On 9/1/05 3:41 PM, "Bob Wyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This would seem to imply that I cannot compose an
> Atom Feed Document by collecting together Atom Entry Documents and wrapping
> them in a atom:feed - unless I strip out any signatures that might have been
> in the Atom Entry Documents prior to inserting them in the Atom Feed
> Document.
if an entry in a feed document are signed, then you will have to strip the
signature if you either insert a head-in-entry element, or inline the
/feed/head/author parts.
and of course you won't be able to insert any extra elements of your own
without breaking the signature.
sidebar: does the signature technology we use for the atom format allow us
to state that certain child elements are not to be included in the signature
algorithm. I'm thinking of something along the lines of the following...
<feed>
...
<entry>
<content ... />
<date ... />
... <!-- usual atom:entry elements -->
<Signature ... />
<annotation by="pubsub.com">
<!-- stuff which the atom spec says won't be
included in the signature calculation -->
</annotation>
</entry>
</feed>
e.
