Electronic signatures are used with module baselines to provide a secure way of reviewing and signing information at various stages of the development process. A history of the users who have reviewed and signed the document, including timestamps and detailed information about access rights is stored with the baseline. Users cannot change any part of their signature after it has been submitted.
When a user signs a baseline, the following information is stored with the signature:
- The Rational® DOORS® user name.
- The Full Name of the user, if there is a Full Name associated with the user account.
- The date and time that the user signed the baseline. The date and time on the Rational DOORS database server, not the Rational DOORS client is recorded.
- If label specifiers were available, the label that the user selected, and the options that were available at that time are recorded.
- Any comments that the user added.
- Whether the user reconfirmed their user name, their password or both when they signed.
- Whether the user had access to all the data in the module when they signed the baseline.