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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.
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+Table of Contents
+
+ 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
+ 1.1. Acknowledgements (Informative) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
+ 1.2. W3C Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
+ 2. Terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
+ 3. Specification of Signature Filter Transform. . . . . . . . . 5
+ 3.1. Algorithm Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
+ 3.2. Syntax of Signature Filter Transform . . . . . . . . . 5
+ 3.3. Input and Evaluation Context of Signature Filter
+ Transform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
+ 3.4. Processing Model of Signature Filter Transform . . . . 7
+ 4. Examples of Signature Filter Transform . . . . . . . . . . . 9
+ 5. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
+ 6. Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
+ 7. Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
+
+1. Introduction
+
+ The XML Recommendation [XML] specifies the syntax of a class of
+ objects called XML documents. The Namespaces in XML Recommendation
+ [XML-NS] specifies additional syntax and semantics for XML documents.
+ The XML Signature Recommendation [XML-DSig] defines standard means
+ for specifying information content to be digitally signed, including
+ the ability to select a portion of an XML document to be signed using
+ an XPath transform.
+
+ This specification describes a new signature filter transform that,
+ like the XPath transform [XML-DSig, section 6.6.3], provides a method
+ for computing a portion of a document to be signed. In the interest
+ of simplifying the creation of efficient implementations, the
+ architecture of this transform is not based on evaluating an [XPath]
+ expression for every node of the XML parse tree (as defined by the
+ [XPath] data model). Instead, a sequence of XPath expressions is
+ used to select the roots of document subtrees -- location sets, in
+ the language of [XPointer] -- which are combined using set
+ intersection, subtraction and union, and then used to filter the
+ input node-set. The principal differences from the XPath transform
+ are:
+
+ * A sequence of XPath operations can be executed in a single
+ transform, allowing complex filters to be more easily expressed
+ and optimized.
+ * The XPath expressions are evaluated against the input document
+ resulting in a set of nodes, instead of being used as a boolean
+ test against each node of the input node-set.
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+ * To increase efficiency, the expansion of a given node to
+ include all nodes having the given node as an ancestor is now
+ implicit so it can be performed by faster means than the
+ evaluation of an XPath expression for each document node.
+ * The resulting node-sets can be combined using the three
+ fundamental set operations (intersection, subtraction, and
+ union), and then applied as a filter against the input node-
+ set, allowing operations such as signing an entire document
+ except for a specified subset, to be expressed more clearly and
+ efficiently.
+
+ As with the original XPath transform, the primary purpose of this
+ transform is to ensure that only specifically defined changes to the
+ input XML document are permitted after the signature is affixed.
+ This can be done by excluding precisely those nodes that are allowed
+ to change once the signature is affixed, and including all other
+ input nodes in the output. It is the responsibility of the signature
+ filter transform author to ensure that nodes are not excluded which
+ could affect the interpretation of the transform output in the
+ application context.
+
+ Consider the motivating scenario where an application wishes to affix
+ two enveloped signatures to the document; any other change to the
+ document must cause the signatures to be invalid. When the
+ application creates the first signature that signature is
+ automatically omitted from its own digest calculations. However, it
+ will also be necessary to exclude the subsequent (second) signature
+ element from the digest calculations of the first signature. This
+ specification can be used to efficiently satisfy this requirement
+ using the set subtraction operation.
+
+ This transform also supports the ability to specify a set of nodes
+ that will be included in a signature, with all non-specified nodes
+ being excluded. This formulation is useful for isolating a portion
+ of a document, such as a chapter of a document, or a payload in a
+ protocol message, and can be expressed using the set intersection
+ operation.
+
+ Complete familiarity with the first XML Signature XPath Transform
+ [XML-DSig, section 6.6.3] is required.
+
+ NOTE: Since XPath Filter 2.0 depends on details of XPath, be sure to
+ take into account the XPath Errata at
+ <http://www.w3.org/1999/11/REC-xpath-19991116-errata>.
+
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+1.1. Acknowledgements (Informative)
+
+ The following people provided valuable feedback that improved the
+ quality of this specification:
+
+ * Christian Geuer-Pollmann, Universitat Siegen
+ * Donald Eastlake, 3rd, Motorola
+ * Gregor Karlinger, IAK TU Graz
+ * Aleksey Sanin
+
+1.2. W3C Status
+
+ The World Wide Web Consortium Recommendation corresponding to this
+ RFC is at:
+
+ http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-filter2/
+
+2. Terminology
+
+ The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
+ "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
+ document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119
+ [Keywords].
