From fcf0ba08e0013d699a9e9b758e4fa99d3b317038 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:38:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify how to create a canonicalDocument in each algorithm.

---
 index.html | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index abc863f..0e81718 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -636,9 +636,11 @@ <h4>Transformation (eddsa-rdfc-2022)</h4>
 raised.
             </li>
             <li>
-Let <var>canonicalDocument</var> be the result of applying the
-Universal RDF Dataset Canonicalization Algorithm
-[[RDF-CANON]] to the <var>unsecuredDocument</var>.
+Let |canonicalDocument| be the result of converting |unsecuredDocument|
+<a data-cite="JSON-LD11-API#deserialize-json-ld-to-rdf-algorithm">
+to RDF statements</a>, applying the Universal RDF Dataset Canonicalization
+Algorithm [[RDF-CANON]] to the result, and then serializing the result to
+[[N-QUADS]].
             </li>
             <li>
 Return <var>canonicalDocument</var> as the <em>transformed data document</em>.
@@ -1009,7 +1011,8 @@ <h4>Transformation (eddsa-jcs-2022)</h4>
             </li>
             <li>
 Let <var>canonicalDocument</var> be the result of applying the
-JSON Canonicalization Scheme [[RFC8785]] to the <var>unsecuredDocument</var>.
+JSON Canonicalization Scheme [[RFC8785]] to a JSON serialization of the
+<var>unsecuredDocument</var>.
             </li>
             <li>
 Return <var>canonicalDocument</var> as the <em>transformed data document</em>.
@@ -2018,12 +2021,11 @@ <h4>Transformation (Ed25519Signature2020)</h4>
   `Ed25519Signature2020`, then a `PROOF_TRANSFORMATION_ERROR` MUST be raised.
               </li>
               <li>
-  Let <var>canonicalDocument</var> be the result of applying the
-  Universal RDF Dataset Canonicalization Algorithm
-  [[RDF-CANON]] to the <var>unsecuredDocument</var>.
-              </li>
-              <li>
-  Set <var>output</var> to the value of <var>canonicalDocument</var>.
+  Let |canonicalDocument| be the result of converting |unsecuredDocument|
+  <a data-cite="JSON-LD11-API#deserialize-json-ld-to-rdf-algorithm">
+  to RDF statements</a>, applying the Universal RDF Dataset Canonicalization
+  Algorithm [[RDF-CANON]] to the result, and then serializing the result to
+  [[N-QUADS]].
               </li>
               <li>
   Return <var>canonicalDocument</var> as the <em>transformed data document</em>.