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See also http://www.out-law.com/page-443
and particularly, http://www.out-law.com/page-6839
Mike Lloyd
-----Original Message-----
From: The UK Records Management mailing list on behalf of Bob Bater
Sent: Fri 11/10/2006 12:06 AM
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Subject: Re: Digital signatures / authenticity
Catherine,
Further to Marc's and Sonya's responses, I recently had cause to look at the
question of electronic signatures. When you say "I think I'm mixing up
digital signatures with electronic signatures.", the confusion lies not with
you, but with the inability of language to keep pace with technological
developments. I have long had a problem with the term 'electronic documents'
now irreversibly enshrined in such acronyms as 'EDRMS'. I much prefer
'digital documents', which I believe more accurately describes the form in
which such information objects are stored. Anyway, I won't pursue that
particular theme further here.
As Marc says, "Digital signatures usually involve clever software". In the
course of my investigation of this area, I came across a couple of
references you might find useful:
1) The current EU position on 'electronic' signatures:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2006/com2006_0120en0
1.pdf
2) An academic viewpoint on 'electronic' signatures and their authenticity:
http://www.kuner.com/data/articles/signature_perspective.html.
Regards,
Bob
InfoPlex Associates, UK
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Catherine
Sent: 09 November 2006 17:46
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Subject: Digital signatures / authenticity