Loca Credibilia could be defined as “place of authentication”, which is similar to some extent to the services of notaries in European countries. An institution in medieval Central Europe has been called like that, where the documents of individuals or communities were not only scribed on paper but the documents themselves were also preserved. In addition the Loca Credibilia have attested the authenticity of the documents with their seal.
Today we preserve our important documents in the safe of banks, and we use the services of notaries for attestation. However in the world of digital documents, we don’t have the perfect solution. There are too many documents, too many copies of them, and the authenticity of these are more questionable than ever. Our solution wants to be similar to its medieval predecessor, keeping in mind of course the challenges of the 21th century. The system ensures the authenticity of the documents of the clients, it preserves them, and also authenticates that who, when, for what reason wants access to them, and stores every modifications built-in the certification chain in order to track genuine source. It also facilitates producing an authentic paper based copy of an authentic digital document.
Loca Credibilia will promote increased security and public trust in the critical financial services infrastructure, assuring document integrity and accountability. Loca Credibilia will further limit trust destroying instances of forgery, fraud and corruption. The system is proved to be an important tool to identify objects and the changes of their relations, status in the course of a legally controlled life cycle. The information management system based on ADNS coding and processes provides information for all participants of the document lifecycle by enabling access to the last valid version.
In Phase 1, our objective was to prepare a clear Feasibility Study and Business Plan on how to reach and exploit this technology properly in different scenarios, which might imply different business models, and different market strategies. The end of Phase 1 represents a milestone, a go-no go point. In Phase 2, our specific objective is to implement the actual work necessary to reach our goal as outlined in the Phase 1 Feasibility Study.