+
+ The XPath 1.0 Recommendation [XPath] defines the term node-set as
+ "(an unordered collection of nodes without duplicates)" and specifies
+ a data model for representing an input XML document as a set of nodes
+ of various types (element, attribute, namespace, text, comment,
+ processing instruction, and root).
+
+ An input document is the document that contains all the nodes
+ available to processing by this transform. A document subset is a
+ portion of an XML document indicated by an XPath node-set, which may
+ not include all of the nodes in the document. For example, the input
+ node-set is a collection of XPath nodes from the input document that
+ is passed as a parameter to this transform. A subtree rooted by a
+ given node is a document subset containing the given node and every
+ node having the given node as an ancestor. Subtree expansion is the
+ process of expanding a node-set to include all subtrees rooted at any
+ node in the node-set. For example, the subtree expansion of a node-
+ set consisting of just a single element node would be a node-set
+ containing that element, its attribute nodes, namespace nodes, and
+ all its descendants including their attribute nodes and namespaces
+ nodes.
+
+ The XML Signature Recommendation [XML-DSig] defines a reference as a
+ sequence of steps performed to obtain an octet stream to be digitally
+ signed. A transform is an identified algorithm to be used as a step
+
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+ in the reference processing model. A transform takes an octet stream
+ or XPath node-set as input, and it produces an octet stream or XPath
+ node-set as output (the reference processing model automatically
+ converts the final output to an octet stream if it is an XPath node-
+ set).
+
+3. Specification of Signature Filter Transform
+
+ The transform operates by computing a node-set that is used to filter
+ the input node-set: The output node-set consists of only those nodes
+ in both the input node-set and the filter node-set. In other words,
+ the output node-set is the intersection of the input node-set and the
+ computed filter node-set.
+
+ The filter node-set is computed by evaluating a sequence of XPath
+ expressions and combining their results. A node-set is initially
+ computed containing the entire input document. In sequence, each
+ XPath expression is then evaluated, subtree-expanded, and then used
+ to transform the filter node-set according to a specified set
+ operation; intersection, subtraction, or union. After all XPaths
+ have been applied, the resulting node-set is used as the filter
+ node-set.
+
+3.1. Algorithm Identifier
+
+ The XML Signature Recommendation [XML-DSig] uses a [URI] to identify
+ each algorithm to be performed when creating or validating a
+ signature. The signature filter transform is identified as follows:
+
+ Algorithm Identifier
+ http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2
+
+3.2. Syntax of Signature Filter Transform
+
+ The signature filter transform shall be represented by a sequence of
+ one or more elements named XPath. The content of XPath is character
+ data containing an XPath expression. The XPath has an attribute
+ named Filter whose possible values are intersect, subtract, and
+ union. The Filter attribute indicates the set operation that is
+ performed with the resulting node-set when computing the filter
+ node-set. The following is an example of markup for a signature
+ filter that signs the entire input node-set except for elements with
+ identifier foo and bar (and all nodes with one of those elements as
+ an ancestor):
+
+ <XPath Filter="subtract"
+ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2">
+ id("foo bar")
+
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+ </XPath>
+
+ Schema Definition:
+
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+ <!DOCTYPE schema
+
+ PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XMLSchema 200102//EN"
+ "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema.dtd"
+ [
+ <!ATTLIST schema
+ xmlns:xf CDATA #FIXED 'http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2'>
+ <!ENTITY xf 'http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2'>
+ <!ENTITY % p ''>
+ <!ENTITY % s ''>
+ ]>
+
+ <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+ xmlns:xf="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2"
+ targetNamespace="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2"
+ version="0.1" elementFormDefault="qualified">
+
+ <element name="XPath"
+ type="xf:XPathType"/>
+
+ <complexType name="XPathType">
+ <simpleContent>
+ <extension base="string">
+ <attribute name="Filter">
+ <simpleType>
+ <restriction base="string">
+ <enumeration value="intersect"/>
+ <enumeration value="subtract"/>
+ <enumeration value="union"/>
+ </restriction>
+ </simpleType>
+ </attribute>
+ </extension>
+ </simpleContent>
+ </complexType>
+
+ </schema>
+
+ DTD:
+
+ <!ELEMENT XPath (#PCDATA) >
+ <!ATTLIST XPath
+ Filter (intersect|subtract|union) #REQUIRED >
+
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+3.3. Input and Evaluation Context of Signature Filter Transform
+
+ The input required by this transform is an XPath node-set over the
+ input document. If the input document is an octet stream, then the
+ application MUST convert the octet stream to an XPath node-set that
+ contains all of the document nodes (including comment nodes). The
+ evaluation context for the XPath expressions in the filter transform
+ will be:
+
+ * A context node equal to the root node of the document whose
+ node-set was provided as input to this transform. The root
+ node is the parent of the document element and any comment and
+ processing instruction nodes outside of the document element.
