---
type: "valueset"
title: "Signature Type Codes"
valueset: "signature-type"
---
# Signature Type Codes

- **Status**: draft
- **Name**: SignatureTypeCodes
- **Title**: Signature Type Codes
- **Publisher**: HL7 International / Security
- **Description**: The Digital Signature Purposes, an indication of the reason an entity signs a document. This is included in the signed information and can be used when determining accountability for various actions concerning the document. Examples include: author, transcriptionist/recorder, and witness.

## Content (Compose)

- **System**: http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.2.2
- **System**: urn:iso-astm:E1762-95:2013

## ValueSet XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<ValueSet xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <meta>
    
  </meta>
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg">
    <valueCode value="sec"/>
  </extension>
  <name value="SignatureTypeCodes"/>
  <title value="Signature Type Codes"/>
  <status value="draft"/>
  <experimental value="true"/>
  <publisher value="HL7 International / Security"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/secure"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description value="The Digital Signature Purposes, an indication of the reason an entity signs a document. This is included in the signed information and can be used when determining accountability for various actions concerning the document. Examples include: author, transcriptionist/recorder, and witness."/>
  <copyright value="This value set includes contents from ASTM and ETSI which hold their own copyright."/>
  <compose>
    <include>
      <system value="http://uri.etsi.org/01903/v1.2.2"/>
    </include>
    <include>
      <system value="urn:iso-astm:E1762-95:2013"/>
    </include>
  </compose>
</ValueSet>
```