Keywords: elliptic curve digital signature algorithm, ecdsa, elliptic curve cryptography, ecc, xml, digital signatures, xml dsig, xml
Network Working Group S. Blake-Wilson
Request for Comments: 4050 BCI
Category: Informational G. Karlinger
CIO Austria
T. Kobayashi
NTT
Y. Wang
UNCC
April 2005
Using the Elliptic Curve Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
for XML Digital Signatures
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Abstract
This document specifies how to use Elliptic Curve Digital Signature
Algorithm (ECDSA) with XML Signatures. The mechanism specified
provides integrity, message authentication, and/or signer
authentication services for data of any type, whether located within
the XML that includes the signature or included by reference.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. ECDSA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Specifying ECDSA within XMLDSIG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.1. Version, Namespaces, and Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . 3
3.2. XML Schema Preamble and DTD Replacement. . . . . . . . . 4
3.2.1. XML Schema Preamble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2.2. DTD Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.3. ECDSA Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.4. ECDSA Key Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.4.1. Key Value Root Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.4.2. EC Domain Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.4.2.1. Field Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.4.2.2. Curve Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4.2.3. Base Point Parameters. . . . . . . . . 9
3.4.3. EC Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Appendix A: Aggregate XML Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Appendix B: Aggregate DTD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
1. Introduction
This document specifies how to use the Elliptic Curve Digital
Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) with XML signatures, as specified in
[XMLDSIG]. [XMLDSIG] defines only two digital signature methods: RSA
and DSA (DSS) signatures. This document introduces ECDSA signatures
as an additional method.
This document uses both XML Schemas [XML-schema] (normative) and DTDs
[XML] (informational) to specify the corresponding XML structures.
2. ECDSA
The Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) is the
elliptic curve analogue of the DSA (DSS) signature method
[FIPS-186-2]. It is defined in the ANSI X9.62 standard [X9.62].
Other compatible specifications include FIPS 186-2 [FIPS-186-2], IEEE
1363 [IEEE1363], IEEE 1363a [IEEE1363a], and SEC1 [SEC1]. [RFC3279]
describes ways to carry ECDSA keys in X.509 certificates.
[FIPS-186-2], [SEC2], and [X9.62] provide recommended elliptic curve
domain parameters for use with ECDSA.
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Like DSA, ECDSA incorporates the use of a hash function. Currently,
the only hash function defined for use with ECDSA is the SHA-1
message digest algorithm [FIPS-180-1].
ECDSA signatures are smaller than RSA signatures of similar
cryptographic strength. ECDSA public keys (and certificates) are
smaller than similar strength DSA keys and result in improved
communication efficiency. On many platforms, ECDSA operations can be
computed faster than similar strength RSA or DSA operations (see
[KEYS] for a security analysis of key sizes across public key
algorithms). These advantages of signature size, bandwidth, and
computational efficiency may make ECDSA an attractive choice for
XMLDSIG implementations.
3. Specifying ECDSA within XMLDSIG
This section specifies how to use ECDSA with XML Signature Syntax and
Processing [XMLDSIG]. It relies heavily on the syntax and namespace
defined in [XMLDSIG].
3.1. Version, Namespaces, and Identifiers
This specification makes no provision for an explicit version number
in the syntax. If a future version is needed, it will use a
different namespace.
The XML namespace [XML-ns] URI that MUST be used by implementations
of this (dated) specification is:
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#
Elements in the namespace of the [XMLDSIG] specification are marked
by using the namespace prefix "dsig" in the remaining sections of
this document.
The identifier for the ECDSA signature algorithm as defined in
[Eastlake] is:
http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#ecdsa-sha1
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3.2. XML Schema Preamble and DTD Replacement
3.2.1. XML Schema Preamble
The subsequent preamble is to be used with the XML Schema definitions
given in the remaining sections of this document.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema
targetNamespace="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#"
xmlns:ecdsa="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
version="0.2">
3.2.2. DTD Replacement
To include ECDSA in XML-signature syntax, the following definition of
the entity Key.ANY SHOULD replace the one in [XMLDSIG]:
<!ENTITY % KeyValue.ANY '| ecdsa:ECDSAKeyValue'>
3.3. ECDSA Signatures
The input to the ECDSA algorithm is the canonicalized representation
of the dsig:SignedInfo element as specified in Section 3 of
[XMLDSIG].
