Electronic Archive Information System

Development of Electronic Archive Information System was the final step in completing Lithuania’s preparation for signed electronic documents. The system is unique not only in Lithuania, but also in Europe. It allows to submit to the state archives the official electronic documents signed by qualified e-signature, assuring their integrity, authenticity, non-repudiation and possibility to use and store them for a long or unlimited time. To resolve the interoperability problems the universal model, sufficient for complex electronic documents during whole of their life cycle has been created and described in two specifications: ADOC for human readable electronic documents and MDOC for machine readable electronic documents. The public free software tools for preparation, signing, preview and verification of official electronic documents have played an important role in promoting the usage of electronic documents. The paper presents practical fundamental solutions applied in Lithuania.