Last Call for Drafts Related to XML Security: Encryption, SIgnature, Generic Hybrid Ciphers

The XML Security Working Group has published three Last Call Working Drafts: XML Encryption Syntax and Processing Version 1.1, XML Signature Syntax and Processing Version 1.1, and XML Security Generic Hybrid Ciphers. The group also published a Working Draft of XML Security Algorithm Cross-Reference. XML Encryption specifies a process for encrypting data and representing the result in XML. XML Signatures provide integrity, message authentication, and/or signer authentication services for data of any type, whether located within the XML that includes the signature or elsewhere. The third document augments XML Encryption by defining algorithms, XML types and elements necessary to enable use of generic hybrid ciphers in XML Security applications. The final document summarizes XML Security algorithm URI identifiers and the specifications associated with them. Last Call comments are welcome through 10 June. Learn more about the Security Activity.