# XML Security Library: Related


### Specifications

- [XML Signature Syntax and Processing Specification](http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/) ([working group](http://www.w3.org/Signature/Overview.html))
- [XML Encryption Syntax and Processing Specification](http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlenc-core/) ([working group](http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/))
- [XML Signature Best Practices] (https://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-bestpractices/)
- [Additional XML Security URIs] (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9231.html)
- [XML Key Management Specification](http://www.w3.org/TR/xkms2/) ([working group](http://www.w3.org/2001/XKMS/))
- [Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Specification](http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml)
- [Namespaces in XML](http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/)
- [XML Path Language (XPath) Version 1.0](http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath)
- [XML Pointer language (XPointer)](http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xptr)


### Books

- [Secure XML: The New Syntax for Signatures and Encryption](https://www.amazon.com/Secure-XML-Syntax-Signatures-Encryption/dp/0201756056) — Donald E. Eastlake
- [XML Security](https://www.amazon.com/XML-Security-Blake-Dournaee/dp/0072193999) — Blake Dournaee
- [Securing Web Services with WS-Security: Demystifying WS-Security, WS-Policy, SAML, XML Signature, and XML Encryption](https://www.amazon.com/Securing-Web-Services-WS-Security-Demystifying/dp/0672326515) — Jothy Rosenberg
- [Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, Second Edition](https://www.amazon.com/Applied-Cryptography-Protocols-Algorithms-Source/dp/0471117099) — Bruce Schneier
- [Practical Cryptography](https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Cryptography-Niels-Ferguson/dp/0471223573) — Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier
- [Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World](https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Lies-Digital-Security-Networked/dp/0471453803) — Bruce Schneier
- [Web Services Security](https://www.amazon.com/Web-Services-Security-Mark-ONeill/dp/0072224711) — Mark O'Neill
- [Public Key Infrastructure: Building Trusted Applications and Web Services](https://www.amazon.com/Public-Key-Infrastructure-Building-Applications/dp/0849308224) — John R. Vacca

### Projects

- XML Security Library is included as part of Debian GNU/Linux. For more information see the [coordination page](http://memebeam.org/toys/DebianXmlsec).
- XML Security Library [FreeBSD](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/security/xmlsec/) and [OpenBSD](https://openports.pl/path/security/xmlsec) ports.
- [Python xmlsec module](https://github.com/mehcode/python-xmlsec) — Python bindings for XML Security Library.
- [Perl CPAN module](https://metacpan.org/pod/XML::LibXML::xmlsec) — Perl bindings for XML Security Library ([source code](https://github.com/estrelow/Perl-LibXML-Sec)).
- [Lasso Library](http://lasso.entrouvert.org/) — the [Liberty Alliance](http://www.projectliberty.org/) standards implementation.
- [OpenSAML](http://www.opensaml.org/) — an open source implementation of [SAML 1.0 specification](http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/security/#documents).


### Articles

- [XML Security page](http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.nue.et-inf.uni-siegen.de/%7Egeuer-pollmann/xml_security.html&e=267) — Christian Geuer-Pollmann's collection of links about XML Security.
- [An Introduction to XML Encryption and XML Signature](http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/s-xmlsec.html/index.html).
- [ZVON.org](http://www.zvon.org/) — the guide to the XML galaxy.
- [Securing Web Services](http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2003/01/15/ends.html) by Rich Salz, XML.com.
