| Term | Definition | 
|---|---|
| Signant | Service provider | 
| Distributor | Webservice implementor | 
| Consumer | Company or person using the distributors service | 
| Consumer order | An order, customer or project related to the Consumer | 
| PostingOwner | A person or system that creates the posting. | 
| PostingAdmin | A person or system that has permission to edit and delete the posting. | 
| PostingRecipients | Recipient of signature request | 
| ServiceToService mode | When the external system is automated. | 
| Documents, signatory information and other data necessary to perform the requested signature service. | |
| A trust service that provides and preserve digital certificates to create and validate electronic signatures. | |
| ApplicationToService mode | When personal authentication is required. | 
| AutoActivate | When manual activation is skipped. | 
| AccessToken | A token identifying a valid manually activated authentication session. | 
| SSN | Social security number. | 
| For controlling the Recipient signing order. | |
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