

RetrievalMethod Type

• No one opposed to making Type optional subsequent to Reagle's argument: since its not associated with mandatory behaviour, why make it mandatory when it can also constrain people in ways that don't benefit anyone.

Other

• Eastlake wants to tweak KeyInfo example of 4.4.4. ACTION Eastlake: send to Reagle this afternoon.
• Boyer: Include in STATUS: Implementors should take special note of the here() function, it's not the same as the XPointer for which a few questions have been raised and the XLink WG is looking at but haven't responded to yet.
• Simon: We're trying to organize an XML Encryption meeting, looking at the end of October (week of October 30th).
• Boyer (and others): later in week would be better for those adults who have children (and those adults who still enjoy Halloween themselves :) .)