The output of the ECDSA algorithm consists of a pair of integers
usually referred by the pair (r, s). The signature value (text value
of element dsig:SignatureValue - see section 4.2 of [XMLDSIG])
consists of the base64 encoding of the concatenation of two octet-
streams that respectively result from the octet-encoding of the
values r and s. This concatenation is described in section E3.1 of
[IEEE1363].
3.4. ECDSA Key Values
The syntax used for ECDSA key values closely follows the ASN.1 syntax
defined in ANSI X9.62 [X9.62].
3.4.1. Key Value Root Element
The element ECDSAKeyValue is used for encoding ECDSA public keys.
For use with XMLDSIG, simply use this element inside dsig:KeyValue
(such as the predefined elements dsig:RSAKeyValue or
dsig:DSAKeyValue).
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The element consists of an optional subelement DomainParameters and
the mandatory subelement PublicKey. If Domainparameters is missing,
the application implicitly knows about it from other means.
Schema Definition:
<xs:element name="ECDSAKeyValue" type="ecdsa:ECDSAKeyValueType"/>
<xs:complexType name="ECDSAKeyValueType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="DomainParameters" type="ecdsa:DomainParamsType"
minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="PublicKey" type="ecdsa:ECPointType"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
DTD Definition:
<!ELEMENT ECDSAKeyValue (DomainParameters?, PublicKey)>
<!ELEMENT PublicKey (X, Y)?>
<!ELEMENT X EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST X Value CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT Y EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Y Value CDATA #REQUIRED>
3.4.2. EC Domain Parameters
Domain parameters can be encoded either explicitly using element
ExplicitParams, or by reference using element NamedCurve. The latter
simply consists of an attribute named URN, which bears a uniform
resource name as its value. For the named curves of standards like
[X9.62], [FIPS-186-2], or [SEC2], the OIDs of these curves SHOULD be
used in this attribute, e.g., URN="urn:oid:1.2.840.10045.3.1.1". The
mechanism for encoding OIDs in URNs is shown in [RFC3061].
Schema Definition:
<xs:complexType name="DomainParamsType">
<xs:choice>
<xs:element name="ExplicitParams"
type="ecdsa:ExplicitParamsType"/>
<xs:element name="NamedCurve">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:attribute name="URN" type="xs:anyURI" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
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DTD Definition:
<!ELEMENT DomainParameters (ExplicitParams | NamedCurve)>
<!ELEMENT NamedCurve EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST NamedCurve URN CDATA #REQUIRED>
The element ExplicitParams is used for explicit encoding of domain
parameters. It contains three subelements: FieldParams describes the
underlying field, CurveParams describes the elliptic curve, and
BasePointParams describes the base point of the elliptic curve.
Schema Definition:
<xs:complexType name="ExplicitParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="FieldParams" type="ecdsa:FieldParamsType"/>
<xs:element name="CurveParams" type="ecdsa:CurveParamsType"/>
<xs:element name="BasePointParams"
type="ecdsa:BasePointParamsType"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
DTD Definition:
<!ELEMENT ExplicitParams (FieldParams, CurveParams, BasePointParams)>
3.4.2.1. Field Parameters
The element FieldParams is used for encoding field parameters. The
corresponding XML Schema type FieldParamsType is declared abstract
and will be extended by specialized types for prime field,
characteristic two field, and odd characteristic extension fields
parameters.
The XML Schema type PrimeFieldParamsType is derived from the
FieldParamsType and is used for encoding prime field parameters. The
type contains the order of the prime field as its single subelement
P.
The XML Schema type CharTwoFieldParamsType is derived from
FieldParamsType and is used for encoding parameters of a
characteristic two field. It is again an abstract type and will be
extended by specialized types for trinomial and pentanomial base
fields. F2m Gaussian Normal Base fields are not supported by this
specification to relieve interoperability. Common to both
specialized types is the element M, the extension degree of the
field.
