Hi,
wrote:
>
> How does OOXML, in their revised text, refer to the legacy algorithm? I
> thought they also supported modern algorithms now like SHA256. So they
> must have some way of indicating or referring to the legacy algorithm.
> It might not be a URI, but they must describe it somehow, right? If
> all else fails, call it something like "ISO/IEC 29500 Legacy Hash".
What we need is an URI, but we can define our own URI here if there is
none existing to identify this algorithm.
>
> Ideally we would refer to either ISO/IEC 29500, section 3.3.1.81 or
> Ecma-376 (second edition) whenever either one of those documents
> appears in a publicly viewable form. I don't think we want to duplicate
> their algorithm definition if we can avoid doing so. Better to
> reference what they already have, when it is corrected.
I agree to this.
>
> -Rob
Michael
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