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I haven't been able to find any reason of why should anyone prefer to implement a CAdES oriented electronic signature software solution over a XAdES oriented one.

There are a lot more open libraries and implementation cases and examples of XAdES on the internet, but still, I don't believe that is the reason why people decide on using XAdES over CAdES.

Is it because XAdES is XML oriented and software developers tend to love anything XML related? Is there any scenario where CAdES is just outright the best option to use over XAdES?

For reference:

  • CAdES is CMS/PKCS#7 in advanced form (supports timestamping)
  • XAdES is XML-DSig in advanced form (supports timestamping)

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