Development of the long term signature application and validation environment to preprint documents

Abstract

In many academic fields, exchange of preprints plays an important role to establish the priority of new research ideas and results. Distribution of preprints by electronic file via the Internet has become a primary method in addition to paper publication. Electronic preprints should be certified in terms of existence proof and tamper resistant, especially in the paperless era. We developed a secure preprint service environment by that uses an electronic signature and timestamp technique.