Re: Gregor's EXC-C14N interop samples (WAS:RE: Moving exc-c14n forward: your response is needed!)

Thanks, Merlin! This version is much better :) LibXML (and XML Security 
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merlin wrote:

>Gregor, you are absolutely right. I'm not sure the spec
>actually intended it, but it sure says it. So, I agree
>with all your samples and attached is a corresponding
>signature over them.
>
>Merlin
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>r/[email protected]/2002.04.18/13:03:32
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>>Merlin,
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>>3. I've tried Gregor's examples and, with one exception 
>>>(example 4, regular c14n, GrandChild, xml:fool should not be 
>>>there?), I think everything works.
>>>
>>[...]
>>
>>I guess that you mean example 1 since this is the only one
>>bearing an xml:fool attribute.
>>
>>According to the second paragraph of [1], section 2.4 I think
>>the appearance of xml:fool as attribute of element GrandChild
>>is correct:  
>>
>> The processing of an element node E MUST be modified
>> slightly when an XPath node-set is given as input and the
>> element's parent is omitted from the node-set. The method
>> for processing the attribute axis of an element E in the
>> node-set is enhanced. All element nodes along E's ancestor
>> axis are examined for nearest occurrences of attributes in
>> the xml namespace, such as xml:lang and xml:space (whether
>> or not they are in the node-set).
>>
>>For "GrandChild", this results in the list 
>> - xml:foo (barbarossa)
>> - xml:lang (ge)
>> - xml:fool (barbar)
>> - xml:space (default)
>>
>> From this list of
>> attributes, remove any that are in E's attribute axis
>> (whether or not they are in the node-set).
>>
>>After this step, the following list remains:
>> - xml:foo (barbarossa)
>> - xml:lang (ge)
>> - xml:fool (barbar)
>>
>> Then,
>> lexicographically merge this attribute list with the nodes
>> of E's attribute axis that are in the node-set. 
>>
>>This step results in
>> - xml:foo (barbarossa)
>> - xml:lang (ge)
>> - xml:fool (barbar)
>> - xml:space (preserve)
>>
>> The result
>> of visiting the attribute axis is computed by processing the
>> attribute nodes in this merged attribute list.
>>
>>Am I missing something here?
>>
>>/Gregor
>>
>>--
>>[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315.html 
>>
>>
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