What is ISO 14533-2 — Profiles for XML Advanced Electronic Signatures about?
ISO 145332 is an international standard that highlights the processes, data elements, and documents in commerce, industry, and administration.
ISO 145332 specifies the elements, among those defined in XAdES digital signatures, that enable verification of a digital signature over a long period of time.
ISO 145332 gives technical specifications like terms, definitions, long term signature profiles, XAdES-T profile, XAdES-X-Long-form, XAdES-A profile, timestamp validation data, etc., for explaining the profiles for XML Advanced Electronic Signatures (XAdES).
Note: ISO 145332 does not give new technical specifications about the digital signature itself, nor new restrictions of usage of the technical specifications about the digital signatures which already exist.
Who is ISO 14533-2— Profiles for XML Advanced Electronic Signatures for?
ISO 14533-‑2 on profiles for XML Advanced Electronic Signatures is useful for:
- Commerce Department
- Small- and Large-scale Industry Department
- Administration department of offices
Why should you use ISO 14533-2— Profiles for XML Advanced Electronic Signatures?
ISO 14533-2 serves the purpose of ensuring the interoperability of implementations with respect to long-term signatures that help you make digital signatures verifiable for the long term. It includes the long-term signature specifications, referenced by each implementation that cover XAdES digital signatures developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
ISO 14533-2 profiles ETSI EN 319 132 specifications for international long-term signature interoperability, which specifies data structures and core elements for XAdES digital signature. It enables the effective implementation of the ETSI EN 319 132 specification that provides definitions of data structures, data elements, and their usage in detail. It helps you to maintain consistency with ETSI EN 319 132 specifications and helps you avoid quoting and redefining those components defined in ETSI EN 319 132 specifications.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS ISO 14533-2:2021 supersedes ISO 145332:2012. BS ISO 14533-2:2021 includes some technical changes with respect to ISO 145332:2012. These include:
- In first edition (ISO 14533‑2:2012), XAdES was an abbreviated term for ‘XML Advanced Electronic Signature’; in this edition, XAdES becomes a proper noun and is used as ‘XAdES digital signature’
- This edition supports XML namespace XAdES 1.4.1 elements
- XAdES-A profile level is divided and explained as XAdES-X-Long-form level
- This edition describes the comparison with European EN in Annex C, "Differences of required level between European EN and ISO specification"
