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2.3.1.3.3 SignedInfoType

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Target namespace: http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#

Referenced by: SignatureType, SignedInfo

The SignedInfoType complex type specifies the information necessary to compute the hash of the manifest. The content of the SignedInfoType is defined in section 4.3 of [XMLDSig].

Child Elements:

ds:CanonicalizationMethod : A CanonicalizationMethodType element that specifies the canonicalization algorithm to be applied when the digital signature is verified.

ds:SignatureMethod : A SignatureMethodType element that specifies the digital signature algorithm to be used when the digital signature is verified.

ds:Reference : A ReferenceType element that specifies the XML node-set to be verified.

The following W3C XML Schema ([XMLSCHEMA1/2] section 2.1) fragment specifies the contents of this complex type.

 <complexType name="SignedInfoType" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <sequence>
     <element ref="ds:CanonicalizationMethod"/>
     <element ref="ds:SignatureMethod"/>
     <element ref="ds:Reference"/>
   </sequence>
 </complexType>