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

From
Liam R. E. Quin <>
To
"Costello, Roger L." <>, "" <>
Date
2018-07-27T19:28:30Z
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Re: [xml-dev] Is the XML Schema for XML Digital Signatures needed?
On Fri, 2018-07-27 at 18:36 +0000, Costello, Roger L. wrote:
> 
> My argument is that the digsig tools will ensure that the signature
> is correct, so don't bother validating against the XML Schema for
> xmldigsig.
> 
> Do you buy that argument?

No.

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

Validating is only one of the uses of a Schema.

Liam


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