RE: Fw: [dss-x] Visual Signatures profile

From
Pim van der Eijk
Date
2008-04-02T09:42:00+00:00
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RE: Fw: [dss-x] Visual Signatures profile
Hello,

The PDF signing scenario I have seen most interest in is:
-  Create a PDF document with predefined signature fields, each with their
associated label ("Employer", "Employee" etc.), in an automated process or
using the user interface of a PDF tool
-  Use a DSS-PDF service to certify the PDF document (applying a
Modification Detection and Prevention signature), to allow it to be signed
and annotated, but not substantially changed
-  Then, use a DSS-PDF to sign an indicated signature field.

This could be handled without major extensions to DSS:
-  Applying the MDP signature could be the default operation, in the absence
of other optional inputs ("Seal this document"), triggered by the MIME type
of the document to be signed
-  To sign a named signature field, the name of the field could be added as
an optional input ("Put my signature in field