scope:

The present document defines a baseline profile for ASiC which corresponds to the minimum basic requirements in the context of the EU Services Directive, and provides the same basic features necessary in this context with the minimal number of options. This is required because there is a clear need for interoperability of AdES signatures, on which ASiC is based, used in electronic documents issued by competent authorities to be interchanged across borders in the context of the EU Services Directive.

The present document defines a profile that specifies elements and properties requirements for an ASiC container.

Clause 2 in the present document contains references to the relevant documents and standards.

Clause 3 includes definitions of relevant terms and abbreviations used in the present document.

Clause 4 provides details on the way that the requirements on both signer and verifier will be presented throughout the present document.

Clauses 5, 6 and 7 specify the requirements for the short-term electronic signatures, that is, requirements for ASiC containers based on BES and EPES forms of XAdES and CAdES. Clause 5 specifies profiling requirements for elements common to all ASiC containers while clauses 6 and 7 specify profile requirements related to ASiC-S and ASiC-E respectively.