Welcome to the OpenXAdES project!

OpenXAdES is a free software development project aiming at profiling  XAdES (XML Advanced Electronic Signatures), technical standard published by ETSI (European Telecommunication Standards Institute).

With digital signatures, common understanding of the document format is critical - digital signatures cannot be converted. OpenXAdES mission is to concentrate efforts on developing common document format and share implementations supporting this.

Where to go from here?

• Go to download page to download our deliverables
• See how you can join and help the project on the community page
• Learn more about our goals and principles on the concept page
• Join our mailing lists to keep yourself updated and participate in discussions

Headlines

November 5, 2003 - OpenXAdES testing system and sample document portal now open. Read more.

June 26, 2003 - digital signature is found to be valid in Estonian court system. Read the full article here.

June 4, 2003 - Finland joins the project with Väestörekisterikeskus (Population Register Cente, PRC). See the Memorandum of Understanding on the community page or read the press announcement.

June 4, 2003 - with Finland joining, OpenXAdES.org is now declared officially open. Read the press announcement.

May 10, 2003 - more site content and downloadables now available.

April 24, 2003 - first version of site launched, mailing lists active