Re: [xml] make XPointer( id(XX) ) and C14n work without DTD

[Rich Salz <rsalz datapower com>]

The short, albeit unsatisfying answer, is that you cannot make
XML dignaturse "just work" using LibXML and XMLSEC without
writing a minimal DTD or hacking the code.  It has to do with
the interactions of standards; the XML libraries won't recognize
an attribute as an ID attribute without some indication, and
the security standards leave that indication up to the crypto-using
application.

"Hope this (bad news) helps.

        /r$

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