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See Model Law on Electronic Commerce, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), 29th Sess., art. 7(1), at 3, U.N. Doc. A/CN.9/XXIX/CRP.1/Add.13 (1996) ("Where a law requires a signature of a person, that requirement is met in relation to a data message if: (a) a method is used to identify that person and to indicate that person's approval of the information contained in the data message...."); Draft Model Law on Legal Aspects of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Related Means of Data Communication,United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), 28th Sess., art. 6, at 44, U.N. Doc. A/CN.9/406 (1994). For example, a signature on a written contract customarily indicates the signer's assent. A signature on the back of a check is customarily taken as an endorsement. See U.C.C. § 3-204 (1990).