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Subject: Re: [xcbf] Groups - XCBF XML Common Biometric Format CS April 3 2003.zipuploaded (fwd)
This is not what we agreed in the CS. And this would not be compatible with X9.84. Phil Bancroft Scott wrote: >Phil, > >The crux of the problem that we are having lies around the fact that XCBF >is using Base64 as an encoding, but Base64 is not available in the current >version of X.693. Given this, plus the fact that that only the >EnvelopedData and SignedData types carry certificates and CRLs, and that >even in these cases, the certificates and CRLs components are optional >(and in practice never used), it would solve all our problems if XCBF used >straight XER and/or CXER encoding. > >In other words, I propose that we drop the use of (currently non-standard >in XER/CXER) Base64 in XCBF and instead stick to HEX encoding as required >by XER/CXER. This would resolve the concerns that everyone, including Ed >Day, has voiced. > >Bancroft > > > >
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