Re: [dss] XPath expression's context

[Trevor Perrin <trevp@trevp.net>]

Konrad Lanz wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> In lines 831 to 862 of "oasis-dss-1.0-core-spec-cd-02.pdf" about 
> <XpathAfter>
> <XpathFirstChildOf> the following sentence (appears 2x)
> 
>  "The XPath expression is evaluated from the context node identified by the
>  WhichDocument attribute."
> 
> is not very clear from my point of view and should be changed to
> 
>  "The XPath expression is evaluated from the root node of the ancestry
>  context free (opaque) xml data inside <XMLData> or the xml data parsed
>  from the decoded <Base64Data> identified by the WhichDocument attribute as
>  the context node. If the <Trsansforms> of the <Document>  to (which)
>  WhichDocument refers resulted in xml data that is not well formed by 
>  itself a RequesterError should be returned"      // In fact the last sentence 
>  might also be true for enveloped signatures.

I agree with Konrad that the text should be clarified (once we decide 
for sure how we're going to handle Input Documents).

Trevor