URI and Processing Model


URI="http://example.com/bar.xml"
Identifies the octets that represent the external resource 'http//example.com/bar.xml', that is probably XML document given its file extension.
URI="http://example.com/bar.xml#chapter1"
Identifies the element with ID attribute value 'chapter1' of the external XML resource 'http://example.com/bar.xml', provided as an octet stream. (Not recommended)
URI=""
Identifies the nodeset (minus any comment nodes) of the XML resource containing the signature
URI="#chapter1"
Identifies a nodeset containing the element with ID attribute value 'chapter1' of the XML resource containing the signature. XML Signature (and its applications) modify this nodeset to include the element plus all descendents including namespaces and attributes -- but not comments.