1. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with Electronic Document Submission to the Record Office Mter. Dirk Van Biervliet Vlaamse Orde van Balies Frank Delanghe D Soft Microsoft and e-ID Early Adopter Program 2004

2. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with Business Case – Today Submission of documents to the Record Office Lawyers are obliged to sign and submit or shelve their conclusions to the court on paper Other documents can be submitted without signature The registrar provides proof by means of a signed receipt This is a very time consuming and inefficient process

3. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with Business Needs Simple but efficient solution Embrace and extend the existing work process Integrate with existing software Operate within the legal framework Following guidelines in the Belgian Law Use common technology eID card 95% of the lawyers use Microsoft Word Support industry standards: XML, XML signatures, web services, …

4. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with Business Solution Use electronic documents and digital signatures Conclusions must be signed Other documents can be signed Using an InfoPath form everything can be wrapped into a single signed envelope The web service handles the dispatching process to multiple court houses The automated process generates a digitally signed receipt

5. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with Technical Workflow Lawyer Office Ministry of Justice Regional Court House

6. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with Technical Workflow Lawyer Office Ministry of Justice Regional Court House Microsoft Office SOAP Web Service SOAP

7. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with Technical Components Lawyer Microsoft Office 2003 / Windows XP InfoPath submission form Word or other document formats eID card and middleware Windows service that handles the interface to the eID card Ministry of Justice SOAP Web Service Dispatch server, validates signature Court House, stores envelope and signs receipt

8. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with Lessons Learned What went well InfoPath development Development of Webservices Collaboration with MCS What can be improved eID middleware

9. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with Electronic document submission The submission of a conclusion to the Record Office using the eID card.

10. EAP’s Sponsored and in Partnership with

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