Presented at PDF Days Europe 2021
( 2021, Sep )

How to make e-Signing interoperable

Getting rid of proprietary data and closed workflows

Excerpt: This presentations sorts out digital signatures and e-Signing and describes the current status of e-Signing, with its non-interoperable, cloud based workflows. Can PDF turn e-Signing into an interoperable workflow? Can PDF carry proprietary data of the signing process and the audit-trail information? Can PDF help tracking the signing process, even outside of cloud e-Signing solutions, thus allowing the user to use his own favorite service, rather than being forced into the authors favorite e-Sig … Read more

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About the presenter(s)

Carsten Heiermann was Chief Evangelist at Foxit Software until 2023. Since 1995, Carsten has been founder and CEO of the LuraTech group acquired by Foxit in 2015, where he first … Read more

Carsten Heiermann
Foxit Corporation

Description

This presentations sorts out digital signatures and e-Signing and describes the current status of e-Signing, with its non-interoperable, cloud based workflows.

Can PDF turn e-Signing into an interoperable workflow? Can PDF carry proprietary data of the signing process and the audit-trail information? Can PDF help tracking the signing process, even outside of cloud e-Signing solutions, thus allowing the user to use his own favorite service, rather than being forced into the authors favorite e-Signing service?

If the ease of use of cloud based e-Signing could be moved into document based e-Signing using PDF, true interoperability could be achieved.

Of course, the presentation has suggestions on how to use PDF forms to get there. It also introduces the concept of a universal API for signature verification services.