Some minor comments:
Para 1.1 - Attribute Certificate - I don't want to open a can of worms
but should we point to the PKIX AC profile instead of X.509? Also
please add period to last sentence.
Para 2.1 and 4,1 - I'm confused by the sentence "All agents MUST perform
revocation status checking in accordance with [KEYM]." I thought
PKIX didn't mandate any particular revocation status checking scheme like
CRLs, OCSP, SCVP, etc.. Are you trying to say if you use CRLs as
the revocation status check scheme then you have to use the process in
PKIX?
Cheers,
spt
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Title
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Author(s)
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Filename
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Date
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