Release Notes

Version 1

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v1.1.0

Released: December 2025

Authors: David Higgins and Mikael Linden

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1. Overview

This release of the e-Signature Building Block was developed between September and December, 2025 by the Cross-Functional ID Infrastructure Working Group, a super-group of all the key Identity and Trust-related Building Blocks in GovStack (e-signature, identity, Wallet, Consent).

Release 1.1 of e-Signature is the result of a review of all 4 specifications to ensure their are aligned and consistent to a single Identity Universe. As a result, a shared ID Terminology reference document was created and linked.

2. Changes

Section 1 Version History

• Update Authors

• Add Release Notes

• Move to Semantic Versioning

Section 2 Description

• Change "eSignature Lifecycle" to "eSignature Deployment Models"

• Gramatical/ Minor Typo corrections

Section 3 Terminology

• Alignment to ID Common Terminology

• Move to GovSpecs 2.0 format of Headings and descriptors

• Addition of the term Timestamp

Section 4 Key Digital Functionalities

• Change references where incorrect to Identity Building Block

• Gramatical/Minor Typo corrections

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v1.0.0 (was 23Q4)

First published version