The following text contains the nodeset of the given Reference before it is canonicalized. There exist four different styles to indicate how a given node is treated.
<Foo xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xml:space="preserve"> <dsig:Signature xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <dsig:SignedInfo xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <dsig:CanonicalizationMethod xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"></dsig:CanonicalizationMethod> <dsig:SignatureMethod xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#dsa-sha1"></dsig:SignatureMethod> <dsig:Reference xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" URI="#xpointer(id('to-be-signed'))"> <dsig:Transforms xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <dsig:Transform xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"></dsig:Transform> </dsig:Transforms> <dsig:DigestMethod xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"></dsig:DigestMethod> <dsig:DigestValue xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">7yOTjUu+9oEhShgyIIXDLjQ08aY=</dsig:DigestValue> </dsig:Reference> <dsig:Reference xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" URI="#xpointer(id('to-be-signed'))"> <dsig:Transforms xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <dsig:Transform xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#"> <InclusiveNamespaces xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" PrefixList="bar #default"></InclusiveNamespaces> </dsig:Transform> </dsig:Transforms> <dsig:DigestMethod xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"></dsig:DigestMethod> <dsig:DigestValue xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">09xMy0RTQM1Q91demYe/0F6AGXo=</dsig:DigestValue> </dsig:Reference> <dsig:Reference xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" URI="#xpointer(id('to-be-signed'))"> <dsig:Transforms xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <dsig:Transform xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#WithComments"></dsig:Transform> </dsig:Transforms> <dsig:DigestMethod xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"></dsig:DigestMethod> <dsig:DigestValue xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">ZQH+SkCN8c5y0feAr+aRTZDwyvY=</dsig:DigestValue> </dsig:Reference> <dsig:Reference xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" URI="#xpointer(id('to-be-signed'))"> <dsig:Transforms xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <dsig:Transform xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#WithComments"> <InclusiveNamespaces xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/xml-exc-c14n#" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" PrefixList="bar #default"></InclusiveNamespaces> </dsig:Transform> </dsig:Transforms> <dsig:DigestMethod xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1"></dsig:DigestMethod> <dsig:DigestValue xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">a1cTqBgbqpUt6bMJN4C6zFtnoyo=</dsig:DigestValue> </dsig:Reference> </dsig:SignedInfo> <dsig:SignatureValue xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> Kv1e7Kjhz4gFtOZKgvC5cLYtMQNIn99fyLBa6D//bBokTxTUEkMwaA== </dsig:SignatureValue> <dsig:KeyInfo xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <dsig:KeyValue xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <dsig:DSAKeyValue xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <dsig:P xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> 8FkJgwdyizV5Vd0m6DA/DZsdweJdnkueYVUd7L8aA4JpZxrlCI/M7mDE/OGhEhgB nFzSTrBjSFpT7DG66uy7oJeE+RgkXO7EWWOEglMPwaZgGgi1oZarv95VOx3uO8W8 L7+S/3AuHNUZQD4b5bpdYAmjXFwz6dl0mKiXAvVuP9E= </dsig:P> <dsig:Q xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> mFf8DiMVNFXy0vag9oNGNW/g4u0= </dsig:Q> <dsig:G xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> g8gRdNlq9EOTR2TjmVApqCAZAq3jEjOIxXbs8JBiZ+U7dV9geeXEy13GbYoP23Qr apZQo+35diw+cMYPHjN+iUCwUkiGWv7/piAK+Ootfw03etL8XiVWjtL5NBof2CNp wmAw7mrwmNG092y1e6HXSGMMZpaoth/P8xhsxCQsqI8= </dsig:G> <dsig:Y xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> j0V14dc/I+okDAeG4ZbWUzb3HTFkEOC6feOMo5Dk218GcPqEKroVHaDBF9CmRV1v B8MUOExB+6ZNHfcs5Vaw0HVn62YiEBzrmKikx6SxO4Dg9L8I5WbHn37vxUKvHs8r 7+rma3kpZQftTMiBpJ8XK8Z6jg8VhuJqo9yZZO+p3I0= </dsig:Y> </dsig:DSAKeyValue> </dsig:KeyValue> </dsig:KeyInfo> <dsig:Object xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" Id="to-be-signed"> <bar:Baz xmlns="urn:foo" xmlns:bar="urn:bar" xmlns:dsig="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"> <!-- comment --> </bar:Baz> </dsig:Object> </dsig:Signature> </Foo>