Digital Signatures

DSig (Digital Signatures initiative):



• Key component for providing trust on the web
• DSig 1.0 is based on PICS
• DSig 2.0 will be based on RDF and will support signed assertion:
  • This page is from the University of Bath
  • This page is a legally-binding list of courses provided by the University
• Potential for use in authentication but:
  • Little activity in this area in W3C
  • Implementation would require expensive infrastructure

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