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I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE HAD ANY IDEA IF XML CAN HANDLE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES. IF IT CAN CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF HOW? THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME.
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XML AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE?
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In what way?
(BTW please turn your CapsLock off - it's considered SHOUTING).
If you're trying to embed a signature in an XML doc, that's easy - put the ASCII or base-64 encoded version of it inside a CDATA section.
If you're trying to sign an XML document so that you know who it came from -- that's tougher. There's some work going on with encryption of XML documents at the W3C, especially for SOAP/WebMethod transactions. I don't think they've settled on anything yet, though.
Chip H.
(BTW please turn your CapsLock off - it's considered SHOUTING).
If you're trying to embed a signature in an XML doc, that's easy - put the ASCII or base-64 encoded version of it inside a CDATA section.
If you're trying to sign an XML document so that you know who it came from -- that's tougher. There's some work going on with encryption of XML documents at the W3C, especially for SOAP/WebMethod transactions. I don't think they've settled on anything yet, though.
Chip H.
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