CanonicalizationMethod

Defines the canonicalization method applied to SignedInfo as specified in XML DSIG. Must be of type Canonical XML.

Element hierarchy

<Signature>

<SignedInfo>

<CanonicalizationMethod>

Syntax

<CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm = "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315" | "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315#WithComments" | "http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" | "http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#WithComments" >

  string

</CanonicalizationMethod>

Attributes and Elements

Attributes

Attribute	Description	Data type	Required	Default value
Algorithm	Defines the Uniform Resource Locator (URI) of the algorithm used for canonicalization.	This attribute can have one of the following values: http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315 http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315#WithComments http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n# http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#WithComments	Yes

 

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Parent Element	Description
SignedInfo	Defines all signed content within the signature as specified in XML DSIG .

 

Requirements

Namespace

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