April
22, 1999 Posting - UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International
Trade Law)
Report
of the Working Group on Electronic Commerce, 34th Session in Vienna,
8-19 February 1999, including Draft Uniform Rules on Electronic Signatures.
July
22, 1999 Update of April 22, 1999 Posting - June
29, 1999 Revised Draft of Uniform Rules on Electronic Signatures. (Click
on Preparatory Documents, Working Group on Electronic Commerce, then WP.82
at bottom) To be considered at Vienna Meeting Sep 6-17, 1999. John
Gregory summarizes: "The Uniform Rules go beyond the UN Model Law
on Electronic Commerce, though the relationship of the two texts is not
yet determined. The Rules contain draft provisions on 'enhanced electronic
signatures', on the legal effect of using such signatures, and on the duties
of signature (device) holders, information certifiers and relying parties.
They also deal with recognition of signatures and certificates across borders.
The scope and the content can fairly be described as open to discussion."
(Gregory posting 7/21/99 to digsig@listserv.temple.edu). The comments
contain extremely useful section-by-section references to prior works,
including: ABA Information Security Committee's Digital Signature Guidelines
(1996), Germany Digital Signature Law (1997), Illinois Electronic Commerce
Security Act (eff. 7/1/99), Minnesota Electronic Authentication Act (1997),
Missouri Digital Signature Act (1997), Singapore Electronic Transactions
Act (1998), EC Draft Directive (1999), ICC's Guidec (1997).
April
22, 1999 Posting - UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International
Trade Law)
Report
of the Working Group on Electronic Commerce, 34th Session in Vienna,
8-19 February 1999, including Draft Uniform Rules on Electronic Signatures.
1999
- ETERMS,
a project of the International Chamber of Commerce. Agreed standard
terms of contracts to be incorporated electronically by reference.
Due in 1999.
Spring
1998 - Baum, Michael S. and Ford, Warwick <Both of VeriSign.Inc.,
michael@verisign.com,
wford@verisign.com>,
"Public Key Infrastructure Interoperation," 38 Jurimetrics 359
(ABA
Section of Science & Technology Spring 1998)
Spring
1998 - Mitrakas, Andreas <Erasmus
University, Rotterdam, Holland, a.mitrakas@fac.fbk.eur.nl>
and Bos, Janjaap <Data Management Security
Consult, Netherlands, jjb@dsemco.com>,
"The ICC ETERMS Repository to Support Public Key Infrastructure," 38
Jurimetrics
473(ABA
Section of Science & Technology Spring 1998)
1997 - GUIDEC
(General Usage for International Digitally Ensured Commerce) of the International
Chamber of Commerce.
1997 -
OECD (Organization for Economic Development) electronic commerce initiatives
and conferences.