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The XML Schema type TnBFieldParamsType is derived from the
CharTwoFieldParamsType and is used for encoding trinomial base
fields. It adds the single element K, which represents the integer
k, where x^m + x^k + 1 is the reduction polynomial.
The XML Schema type PnBFieldParamsType is derived from the
CharTwoFieldParamsType and is used for encoding pentanomial base
fields. It adds the three elements K1, K2 and K3, which represent
the integers k1, k2 and k3 respectively, where x^m + x^k3 + x^k2 +
x^k1 + 1 is the reduction polynomial.
The XML Schema type OddCharExtensionFieldParamsType is derived from
the FieldParamsType and is used for encoding parameters of an odd
characteristic extension field. This type contains two elements: M,
which represents the extension degree of the field m, and W, which
represents the integer w, where x^m - w is the reduction polynomial.
Schema Definition:
<xs:complexType name="FieldParamsType" abstract="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="PrimeFieldParamsType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="P" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="CharTwoFieldParamsType" abstract="true">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="M" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="OddCharExtensionFieldParamsType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="M" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
<xs:element name="W" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
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</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="TnBFieldParamsType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:CharTwoFieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="K" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="PnBFieldParamsType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:CharTwoFieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="K1" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
<xs:element name="K2" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
<xs:element name="K3" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
DTD Definition:
<!ELEMENT FieldParams (P | (M, K) | (M, K1, K2, K3) | (M, W))>
<!ELEMENT P (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT M (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT K (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT K1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT K2 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT K3 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT W (#PCDATA)>
3.4.2.2. Curve Parameters
The element CurveParams is used for encoding parameters of the
elliptic curve. The corresponding XML Schema type CurveParamsType
bears the elements A and B representing the coefficients a and b of
the elliptic curve. According to the algorithm specified in annex
A3.3 of [X9.62], the optional element Seed contains the value used to
derive the coefficients of a randomly generated elliptic curve.
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Schema Definition:
<xs:complexType name="CurveParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="A" type="ecdsa:FieldElemType"/>
<xs:element name="B" type="ecdsa:FieldElemType"/>
<xs:element name="Seed" type="xs:hexBinary" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
DTD Definition:
<!ELEMENT CurveParams (A, B, Seed?)>
<!ELEMENT A EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST A Value CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT B EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST B Value CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT Seed (#PCDATA)>
3.4.2.3. Base Point Parameters
The element BasePointParams is used for encoding parameters regarding
the base point of the elliptic curve. BasePoint represents the base
point itself, Order provides the order of the base point, and
Cofactor optionally provides the cofactor of the base point.
Schema Definition:
<xs:complexType name="BasePointParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="BasePoint" type="ecdsa:ECPointType"/>
<xs:element name="Order" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
<xs:element name="Cofactor" type="xs:positiveInteger"
minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
DTD Definition:
<!ELEMENT BasePointParams (BasePoint, Order, Cofactor?)>
<!ELEMENT BasePoint (X, Y)?>
<!ELEMENT Order (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT Cofactor (#PCDATA)>
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3.4.3. EC Points
The XML Schema type ECPointType is used for encoding a point on the
elliptic curve. It consists of the subelements X and Y, providing
the x and y coordinates of the point. Point compression
representation is not supported by this specification for the sake of
simple design.
The point at infinity is encoded by omitting both elements X and Y.
The subelements X and Y are of type FieldElemType. This is an
abstract type for encoding elements of the elliptic curves underlying
field and is extended by specialized types for prime field elements
and characteristic two field elements.
The XML Schema type PrimeFieldElemType is used for encoding prime
field elements. It contains a single attribute named Value whose
value represents the field element as an integer.
The XML Schema type CharTwoFieldElemType is used for encoding
characteristic two field elements. It contains a single attribute
named Value whose value represents the field element as an octet
string. The octet string must be composed as shown in paragraph 2 of
section 4.3.3 of [X9.62].
The XML Schema type OddCharExtensionFieldElemType is used for
encoding odd characteristic extension field elements. It contains a
single attribute named Value whose value represents the field element
as an integer. The integer must be composed as shown in section
5.3.3 of [IEEE1363a].
