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Other + key data objects may contain any additional information about the key. + All the key data objects in the key are associated with the same key + material. For example, if a DSA key material has both an X509 + certificate and a PGP data associated with it then such a key can + have a DSA key "value" and two key data objects for X509 certificate + and PGP key data. + </p> +<div class="FIGURE"> +<a name="AEN342"></a><p><b>Figure 1. The key structure.</b></p> +<p><img src="images/key.png" align="CENTER"></p> +</div> +<p>XML Security Library has several "invisible" key data classes. + These classes never show up in the keys data list of a key but are used for + <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/#sec-KeyInfo" target="_top"><dsig:KeyInfo/></a> + children processing (<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmldsig-core/#sec-KeyName" target="_top"><dsig:KeyName/></a>, + <enc:EncryptedKey/>, ...). 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