RE: [xml-dev] Is the XML Schema for XML Digital Signatures needed?

["Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>]

Hi Liam,

> Are you assuming that all authoring tools and XML creation 
> software has XML Signature knowledge built in?

I am assuming that any XML digital signature tool will produce a correct:

<ds:Signature>
   ...
</ds:Signature>

Hence, there is no benefit to me validating the <ds:Signature> against an XML Schema. And there is no benefit to my <Document> schema importing and referencing the XML Schema for digsig. 

> Validating is only one of the uses of a Schema.

That's a good point. However, for my particular situation I only need validation.

Thanks Liam!

/Roger