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. 2023 Jul 24;23(14):6641. doi: 10.3390/s23146641
Listing 2. Pseudocode for approving the document version.
// Define the structure for a participant
struct Participant {
   bool registered;
   bool approved;
}

// Contract state
enum ContractState {
  Created,
  WaitForApproversSignature,
  Reverted
}

# Define contract states
class ContractState:
  Created = "Created"
  WaitForApproversSignature = "WaitForApproversSignature"

# Define participant states
class ParticipantState:
  ReadyToSubmit = "ReadyToSubmit"
  SubmittedForApproval = "SubmittedForApproval"

# List of registered participants
RegisteredParticipants = []

def validateParticipant(participantAddress, IPFSHash):
   contractState = ContractState.Created
   participantState = ParticipantState.ReadyToSubmit

   if participantAddress in RegisteredParticipants:
        restrictAccessToParticipant(participantAddress)

        if IPFSHash:
            contractState = ContractState.WaitForApproversSignature
            participantState = ParticipantState.SubmittedForApproval
            createValidationMessage("Requesting validation from all approvers")
        else:
            revertContractState("IPFS hash is not provided")
   else:
        revertContractState("Participant is not registered")

def restrictAccessToParticipant(participantAddress):
   # Restrict access to only the specified participant
   pass

def createValidationMessage(message):
   # Create a validation message with the given content
   pass

def revertContractState(error):
   # Revert contract state and show error message
   pass