Schema Definition:
<xs:complexType name="ECPointType">
<xs:sequence minOccurs="0">
<xs:element name="X" type="ecdsa:FieldElemType"/>
<xs:element name="Y" type="ecdsa:FieldElemType"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="FieldElemType" abstract="true"/>
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<xs:complexType name="PrimeFieldElemType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldElemType">
<xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"
use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="CharTwoFieldElemType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldElemType">
<xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:hexBinary"
use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="OddCharExtensionFieldElemType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldElemType">
<xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"
use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
4. Security Considerations
Implementers should ensure that appropriate security measures are in
place when they deploy ECDSA within XMLDSIG. In particular, the
security of ECDSA requires careful selection of both key sizes and
elliptic curve domain parameters. Selection guidelines for these
parameters and some specific recommended curves that are considered
safe are provided in [X9.62], [FIPS-186-2], and [SEC2]. For further
security discussion, see [XMLDSIG].
5. Normative References
[Eastlake] Eastlake 3rd, D., "Additional XML Security Uniform
Resource Identifiers (URIs)", RFC 4051, April 2005.
[X9.62] American National Standards Institute. ANSI X9.62-1998,
Public Key Cryptography for the Financial Services
Industry: The Elliptic Curve Digital Signature
Algorithm. January 1999.
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[XMLDSIG] Eastlake 3rd, D., Reagle, J., and D. Solo, "(Extensible
Markup Language) XML-Signature Syntax and Processing",
RFC 3275, March 2002.
[XML-schema] Beech, D., Maloney, M., Mendelsohn, N., and Thompson,
H., XML Schema Part 1: Structures, W3C Recommendation,
May 2001. http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-1-
20010502/ Biron, P., and Malhotra, A., ML Schema Part 2:
Datatypes, W3C Recommendation, May 2001.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-2-20010502/
6. Informative References
[FIPS-180-1] Federal Information Processing Standards Publication
(FIPS PUB) 180-1, Secure Hash Standard, April 1995.
[FIPS-186-2] Federal Information Processing Standards Publication
(FIPS PUB) 186-2, Digital Signature Standard, January
2000.
[IEEE1363] Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) Standard 1363-2000, Standard Specifications for
Public Key Cryptography, January 2000.
[IEEE1363a] Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) Standard 1363, Draft Standard Specifications for
Public Key Cryptography -- Amendment 1: Additional
Techniques, October 2002.
[KEYS] Lenstra, A.K. and Verheul, E.R., Selecting Cryptographic
Key Sizes. October 1999. Presented at Public Key
Cryptography Conference, Melbourne, Australia, January
2000. http://www.cryptosavvy.com/
[RFC3061] Mealling, M., "A URN Namespace of Object Identifiers",
RFC 3061, February 2001.
[RFC3279] Bassham, L., Polk, W., and R. Housley, "Algorithms and
Identifiers for the Internet X.509 Public Key
Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation
List (CRL) Profile", RFC 3279, April 2002.
[SEC1] Standards for Efficient Cryptography Group, SEC 1:
Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Version 1.0, September
2000. http://www.secg.org
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[SEC2] Standards for Efficient Cryptography Group, SEC 2:
Recommended Elliptic Curve Domain Parameters, Version
1.0, September 2000. http://www.secg.org
[XML] Bray, T., Maler, E., Paoli, J., and Sperberg-McQueen, C.
M., Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second
Edition), W3C Recommendation, October 2000.
http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xml-20001006
[XML-ns] Bray, T., Hollander, D., and Layman, A., Namespaces in
XML, W3C Recommendation, January 1999.
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-xml-names-19990114/
7. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the many helpful comments of
Wolfgang Bauer, Donald Eastlake, Tom Gindin, Chris Hawk, Akihiro
Kato, Shiho Moriai, Joseph M. Reagle Jr., and Francois Rousseau.
