Glossary
Advanced electronic signature
Section titled “Advanced electronic signature”An eIDAS signature level that is uniquely linked to the signer, can identify them, is created with means under their sole control, and makes any later change to the document detectable. See Compliance.
Burofax
Section titled “Burofax”A certified postal notice: a document sent to a physical address in a way that legally proves it was sent and received. Commonly used in Spain for formal notices. See Action Types.
Application Programming Interface — a set of rules and protocols that let different applications talk to each other and exchange data securely. Accordia offers a REST API. See API & Integrations.
Case file (expediente)
Section titled “Case file (expediente)”The complete certified history of one digital relationship between parties: the participants, the documents, every action, and all the evidence generated. In Accordia this is a Case.
Certified communication
Section titled “Certified communication”An email whose sending, delivery, reading, and content are all recorded as legally valid evidence — not just “delivered”. See Communication.
electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services — European Union Regulation (EU) 910/2014, the set of rules for electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the single market. See Compliance.
Evidence
Section titled “Evidence”A verifiable record of what happened, when, and between whom, produced automatically by an action. See Certified Evidence.
A short fingerprint computed from a file’s contents. If a single byte of the file changes, the hash changes — which is how Accordia proves a document hasn’t been altered since it was certified.
Ley 1/2025
Section titled “Ley 1/2025”Spanish legislation that, together with eIDAS, governs how digital communications and appearances are conducted and evidenced. See Compliance.
Namirial
Section titled “Namirial”The Qualified Trust Service Provider on whose infrastructure all of Accordia’s certifications are issued. See Compliance.
One-Time Password — a single-use code sent to a participant to confirm they are who they claim to be. Used to authenticate participants joining a certified video appearance.
Qualified Trust Service Provider — an entity supervised and audited under eIDAS, and therefore permitted to issue qualified signatures, seals, and timestamps recognized across the EU.
Qualified electronic signature
Section titled “Qualified electronic signature”The highest eIDAS signature level: an advanced signature backed by a qualified certificate on a qualified signature creation device. Legally equivalent to a handwritten signature throughout the EU. See Compliance.
Timestamp
Section titled “Timestamp”A certified record of the exact moment something happened, issued by a trusted third party so that the date and time can’t be disputed or back-dated.
Trusted File
Section titled “Trusted File”Accordia’s certified file exchange: it certifies both the exchange and the preservation of a digital document, generating a hash, metadata, and a timestamp as evidence. See File Sharing.