XML Encryption
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XML Encryption is a W3C standard that defines a method for encrypting digital content within XML documents to ensure data confidentiality in transit and storage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| XML Encryption canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5767794 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XML Encryption Context triple: [XML technology stack, includesStandard, XML Encryption]
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A.
Data Encryption Standard
Data Encryption Standard is an older symmetric-key block cipher algorithm once widely used for data protection but now considered insecure and largely superseded by stronger standards.
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B.
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy)
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy) refers to the older, less secure document protection system in early Office versions that relied on the RC4 stream cipher and is now considered cryptographically weak.
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C.
Always Encrypted
Always Encrypted is a SQL Server security feature that protects sensitive data by encrypting it both at rest and in transit while keeping encryption keys only on the client side.
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D.
CRYPTO
CRYPTO is a premier international research conference focused on cryptology and information security, organized annually by the International Association for Cryptologic Research.
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E.
S/MIME
S/MIME is a widely used standard for secure email that provides encryption and digital signatures using public key cryptography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: XML Encryption Target entity description: XML Encryption is a W3C standard that defines a method for encrypting digital content within XML documents to ensure data confidentiality in transit and storage.
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A.
Data Encryption Standard
Data Encryption Standard is an older symmetric-key block cipher algorithm once widely used for data protection but now considered insecure and largely superseded by stronger standards.
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B.
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy)
Microsoft Office encryption (legacy) refers to the older, less secure document protection system in early Office versions that relied on the RC4 stream cipher and is now considered cryptographically weak.
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C.
Always Encrypted
Always Encrypted is a SQL Server security feature that protects sensitive data by encrypting it both at rest and in transit while keeping encryption keys only on the client side.
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D.
CRYPTO
CRYPTO is a premier international research conference focused on cryptology and information security, organized annually by the International Association for Cryptologic Research.
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E.
S/MIME
S/MIME is a widely used standard for secure email that provides encryption and digital signatures using public key cryptography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
W3C specification
ⓘ
XML security technology ⓘ cryptographic standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | XML-Enc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allows |
end-to-end protection of XML content
ⓘ
partial encryption of XML documents ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
data at rest
ⓘ
data in transit ⓘ |
| category |
application-layer encryption technology
ⓘ
data security standard ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | XML Signature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defines |
XML syntax for representing encrypted data
ⓘ
processing rules for encrypted XML data ⓘ |
| ensures | data confidentiality ⓘ |
| firstPublishedBy | W3C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | encryption of XML data ⓘ |
| fullName | XML Encryption Syntax and Processing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal | confidentiality of XML-based information exchange ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
XML Encryption 1.0
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
XML Encryption 1.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesElement |
AgreementMethod
ⓘ
CarriedKeyName ⓘ CipherData ⓘ CipherReference ⓘ CipherValue ⓘ EncryptedData ⓘ EncryptedKey ⓘ EncryptionMethod NERFINISHED ⓘ ReferenceList ⓘ |
| partOf | W3C XML Security specifications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | XML Signature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates | key information from encrypted data ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
W3C
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Wide Web Consortium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
encryption of XML element content
ⓘ
encryption of XML elements ⓘ encryption of arbitrary digital content ⓘ encryption of external data referenced from XML ⓘ |
| usedIn |
SAML assertions protection
ⓘ
SOAP message security ⓘ identity and access management systems ⓘ web services security ⓘ |
| uses |
asymmetric cryptography
ⓘ
key agreement mechanisms ⓘ key transport mechanisms ⓘ symmetric cryptography ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: XML Encryption Description of subject: XML Encryption is a W3C standard that defines a method for encrypting digital content within XML documents to ensure data confidentiality in transit and storage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.