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89 <a name="XMLSEC-NOTES-SIGN-ENCRYPT"></a>Signing and encrypting documents.</h1>
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97 <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="XMLSEC-NOTES-SIGN-ENCRYPT-OVERVIEW">Overview.</a></h1>
98 <p>XML Security Library performs signature or encryption by processing
99 input xml or binary data and a template that specifies a signature or
100 encryption skeleton: the transforms, algorithms, the key selection
101 process. A template has the same structure as the desired result but
102 some of the nodes are empty. XML Security Library gets the key for
103 signature/encryption from keys managers using the information from
104 the template, does necessary computations and puts the results in
105 the template. Signature or encryption context controls the whole
106 process and stores the required temporary data.
109 <a name="AEN149"></a><p><b>Figure 1. The signature or encryption processing model.</b></p>
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