Associated Signature Containers

Associated Signature Container Extended (ASiC-E)
Filename extension
.asice, .sce
Internet media type
application/vnd.
etsi.asic-e+zip
Magic number50 4B 03 04 (the container media type is present starting at offset 38)[1]
Developed byETSI
Initial release2011
Container forXAdES, CAdES, timestamp, signed objects
Extended fromZip (file format), OpenDocument, EPUB
Open format?Yes
Associated Signature Container Simple (ASiC-S)
Filename extension
.asics, .scs
Internet media type
application/vnd.
etsi.asic-s+zip
Magic number50 4B 03 04 (the container media type is present starting at offset 38)[1]
Developed byETSI
Initial release2011
Container forXAdES, CAdES, timestamp, signed object
Extended fromZip (file format), OpenDocument, EPUB
Open format?Yes

Associated Signature Containers (ASiC) specifies the use of container structures to bind together one or more signed objects with either advanced electronic signatures or timestamp tokens into one single digital container.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ETSI-ASIC-Part1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Turner, Dawn M. "ASiC - Associated Signature Containers for eIDAS". Cryptomathic. Retrieved 13 June 2017.