This site explains eIDAS 2 on the basis of a closed corpus of sources, official texts first. This page describes where the content comes from, how it is presented, how it is checked, and what it does not replace.
Where the content comes from
All written content is based on a closed corpus of sources: the Regulation and its implementing acts, related Union texts, the European Digital Identity Wallet documents, technical standards and specifications, Belgian texts and documents, and a few judgments. The full list, with the status of each source, is in the library.
Nothing else goes into the writing: no press, no blogs, no knowledge “from memory”. Information that is true but absent from the corpus is left out.
When several sources deal with the same point, the Regulation and its implementing acts prevail. The other Commission documents (architecture framework, web pages, guides) and the pages of Belgian authorities shed light on the rules, but do not lay them down. When the site relies on a document that describes itself as non-binding, it says so.
What the site reproduces, and what it only quotes
The rule is simple: anything that is not free of rights may be quoted or summarised, but not reproduced.
- Union texts and Belgian laws, decrees and codes are reproduced in full, with an anchor for each article, paragraph and annex.
- Commission and European Digital Identity Wallet documents are reproduced in full where their licence allows it; otherwise, they are quoted in extracts.
- Standards and specifications (ETSI, IETF, W3C, OpenID and others) and the pages of Belgian authorities are only quoted in short extracts: no more than 60 words per quotation and, save for a justified and flagged exception, 150 words per page and per source. The rest is summarised in our own words, with a link to the original.
- Paid standards (ISO, CEN) are never reproduced: the site gives a descriptive record of them written by us.
The record of each source states whether its full text can be read on the site. The regime of each family of sources is set out on the Licence page.
Four registers, never mixed
| Register | What it is | How to recognise it |
|---|---|---|
| Official text | Exact quotation from a source, word for word | Box with a black border, reference at the top |
| Explanation | Text written by us; each fact points to its source | Running text, with clickable references |
| Warning | Factual signal: Belgian situation, non-final document, cited version different from the latest one, error in an act, consolidated version | Orange box |
| Asphalia advice | Method, priorities and pitfalls to avoid, written by the publisher | Distinct box, only in the last step of the guided path |
References point to the most precise location possible: article, paragraph, point, annex or clause. Their label is generated automatically from the source, to avoid numbering errors between the French and English versions.
Asphalia advice is the only register that does not require a source for every sentence. Any obligation it mentions is nevertheless referenced.
Badges and statuses
In the library and in the sources column of the guided path pages, each source carries up to three badges:
- Official: the document comes from its author (institution, standardisation body, authority). Our records of paid standards and the summaries we have generated do not carry this badge.
- Binding: the text creates obligations, or the standard is imposed by an act that cites it outside the recitals. A standard compliance with which only gives rise to a presumption of conformity does not carry this badge. This classification is made per act, not clause by clause: it is a guide, it does not replace reading the act.
- Not final: a specification or rule still being worked on (working version of a repository, IETF draft, W3C working draft…).
The record also shows a status: in force, final, not final, repealed or excluded, or inventory (an entry that is simply listed, or a pointer to another entry).
Consolidated versions and corrigenda
The site quotes the text in force. Where a consolidated version exists, that is the version it quotes; the amending act is used only to date an amendment.
A consolidated version is a documentation tool. The consolidated version of the Regulation says so itself: it has no legal effect, and only the versions published in the Official Journal of the European Union are authentic Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 — consolidated version of 18/10/2024. Every page of the guided path and every summary that relies on a consolidation recalls this in a warning. For Belgian texts, the site uses the consolidated version published on Justel, which is an unofficial version; it refers to the text published in the Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur belge) for the official version.
Before quoting a date, a figure or a wording from a non-consolidated act, we check whether it has been the subject of a corrigendum published in the Official Journal. If so, the corrected value is quoted, with a reference to the corrigendum.
Dates
- Verified on: the date on which each source was checked in the corpus. A guided path page shows the oldest date among the sources it cites, never the date on which the site was built.
- Reviewed on: the date of the last review of the page itself.
- Each warning about the Belgian situation carries its own verification date.
Changes to the texts and standards we follow are listed on the Latest updates page.
How the content is checked
- Automated checks. On every publication, the site build fails if a quotation cannot be found word for word in the source, if a reference points to a source or a location that does not exist, if an internal link is broken, if a guided path page has no review date, or if an extract exceeds the limits set for non-reproduced sources.
- Review by the writer, sentence by sentence: each sentence must be supported by the cited passage; otherwise, it is removed.
- Review by a second AI, tasked with finding any statement that is false, unsourced or wrongly sourced by checking it against the corpus.
- Human validation: the publisher, Asphalia Consulting, validates the method and a sample of pages, as well as each advice passage, one by one.
The English version is translated from the validated French version and goes through the same checks. Its official quotations come from the published English texts, never from an in-house translation.
Limits
- This site is not legal advice. It helps to understand and find the texts; it does not say how they apply to a particular situation.
- In case of doubt, only the text published in the Official Journal of the European Union or in the Belgian Official Gazette (Moniteur belge) is authentic.
- The corpus is dated. A text published after the last verification is not yet included.
Report an error
An error, a reference that does not lead to the right place, a missing text? Write to info@asphaliaconsulting.be, giving the address of the page and the passage concerned.
Written by Asphalia.