Re: [dss] Definitions of <SignatureObject> in Core-27

[Trevor Perrin <trevp@trevp.net>]

At 09:34 AM 10/7/2004 -0400, Paul Madsen wrote:
>In Core -27, the <SignatureObject> is defined generically and in the 
>context of <SignResponse> as, respectively:
>
>359: The <SignatureObject> element contains a signature or timestamp of 
>some sort.
>
>553: The resultant signature or timestamp, if the request succeeds. This 
>MUST NOT contain a <SignaturePtr>; it MUST contain an entire signature or 
>timestamp.
>
>Both definitions imply that the <SignatureObject> can only contain a 
><Signature> or <Timestamp> element directly.
>
>The WSS profile (and perhaps others?) uses the <SignatureObject> in a 
><SignResponse> to return a revised document into which the created 
>signature has been inserted, rather than the signature directly.

Take a look at the <SignaturePlacement> and <DocumentWithSignature> 
options.  These options allow insertion of a signature into a input 
document, and return of that document.

Trevor