Proceedings of the 2002 ACM Workshop on XML Security, Fairfax, VA, USA, November 22, 2002

These proceedings contain the papers selected for presentation at the ACM Workshop on XML Security, held in conjunction with the 9th ACM Computer and Communications Security Conference, November 22, 2002, in Washington, DC (USA).In response to the call for papers, 18 papers were submitted to the workshop. These papers were evaluated on the basis of their significance, novelty, and technical quality. Each paper was reviewed by at least two members of the program committee. The program committee meeting was held electronically. Of the papers submitted, 11 were selected for presentation at the workshop. The workshop program also includes an invited talk by Phillip Hallam-Baker.