Searching on the draft 2440bis-09.txt, I find
several variations of the cleartext signature
naming:
signatures following clearsigned messages. p48
particularly important when computing a cleartext signature
This is used only in clear-signed messages. p49
7. cleartext signature framework
another way to clear sign messages ...
The cleartext signed message consists of:
...
It seems that the word "cleartext" is the dominant
form, followed by signing in some appropriate verb
form.
It would be nice if the parts outside section 7
(lines 1,3 above) also used that convention, to
make searching easier.
iang