13. A system for validating the authenticity of an original document from a duplicate document of said original document, comprising: storage means for storing an original file containing said original document and a duplicate file containing said duplicate document, said original file having an original format, said duplicate file having a canonical format; embedding means for embedding notary data associated with said original file within said duplicate file; and validation means for authenticating said original file using at least said notary data associated with said original file.
13. A system for validating the authenticity of an original document from a duplicate document of said original document, comprising: storage means for storing an original file containing said original document and a duplicate file containing said duplicate document, said original file having an original format, said duplicate file having a canonical format; embedding means for embedding notary data associated with said original file within said duplicate file; and validation means for authenticating said original file using at least said notary data associated with said original file. 14. The system of claim 13 , wherein said validation means further comprises: determining means for determining said original file from said duplicate file; extraction means for extracting said notary data associated with said original file from said duplicate file; notarization means for determining new notary data associated with said original file; and comparison means for comparing said new notary data with said extracted notary data to authenticate said original file.