From version 4.0 onwards PDF-AS supports only PDF Advanced Electronic Signatures (PAdES). As signature creation device a citizen card environment (CCE), a MOA-SS (> 2.0), or a software keystore (PKCS12, Java Key Store) can be used. To perform a full certificate verification during the signature verification process PDF-AS needs a MOA-SP (>2.0).

 

PDF-AS is able to create visual signature blocks according to the Austrian Amtssignatur Layout (here). 

 

PDF-AS can be used directly within a Java application as a library, or via Web or Soap Interfaces as an external service.

 

To use PDF-AS as a java library checkout the API documentation located at: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/site/pdf-as/releases/ VERSION /docs/api, or the full javadoc documentation at: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/site/pdf-as/releases/ VERSION /docs/full.

 

To use PDF-AS as an external service checkout the documentation located at: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/site/pdf-as/releases/ VERSION /docs

 

We provide a maven repository here: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/site/pdf-as/maven/

 

Acutal releases and documentation ca be found here: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/site/pdf-as/releases/

 

The source code is available here: http://git.egiz.gv.at/pdf-as-4/

 

Changes since the 4.0.11

PDF-AS Library

• a new pdf backend is available based on pdfbox 2.0.3, changes that are available with the new backend:
  • unicode characters can now be rendered in the signature block when using TTF fonts
  • when using TTF fonts the new backend includes only a subset of used characters in the resulting document, which reduces the resulting size of the document
• some minor bugs fixes