XML Encryption is a new standard defined by W3C, which defines the encryption of data, afterwards representing it as XML. It can encrypt virtually any type of data, including arbitrary data, an XML element and an XML element content.
The result of the data encryption is an XML document, which contains the encrypted data or a link to it. It has been called XML encryption or XML-enc because an XML element refers to or contains the cipher text, keyring information and the algorithms used for encrypting the data. For deciphering the encrypted data, XML
In a minority opinion, Eve Maler and Paul Grosso suggest that "that XPointer would benefit from offering the option of a much more modest feature set."
Maler and Grosso propose something much smaller than the complete XPointer proposal, "along the lines of our FIXptr proposal (W3C member only), that accords with the deployment and implementation patterns seen to date."
FIXptr has apparently seen independent implementation, at much lower cost than full XPointer implementation:
"It may be worth noting that several of the vendors involved in
This document specifies a process for encrypting data and representing the result in XML. The data may be arbitrary data (including an XML document), an XML element, or XML element content. The result of encrypting data is an XML Encryption element which contains or references the cipher data.This document is the W3C XML Encryption Recommendation (REC). 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
Use of the Web Services architecture provides the following benefits:
* Promotes interoperability by minimizing the requirements for shared understanding
XML-based interface definition language (NASSL), an XML-based service description (WDS) and a protocol of collaboration and negotiation are the only requirements for shared understanding between a service provider and a service requester. By limiting what is absolutely required for interoperability, collaborating Web services can be truly platform and language independent. By limiting what is
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The Extensible Markup Language (XML) describes a class of data objects called XML documents which are stored on computers, and partially describes the behavior of programs that process these objects. XML is a subset or restricted form of SGML, the Standard Generalized Markup Language (ISO 8879). The goal of XML is to enable generic SGML to be served, received, and processed on the Web in the way that is now possible with HTML. XML has been designed for ease of implementation and for interoperability with both SGML and HTML.
XML customizes SGML in a
Core Web Services API in the Java Platform
The Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC) lets you develop SOAP-based, interoperable, and portable web services. JAX-RPC — a required part of the J2EE 1.4 platform — provides the core API for developing and deploying web services on the Java platform. JAX-RPC web services can also be developed and deployed on J2EE 1.3 and Servlet containers.
JAX-RPC provides many benefits to Java developers, including:
--Portable and interoperable web services
--Ease of development of web service endpoints and
W3C Recommendation 12 February 2002:
Abstract
This document specifies XML digital signature processing rules and syntax. XML Signatures provide integrity, message authentication, andor signer authentication services for data of any type, whether located within the XML that includes the signature or elsewhere.
Status of this document
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
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