Re: [office] Proper identifier for Excel-style digest algorithm

[Bob Jolliffe <bobj@dst.gov.za>]

I agree.  What we would need is a URI.  But it would be better, if we do need to define a URI, that we do so in conjunction with ECMA ie. that they would then at some point use the same URI that we define.

Though given my earlier post and the input from Doug, it does seems that this will be more of an application issue than an ODF issue.  If the intention is NOT to write out those legacy hashed passwords in an ODF document, then having a URI to refer to the algorithm is surely not such a major concern for ODF.

Regards
Bob

----- "Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - Hamburg" <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:
> > 
> > How does OOXML, in their revised text, refer to the legacy
> algorithm?  I 
> > thought they also supported modern algorithms now like SHA256.  So
> they 
> > must have some way of indicating or referring to the legacy
> algorithm. 
> >  It might not be a URI, but they must describe it somehow, right? 
> If 
> > all else fails, call it something like "ISO/IEC 29500 Legacy Hash".
> 
> What we need is an URI, but we can define our own URI here if there is
> 
> none existing to identify this algorithm.
> 
> > 
> > Ideally we would refer to either ISO/IEC 29500, section 3.3.1.81 or
> 
> >  Ecma-376 (second edition) whenever either one of those documents 
> > appears in a publicly viewable form.  I don't think we want to
> duplicate 
> > their algorithm definition if we can avoid doing so.  Better to 
> > reference what they already have, when it is corrected.
> 
> I agree to this.
> > 
> > -Rob
> 
> Michael
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