[OAUTH-WG] Document Management Issue (Signatures)

"Tschofenig, Hannes (NSN - FI/Espoo)" <hannes.tschofenig@nsn.com> Mon, 27 September 2010 16:42 UTC

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Hi all 

I wonder whether the question of "signature in the main specification or
in a separate document" does not really matter. It is purely a matter of
document management style. 

The important question is whether there will be a **mandatory to
implement** or **mandatory to use** someone in the document set.
Mandatory to use is typically hard to enforce unless there is only one
approach possible. This does not seem to be the case.

So, everything then boils down to the question: What is mandatory to
implement? (in this specific case with regard to security)

Ciao
Hannes