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Re: InfoPath Digital Signature controversy?

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• Subject: Re: InfoPath Digital Signature controversy?
• From: Dave Pawson <dpawson@n...>
• Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:16:50 +0000
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At 13:52 29/10/2003, Chiusano Joseph wrote:
>Earlier this year, the U.S. Federal CIO Council conducted an "E-Forms
>for E-Gov" pilot in which I participated (PureEdge did as well). One of
>the points that was brought out in Section 6.7 (Archival Records Domain)
>of the final report [1] was the importance of binding together
>presentation, content, and context:
>
><Quote>
>Briefly, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
>guidlines require that the "presentation", "content", and "context" must
>be bound together in such a way that they can be demonstrated to belong
>to the same transaction. This may mean physically combining these into a
>single physical file, or ensuring that they are bound together through
>some other trusted means, such as electronic hashes and signatures. In
>addition, any signature must be applied to this combination of
>presentation, content, and context, and the authentication process must
>ensure integrity.
>
>For most government applications, E-Forms solutions must be designed and
>selected with these core archival requirements in mind.
></Quote>

I wonder how that aligns with the 508 accessibility requirements?
Or do we assume that all electronic forms are accessible.

I wonder if that was addressed by the pilot.

regards DaveP

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