+ * A context position, initialized to 1.
+ * A context size, initialized to 1.
+ * A library of functions equal to the function set defined in
+ [XPath] plus a function named here().
+ * A set of variable bindings. No means for initializing these is
+ defined. Thus, the set of variable bindings used when
+ evaluating the XPath expression is empty, and use of a variable
+ reference in the XPath expression results in an error.
+ * The set of namespace declarations in scope for the XPath
+ element.
+
+ The function here() is defined as follows:
+
+ Function: node-set here()
+
+ The here() function returns a node-set containing the attribute or
+ processing instruction node or the parent element of the text node
+ that directly bears the XPath expression. In this transform, this
+ will be the XPath element. This expression results in an error if
+ the containing XPath expression does not appear in the same XML
+ document against which the XPath expression is being evaluated.
+
+3.4. Processing Model of Signature Filter Transform
+
+ Using the aforementioned evaluation context, the signature filter
+ transform evaluates the XPath expressions appearing in the character
+ content of the XPath elements and uses these to compute a filter
+ node-set F, which is then used to filter the input node-set I
+ resulting in an output node-set O:
+
+ * Initialize the filter node-set F to consist of all nodes in the
+ input document.
+ * Iterate through each XPath expression, X, in sequence, and
+ update the filter node-set F as follows:
+
+
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+ o Evaluate the XPath expression X. The result is a node-set
+ S.
+ o Compute the set S' consisting of all nodes in the input
+ document that are either present in S or that have an
+ ancestor in S. This is equal to the union of all the
+ document subtrees rooted by a node in S.
+ o If the Filter attribute value is intersect, then compute the
+ intersection of the selected subtrees, S', with the filter
+ node-set F. The result will include only those nodes that
+ are in both the filter node-set and the selected subtrees:
+ F' = F INTERSECT S'.
+ o If the Filter attribute value is subtract, then compute the
+ subtraction of the selected subtrees, S', from the filter
+ node-set F. The result will include only those nodes that
+ are in the filter node-set, but not the selected subtrees:
+ F' = F - S'.
+ o Otherwise, if the Filter attribute value is union, then
+ compute the union the selected subtrees, S', with the filter
+ node-set F. The result will include all those nodes that
+ are in either the filter node-set, the selected subtrees, or
+ both: F' = F UNION S'.
+ o Update the filter node-set F to be the new node-set F'.
+ * Finally, after applying all the XPath expressions, compute the
+ output node-set O to be the intersection of the computed filter
+ node-set, F, with the input node-set, I. The result will
+ include all nodes from the input node-set that are also in the
+ filter node-set: O = I INTERSECT F.
+ * An empty input node-set will always result in an empty output
+ node-set.
+
+ In this processing model, the conversion from a subtree
+ interpretation of the XPath expressions to a node-set containing all
+ nodes that must be used during the set operation, along with actual
+ performance of the set operation, is described explicitly.
+ Implementors SHOULD observe that it is possible to compute the
+ effective result of this operation in a single pass through the input
+ document without performing subtree expansion or any set operations:
+
+ * For each XPath expression X, in sequence, evaluate the
+ expression and store the resulting node-set, S, along with the
+ associated set operation.
+ * Prepend a node-set consisting of just the document node, along
+ with the operation union.
+ * Create a new, empty filter node-set.
+ * Process each node in the input node-set document, adding each
+ node to the output node-set F if a flag Z is true. The flag is
+ computed as follows:
+
+
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+ o Z is true if and only if the node is present in any
+ subtree-expanded union node-set and all subsequent subtree-
+ expanded intersect node-sets but no subsequent subtree-
+ expanded subtract node-sets, or false otherwise. If there
+ are no subsequent intersect or subtract node-sets, then that
+ part of the test is automatically passed.
+ o Presence in a subtree-expanded node-set can be efficiently
+ determined without actually expanding the node-set, by
+ simply maintaining a stack or count that identifies whether
+ any nodes from that node-set are an ancestor of the node
+ being processed.
+
+ Implementers MAY further observe that, if this transform is followed
+ by a canonicalization operation (e.g., [XML-C14N]), the described
+ filter computation can be efficiently commingled with the document-
+ order canonicalization processing.
