XML Signature Transform Simplification: Requirements and Design

Abstract

This document outlines a proposed simplification of the XML Signature Transform mechanism, intended to enhance security, performance, streamability and to ease adoption.

Status of this Document

This document has been superseded.

The information in this document is incorporated into the following documents:

• The 4 February 2010 Working Draft of XML Security 2.0 Requirements and Design Considerations. The latest version of XML Security 2.0 Requirements and Design Considerations is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlsec-reqs2/.
• The 22 October 2009 Working Draft of Canonical XML Version 2.0. The latest version of Canonical XML 2.0 is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-c14n2/.
• The 22 October 2009 Working Draft of XML Signature Syntax and Processing 2.0. The latest version of XML Signature Syntax and Processing 2.0 is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core2/.

A list of current W3C Recommendations and other technical documents can be found at http://www.w3.org/TR/.