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XML-Signature XPath Filter 2

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Network Working Group                                           J. Boyer
Request for Comments: 3653                            PureEdge Solutions
Category: Informational                                        M. Hughes
                                                         Betrusted, Inc.
                                                               J. Reagle
                                                                     W3C
                                                           December 2003


                     XML-Signature XPath Filter 2.0

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   XML Signature recommends a standard means for specifying information
   content to be digitally signed and for representing the resulting
   digital signatures in XML.  Some applications require the ability to
   specify a subset of a given XML document as the information content
   to be signed.  The XML Signature specification meets this requirement
   with the XPath transform.  However, this transform can be difficult
   to implement efficiently with existing technologies.  This
   specification defines a new XML Signature transform to facilitate the
   development of efficient document subsetting implementations that
   interoperate under similar performance profiles.

   This document is the W3C XML Signature XPath-Filter 2.0
   Recommendation.  This document has been reviewed by W3C Members and
   other interested parties and has been endorsed by the Director as a
   W3C Recommendation.  It is a stable document and may be used as
   reference material or cited as a normative reference from another
   document.  W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw
   attention to the specification and to promote its widespread
   deployment.  This enhances the functionality and interoperability of
   the Web.








Boyer, et al.                Informational
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