+
+4. Examples of Signature Filter Transform
+
+ The example below illustrates one way to create an enveloped
+ signature with the signature filter transform. The function here()
+ identifies the XPath element, and the subsequent location path
+ obtains the nearest ancestor Signature element. Due to the subtract
+ value of the Filter attribute, the output of the signature filter
+ transform is a node-set containing every node from the input node-set
+ except the nodes in the subtree rooted by the Signature element
+ containing the example signature filter transform below.
+
+ <XPath Filter="subtract"
+ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2"
+ xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
+ here()/ancestor::dsig:Signature[1] </XPath>
+
+ A suitable signature reference URI to use with this subtract filter
+ would be URI="" (the entire signature document, without comments),
+ URI="#xpointer(/)" (the entire signature document, with comments) or
+ any same-document reference that includes the signature itself.
+
+ An example of an intersect filter is a signature that co-signs
+ another signature. In this example, a Signature element identified
+ by PrimaryBorrowSig must be signed. The XPath expression obtains the
+ element node, and the transform expands the output node-set to
+ contain all nodes from the input node-set that are also in the
+ subtree rooted by the element node.
+
+ <XPath Filter="intersect"
+ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2">
+ id("PrimaryBorrowerSig") </XPath>
+
+
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+ This type of intersect filter is useful for efficiently signing
+ subsets of a document, whether this is the same document as the
+ signature or an external document. For example, if the signature
+ reference URI is URI="document.xml", then this document will be
+ automatically parsed and just the identified element and its
+ descendants will be signed.
+
+ Union filters, by themselves are of no particular use: The initial
+ filter node-set consists of the entire input document; any union with
+ this will have no effect, so the output of the transform will be
+ identical to the input. The union operation is intended to follow a
+ subtract operation, to allow a subtree to be removed, with the
+ exception of a lower subtree which is still included in the output.
+
+ Consider the following document which contains a same-document
+ enveloped signature reference with an XPath filter containing three
+
+ XPath operations:
+
+ <Document>
+ <ToBeSigned>
+ <!-- comment -->
+ <Data />
+ <NotToBeSigned>
+ <ReallyToBeSigned>
+ <!-- comment -->
+ <Data />
+ </ReallyToBeSigned>
+ </NotToBeSigned>
+ </ToBeSigned>
+ <ToBeSigned>
+ <Data />
+ <NotToBeSigned>
+ <Data />
+ </NotToBeSigned>
+ </ToBeSigned>
+ <dsig:Signature
+ xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"
+ xmlns:dsig-xpath="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2">
+ <dsig:SignedInfo>
+ ...
+ <dsig:Reference URI="">
+ <dsig:Transforms>
+ <dsig:Transform
+ Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2002/06/xmldsig-filter2">
+ <dsig-xpath:XPath
+ Filter="intersect"> //ToBeSigned </dsig-xpath:XPath>
+ <dsig-xpath:XPath
+
+
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+ Filter="subtract"> //NotToBeSigned </dsig-xpath:XPath>
+ <dsig-xpath:XPath
+ Filter="union"> //ReallyToBeSigned </dsig-xpath:XPath>
+ </dsig:Transform>
+ </dsig:Transforms>
+ ...
+ </dsig:Reference>
+ </dsig:SignedInfo>
+ ...
+ </dsig:Signature> </Document>
+
+ The intersect operation computes the intersection of the XPath-
+ selected subtrees with the filter node-set. In this case, the filter
+ node-set initially contains the entire input document, and the XPath
+ expression evaluates to the two ToBeSigned elements; these are
+ expanded to include all their descendents and intersected with the
+ filter node-set, resulting in the following:
+
+ <ToBeSigned>
+ <!-- comment -->
+ <Data />
+ <NotToBeSigned>
+ <ReallyToBeSigned>
+ <!-- comment -->
+ <Data />
+ </ReallyToBeSigned>
+ </NotToBeSigned>
+ </ToBeSigned><ToBeSigned>
+ <Data />
+ <NotToBeSigned>
+ <Data />
+ </NotToBeSigned>
+ </ToBeSigned>
+
+ The subtract filter computes the subtraction of the XPath-selected
+ subtrees from the filter node-set. In this case, the XPath
+ expression evaluates to the two NotToBeSigned elements; these are
+ expanded to include all their descendents and subtracted from the
+ filter node-set:
+
+ <ToBeSigned>
+ <!-- comment -->
+ <Data />
+
+ </ToBeSigned><ToBeSigned>
+ <Data />
+
+ </ToBeSigned>
+
+
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+ Next, the union filter computes the union of the XPath-selected
+ subtrees with the filter node-set. In this case, the XPath
+ expression evaluates to the ReallyToBeSigned element; this is
+ expanded to include all its descendents and added to the filter
+ node-set:
+
+ <ToBeSigned>
+ <!-- comment -->
+ <Data />
+ <ReallyToBeSigned>
+ <!-- comment -->
+ <Data />
+ </ReallyToBeSigned>
+ </ToBeSigned><ToBeSigned>
+ <Data />
+
+ </ToBeSigned>
+
+ Finally, this resulting filter node-set is used to transform the
+ input node-set. In this example, the input node-set is the entire
+ document, with comments removed. The transformed node-set will thus
+ be all those nodes from the input document, less comments, that are
+ also in the filter node-set:
+
+ <ToBeSigned>
+
+ <Data />
+ <ReallyToBeSigned>
+
+ <Data />
+ </ReallyToBeSigned>
+ </ToBeSigned><ToBeSigned>
+ <Data />
+
+ </ToBeSigned>
+
+ Note that the result contains no nodes that were not in the input
+ node-set. Although the filter node-set included comments, these were
+ not present in the input node-set so they are not present in the
+ output node-set.
