An Electronic Signature Application for Electronic Document Management Systems

Year 2017, Volume: 1 Issue: 4, 142 - 144, 31.12.2017

Ali Evren Göksungur

Abstract

This manuscript is about electronic signature and its usage methods at electronic document
management systems (EDMS). EMDS is the most efficient way to manage that documents in electronic format.
EMDS helps to receive documents, transfer, store and send them. Electronic signature is data that is logically
associated with another data and which is used by the signatory to sign. Electronic signature has same legal
standing with handwritten signature as long as it follows the rules that it was created under. Electronic signature
and EMDS works side by side to securely store documents and create a trustworthy document management
system.

Keywords

e-signature, document management, electronic data, EDMS

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