> 4) None of the text in section 4.1 that relates to the definition of
> specific elements defined by the "ds" namespace can be normative, as
> the normative definition of these elements is in fact provided in a
> document prepared by another organization (W3).
I disagree. It is quite common for one spec to incorporate another "by
reference."
Whether or not you WANT to do that is, of course, a separate question.
You can be as normative about DSIG as you can be about HTTP, MIME, SwA,
SOAP, etc.
/r$
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