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
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
The XML Signature Working Group is a joint Working Group of the IETF and W3C. The chairs are Donald Eastlake 3rd and Joseph Reagle Jr. The goal of this working group "is to develop an XML compliant syntax used for representing the signature of Web resources and portions of protocol messages (anything referencable by a URI) and procedures for computing and verifying such signatures." See the mailing list archives for current/past discussion.
[November 11, 2002] W3C Publishes XML-Signature XPath Filter 2.0 as W3C Recommendation. The XML-Signature
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