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        The specification must describe how to use XML syntax to represent a signature
        over digital content (and XML content in particular).
      
 
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        XML-signatures are generated from a hash over a list of references and the
        digest value of the references' content.
      
 
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        The meaning of a signature is simple:  The XML-signature syntax associates
        the content of resources listed with a key via a strong one-way transformation.
        
        
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            The "P3P Assurance Profile" Note explores the question of adding semantics
            to signatures.