[xmlsec] XPATH and Visa 3D-secure specification

Aleksey Sanin aleksey@aleksey.com
Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:50:01 -0700


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No! There is no requirement about that! The definition is "just a string":

    http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-framework/#term-xdi

    [Definition: An *externally-determined ID* is a string, representing
    an element identifier, whose value is determined by the application
    through mechanisms outside the scope of this specification.]

Aleksey.

Rich Salz wrote:

>>    4.
>>       An element information item may also be identified by an
>>       externally-determined ID value.
>
>
> But it still must match the NCName production, which is equivalent to 
> the Name production without the colon.  And XML ID's must also match 
> the Name production.
>
>     /r$


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No! There is no requirement about that! The definition is "just a
string":<br>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-framework/#term-xdi">http://www.w3.org/TR/xptr-framework/#term-xdi</a><br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [<a name="term-xdi" id="term-xdi" title="externally-determined ID">Definition</a>:
An <b>externally-determined ID</b>
is a string, representing <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; an element identifier, whose value is
determined by the application <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; through mechanisms outside the scope of
this specification.]<br>
<br>
Aleksey.<br>
<br>
Rich Salz wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid3F7314D6.1090705@datapower.com">
  <blockquote type="cite">&nbsp;&nbsp; 4.
    <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An element information item may also be identified by an
    <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; externally-determined ID value.
    <br>
  </blockquote>
  <br>
But it still must match the NCName production, which is equivalent to
the Name production without the colon.&nbsp; And XML ID's must also match
the Name production.
  <br>
  <br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/r$
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