17. The method of claim 16 , wherein generating the audit-enabled electronic document comprises combining and digitally signing the electronic document and the actions-taken information.
16. A machine-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a document archive server, a client request relating to an electronic document stored at the document archive server, wherein (a) the client request is for generation of an audit-enabled document, (b) the electronic document is associated with actions-taken information that exists separately from the electronic document, and (c) the actions-taken information describes actions taken with respect to the electronic document; retrieving, by the document archive server, from an audit information server and in response to the client request, the actions-taken information associated with the electronic document; generating, by the document archive server, an audit-enabled electronic document that includes the actions-taken information and the electronic document; and providing, by the document archive server, the audit-enabled electronic document.