+
+ This signature filter does not provide any increased capability over
+ the original XPath transform. For example, this reference could be
+ replicated using the XPath transform as follows.
+
+ <dsig:Reference URI="">
+ <dsig:Transforms>
+ <dsig:Transform
+
+
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+ Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116">
+ <dsig:XPath>
+ (ancestor-or-self::ToBeSigned and
+ not (ancestor-or-self::NotToBeSigned))
+ or ancestor-or-self::ReallyToBeSigned
+ </dsig:XPath>
+ </dsig:Transform>
+ </dsig:Transforms>
+ ... </dsig:Reference>
+
+ The advantage of the signature filter transform over the XPath
+ transform is that the latter requires evaluation of a potentially-
+ complex expression against every node in the input set, which has
+ proved costly in practice for many useful operations. This
+ specification's filter requires evaluation of simple XPath
+ expressions and then the execution of some basic set operations or
+ their equivalent, which can be implemented significantly more
+ efficiently.
+
+5. Normative References
+
+ [Keywords] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
+ Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
+
+ [URI] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R. and L. Masinter, "Uniform
+ Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax", RFC 2396,
+ August 1998.
+
+ [XML] "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition)",
+ T. Bray, E. Maler, J. Paoli, and C. M. Sperberg-
+ McQueen. W3C Recommendation, October 2000. Available at
+ <http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006>.
+
+ [XML-C14N] Boyer, J., "Canonical XML", RFC 3076, March 2001. Also a
+ W3C Recommendation available at
+ <http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315>.
+
+ [XML-DSig] Eastlake, J., Reagle, J. and D. Solo, "XML-Signature
+ Syntax and Processing", RFC 3275, March 2002. Also a W3C
+ Recommendation available at
+ <http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/REC-xmldsig-core-20020212/>.
+
+ [XML-NS] "Namespaces in XML", T. Bray, D. Hollander, and A.
+ Layman. W3C Recommendation, January 1999. Available at
+ <http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/>.
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+RFC 3653 XML-Signature XPath Filter 2.0 December 2003
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+ [XPath] "XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0", J. Clark and S.
+ DeRose. W3C Recommendation, November 1999. Available at
+ <http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xpath-19991116>. (Note
+ also XPath Errata at <http://www.w3.org/1999/11/REC-
+ xpath-19991116-errata>.)
+
+ [XPointer] "XML Pointer Language (XPointer)", S. DeRose, R. Daniel,
+ and E. Maler. W3C Candidate Recommendation, January
+ 2001. Available at <http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/CR-xptr-
+ 20010911/>.
+
+6. Authors' Addresses
+
+ John Boyer
+ PureEdge Solutions Inc.
+ 4396 West Saanich Rd.
+ Victoria, BC, Canada V8Z 3E9
+
+ Phone: +1-888-517-2675
+ EMail: jboyer@PureEdge.com
+
+
+ Merlin Hughes
+ Betrusted, Inc.
+ 11000 Broken Land Parkway Suite 900
+ Columbia, MD 21044
+
+ Phone: +1-443-367-7000
+ EMail: Merlin.Hughes@betrusted.com
+
+
+ Joseph M. Reagle Jr., W3C
+ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+ Laboratory for Computer Science
+ NE43-350, 545 Technology Square
+ Cambridge, MA 02139
+
+ Phone: +1.617.258.7621
+ EMail: reagle@mit.edu
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