Abstract
This document expands and updates the list of URIs specified in RFC
4051 and intended for use with XML Digital Signatures, Encryption,
Canonicalization, and Key Management. These URIs identify algorithms
and types of information. This document obsoletes RFC 4051.
1. Introduction
XML Digital Signatures, Canonicalization, and Encryption have been
standardized by the W3C and by the joint IETF/W3C XMLDSIG working
group [W3C]. All of these are now W3C Recommendations and IETF
Informational or Standards Track documents. They are available as
follows:
IETF level W3C REC Topic
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[RFC3275] Draft Std [XMLDSIG] XML Digital Signatures
[RFC3076] Info [CANON] Canonical XML 1.0
- - - - - - [XMLENC] XML Encryption
[RFC3741] Info [XCANON] Exclusive XML Canonicalization 1.0
All of these standards and recommendations use URIs [RFC3986] to
identify algorithms and keying information types. This document is a
convenient reference list of URIs and descriptions for algorithms in
which there is substantial interest but which can not or have not
been included in the main documents for some reason. Note in
particular that raising XML digital signature to Draft Standard in
the IETF required remove of any algorithms for which there was not
demonstrated interoperability from the main standards document. This
required removal of the Minimal Canonicalization algorithm, in which
there appears to be continued interest, to be dropped from the
standards track specification. It was included in [RFC4051] and is
included here.
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