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order to run.This library is a prerequisite for xmlsec, but it also provides
a front-end command-line program, xsltproc, that can be used to com-
bine an XML document with at style sheet, making it very helpful if
you expect to use XSLT in your XML digital signatures.
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www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xmlsecuritysuite The IBM
XML Security Suite is a Java implementation that will run on most
operating systems that have a Java runtime environment.The software is
available as a free 90-day trial.
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www.fivesight.com This is a program XPathTester, a Java application
used for interactively verifying XPath syntax. If you will use XPath in
your signatures, youll find this program very helpful. After opening your
XML file, you type an XPath statement on the input line, and it high-
lights all the elements that match your statement.
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http://tjmather.com/xml-canonical/ This is a Perl implementa-
tion of an XML Canonical Recommendation Version 1.This could be a
useful component of a Perl application of XML digital signatures.
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