ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.1 (2025-07)

Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI); PAdES digital signatures; Part 2: Additional PAdES signatures profiles

REN/ESI-0019142-2v121

Elektronski podpisi in infrastrukture zaupanja (ESI) - Digitalni podpisi PAdES - 2. del: Dodatni profili podpisov PAdES

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Technical Committee: ESI - Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures
• Current Stage: 12 - Citation in the OJ (auto-insert)
• Due Date: 09-Jul-2025
• Completion Date: 01-Jul-2025
• Mandate: M/460
• Ref Project: SIST EN 319 142-2 V1.2.1:2025 - Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI) - PAdES digital signatures - Part 2: Additional PAdES signatures profiles

Standards Content (Sample)

Draft ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.0 (2025-03)

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
PAdES digital signatures;
Part 2: Additional PAdES signatures profiles

2 Draft ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.0 (2025-03)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019142-2v121
Keywords
electronic signature, PAdES, profile, security
ETSI
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The information provided in the present deliverable is directed solely to professionals who have the appropriate degree of
experience to understand and interpret its content in accordance with generally accepted engineering or
other professional standard and applicable regulations.
No recommendation as to products and services or vendors is made or should be implied.
In no event shall ETSI be held liable for loss of profits or any other incidental or consequential damages.

Any software contained in this deliverable is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not
limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property
rights and ETSI shall not be held liable in any event for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of or related to the use
of or inability to use the software.
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
microfilm except as authorized by written permission of ETSI.
The content of the PDF version shall not be modified without the written authorization of ETSI.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.

© ETSI 2025.
All rights reserved.
ETSI
3 Draft ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.0 (2025-03)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definitions of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Definitions . 9
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
4 Profile for CMS digital signatures in PDF . 9
4.1 Features . 9
4.2 Requirements of Profile for CMS Signatures in PDF . 10
4.2.1 Requirements on PDF signatures . 10
4.2.2 Requirements on PDF signature handlers . 10
4.2.3 Requirements on signature validation . 10
4.2.4 Requirements on Time Stamping . 11
4.2.4.1 Requirements on electronic time-stamp creation . 11
4.2.4.2 Requirements on electronic time-stamp validation . 11
4.2.5 Requirements on revocation checking . 11
4.2.6 Requirements on Seed Values . 11
4.2.7 Requirements on encryption . 11
5 Extended PAdES signature profiles . 11
5.1 Features . 11
5.2 General Requirements . 12
5.2.1 Requirements from ETSI EN 319 142-1 . 12
5.2.2 Notation of Requirements . 12
5.3 PAdES-E-BES Level . 12
5.4 PAdES-E-EPES Level . 14
5.5 PAdES-E-LTV Level . 14
6 Profiles for XAdES Signatures signing XML content in PDF . 15
6.1 Features . 15
6.2 Profiles for XAdES signatures of signed XML documents embedded in PDF containers . 15
6.2.1 Overview . 15
6.2.2 Profile for Basic XAdES signatures of XML documents embedded in PDF containers . 17
6.2.2.1 Features . 17
6.2.2.2 General syntax and requirements . 18
6.2.2.3 Requirements for applications generating signed XML document to be embedded . 18
6.2.2.4 Mandatory operations. 18
6.2.2.4.1 Protecting the signing certificate . 18
6.2.2.5 Requirements on XAdES optional properties . 19
6.2.2.6 Serial Signatures . 19
6.2.2.7 Parallel Signatures . 19
6.2.2.8 PAdES Signatures . 19
6.2.3 Profile for long-term XAdES signatures of signed XML documents embedded in PDF containers . 20
6.2.3.1 Features . 20
6.2.3.2 Augmentation mechanism . 20
6.2.3.3 Optional properties . 20
6.2.3.4 Validation Process . 20
6.3 Profiles for XAdES signatures on XFA Forms . 20
ETSI
4 Draft ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.0 (2025-03)
6.3.1 Overview . 20
6.3.2 Profile for Basic XAdES signatures on XFA forms . 23
6.3.2.1 Features . 23
6.3.2.2 General syntax and requirements . 23
6.3.2.3 Mandatory operations. 24
6.3.2.3.1 Protecting the signing certificate . 24
6.3.2.4 Requirements on XAdES optional properties . 24
6.3.2.5 Serial Signatures . 25
6.3.2.6 Parallel Signatures . 26
6.3.3 Profile for long-term validation XAdES signatures on XFA forms . 26
6.3.3.1 Overview . 26
6.3.3.2 Features . 26
6.3.3.3 General Requirements . 26
6.3.4 Extensions Dictionary . 26
Annex A (informative): General Features . 27
A.1 PDF signatures . 27
A.2 PDF Signature types . 28
A.3 PDF Signature Handlers . 28
A.4 PDF serial signatures . 28
A.5 PDF signature Validation and Time-stamping . 29
A.6 ISO 19005-1: 2005 (PDF/A-1) . 29
A.7 ISO 19005-4:2020 (PDF/A-4) . 30
A.8 Seed Values and Signature Policies . 30
Annex B (informative): Bibliography
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 319 142-2 V1.2.0:2025
01-maj-2025
Elektronski podpisi in infrastrukture zaupanja (ESI) - Digitalni podpisi PAdES - 2.
del: Dodatni profili podpisov PAdES
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI) - PAdES digital signatures - Part 2:
Additional PAdES signatures profiles
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.0 (2025-03)
ICS:
35.040.01 Kodiranje informacij na Information coding in general
splošno
oSIST prEN 319 142-2 V1.2.0:2025 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

oSIST prEN 319 142-2 V1.2.0:2025

oSIST prEN 319 142-2 V1.2.0:2025
Draft ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.0 (2025-03)

EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Trust Infrastructures (ESI);
PAdES digital signatures;
Part 2: Additional PAdES signatures profiles

oSIST prEN 319 142-2 V1.2.0:2025
2 Draft ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.0 (2025-03)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019142-2v121
Keywords
electronic signature, PAdES, profile, security
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: [phone]  Fax: [phone]

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - APE 7112B
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
Sous-Préfecture de Grasse (06) N° w061004871

Important notice
The present document can be downloaded from the
ETSI Search & Browse Standards application.
The present document may be made available in electronic versions and/or in print. The content of any electronic and/or
print versions of the present document shall not be modified without the prior written authorization of ETSI. In case of any
existing or perceived difference in contents between such versions and/or in print, the prevailing version of an ETSI
deliverable is the one made publicly available in PDF format on ETSI deliver repository.
Users should be aware that the present document may be revised or have its status changed,
this information is available in the Milestones listing.
If you find errors in the present document, please send your comments to
the relevant service listed under Committee Support Staff.
If you find a security vulnerability in the present document, please report it through our
Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure (CVD) program.
Notice of disclaimer & limitation of liability
The information provided in the present deliverable is directed solely to professionals who have the appropriate degree of
experience to understand and interpret its content in accordance with generally accepted engineering or
other professional standard and applicable regulations.
No recommendation as to products and services or vendors is made or should be implied.
In no event shall ETSI be held liable for loss of profits or any other incidental or consequential damages.

Any software contained in this deliverable is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, express or implied, including but not
limited to, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of intellectual property
rights and ETSI shall not be held liable in any event for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of or related to the use
of or inability to use the software.
Copyright Notification
No part may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
microfilm except as authorized by written permission of ETSI.
The content of the PDF version shall not be modified without the written authorization of ETSI.
The copyright and the foregoing restriction extend to reproduction in all media.

© ETSI 2025.
All rights reserved.
ETSI
oSIST prEN 319 142-2 V1.2.0:2025
3 Draft ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.0 (2025-03)
Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definitions of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 9
3.1 Definitions . 9
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
4 Profile for CMS digital signatures in PDF . 9
4.1 Features . 9
4.2 Requirements of Profile for CMS Signatures in PDF . 10
4.2.1 Requirements on PDF signatures . 10
4.2.2 Requirements on PDF signature handlers . 10
4.2.3 Requirements on signature validation . 10
4.2.4 Requirements on Time Stamping . 11
4.2.4.1 Requirements on electronic time-stamp creation . 11
4.2.4.2 Requirements on electronic time-stamp validation . 11
4.2.5 Requirements on revocation checking . 11
4.2.6 Requirements on Seed Values . 11
4.2.7 Requirements on encryption . 11
5 Extended PAdES signature profiles . 11
5.1 Features . 11
5.2 General Requirements . 12
5.2.1 Requirements from ETSI EN 319 142-1 . 12
5.2.2 Notation of Requirements . 12
5.3 PAdES-E-BES Level . 12
5.4 PAdES-E-EPES Level . 14
5.5 PAdES-E-LTV Level . 14
6 Profiles for XAdES Signatures signing XML content in PDF . 15
6.1 Features . 15
6.2 Profiles for XAdES signatures of signed XML documents embedded in PDF containers . 15
6.2.1 Overview . 15
6.2.2 Profile for Basic XAdES signatures of XML documents embedded in PDF containers . 17
6.2.2.1 Features . 17
6.2.2.2 General syntax and requirements . 18
6.2.2.3 Requirements for applications generating signed XML document to be embedded . 18
6.2.2.4 Mandatory operations. 18
6.2.2.4.1 Protecting the signing certificate . 18
6.2.2.5 Requirements on XAdES optional properties . 19
6.2.2.6 Serial Signatures . 19
6.2.2.7 Parallel Signatures . 19
6.2.2.8 PAdES Signatures . 19
6.2.3 Profile for long-term XAdES signatures of signed XML documents embedded in PDF containers . 20
6.2.3.1 Features . 20
6.2.3.2 Augmentation mechanism . 20
6.2.3.3 Optional properties . 20
6.2.3.4 Validation Process . 20
6.3 Profiles for XAdES signatures on XFA Forms . 20
ETSI
oSIST prEN 319 142-2 V1.2.0:2025
4 Draft ETSI EN 319 142-2 V1.2.0 (2025-03)
6.3.1 Overview . 20
6.3.2 Profile for Basic XAdES signatures on XFA forms . 23
6.3.2.1 Features . 23
6.3.2.2 General syntax and requirements . 23
6.3.2.3 Mandatory operations. 24
6.3.2.3.1 Protecting the signing certificate . 24
6.3.2.4 Requirements on XAdES optional properties . 24
6.3.2.5 Serial Signatures . 25
6.3.2.6 Parallel Signatures . 26
6.3.3 Profile for long-term validation XAdES signatures on XFA forms . 26
6.3.3.1 Overview . 26
6.3.3.2 Features . 26
6.3.3.3 General Requirements . 26
6.3.4 Extensions Dictionary . 26
Annex A (informative): General Features . 27
A.1 PDF signatures . 27
A.2 PDF Signature types . 28
A.3 PDF Signature Handlers .
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