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Appendix A. Aggregate XML Schema
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema
targetNamespace="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#"
xmlns:ecdsa="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmldsig-more#"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
elementFormDefault="qualified"
attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
version="0.2">
<!--ECDSA key value root element-->
<xs:element name="ECDSAKeyValue" type="ecdsa:ECDSAKeyValueType"/>
<xs:complexType name="ECDSAKeyValueType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="DomainParameters"
type="ecdsa:DomainParamsType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="PublicKey" type="ecdsa:ECPointType"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<!--EC domain parameters-->
<xs:complexType name="DomainParamsType">
<xs:choice>
<xs:element name="ExplicitParams"
type="ecdsa:ExplicitParamsType"/>
<xs:element name="NamedCurve">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:attribute name="URN" type="xs:anyURI" use="required"/>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:choice>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="FieldParamsType" abstract="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="PrimeFieldParamsType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="P" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="CharTwoFieldParamsType" abstract="true">
<xs:complexContent>
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<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="M" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="OddCharExtensionFieldParamsType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="M" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
<xs:element name="W" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="TnBFieldParamsType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:CharTwoFieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="K" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="PnBFieldParamsType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:CharTwoFieldParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="K1" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
<xs:element name="K2" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
<xs:element name="K3" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="ExplicitParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="FieldParams" type="ecdsa:FieldParamsType"/>
<xs:element name="CurveParams" type="ecdsa:CurveParamsType"/>
<xs:element name="BasePointParams"
type="ecdsa:BasePointParamsType"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="CurveParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="A" type="ecdsa:FieldElemType"/>
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<xs:element name="B" type="ecdsa:FieldElemType"/>
<xs:element name="Seed" type="xs:hexBinary" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="BasePointParamsType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="BasePoint" type="ecdsa:ECPointType"/>
<xs:element name="Order" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
<xs:element name="Cofactor" type="xs:positiveInteger"
minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<!--EC point-->
<xs:complexType name="ECPointType">
<xs:sequence minOccurs="0">
<xs:element name="X" type="ecdsa:FieldElemType"/>
<xs:element name="Y" type="ecdsa:FieldElemType"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<!--Field element-->
<xs:complexType name="FieldElemType" abstract="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="PrimeFieldElemType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldElemType">
<xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"
use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="CharTwoFieldElemType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldElemType">
<xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:hexBinary"
use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="OddCharExtensionFieldElemType">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ecdsa:FieldElemType">
<xs:attribute name="Value" type="xs:nonNegativeInteger"
use="required"/>
</xs:extension>
</xs:complexContent>
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</xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
Appendix B. Aggregate DTD
<!ELEMENT ECDSAKeyValue (DomainParameters?, PublicKey)>
<!ELEMENT PublicKey (X, Y)?>
<!ELEMENT X EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST X Value CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT Y EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST Y Value CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT DomainParameters (ExplicitParams | NamedCurve)>
<!ELEMENT NamedCurve EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST NamedCurve URN CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT ExplicitParams (FieldParams, CurveParams, BasePointParams)>
<!ELEMENT FieldParams (P | (M, K) | (M, K1, K2, K3) | (M, W))>
<!ELEMENT P (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT M (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT W (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT K (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT K1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT K2 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT K3 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT CurveParams (A, B, Seed?)>
<!ELEMENT A EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST A Value CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT B EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST B Value CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT Seed (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT BasePointParams (BasePoint, Order, Cofactor?)>
<!ELEMENT BasePoint (X, Y)?>
<!ELEMENT Order (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT Cofactor (#PCDATA)>
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Authors' Addresses
Simon Blake-Wilson
BCI
96 Spadina Ave, Unit 606
Toronto, ON, M5V 2J6, Canada
EMail: sblakewilson@bcisse.com
Gregor Karlinger
Federal Staff Office for IT Strategies/Federal Chancellery
Ballhausplatz 2
1014 Wien, Austria
EMail: gregor.karlinger@cio.gv.at
Tetsutaro Kobayashi
NTT Laboratories
1-1 Hikarinooka, Yokosuka, 239-0847, Japan
EMail: kotetsu@isl.ntt.co.jp
Yongge Wang
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
EMail: yonwang@uncc.edu
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