Re: Building an OIDC Identity Provider that uses Verifiable Credentials

Hi Elf-Pavlik, 

Thanks for sharing! What would be your suggestion of how to link this to the Solid work? Perhaps something for the External Interop and Outreach Panel? 

Mitzi 

> On 20 Jul 2019, at 19:15, elf-pavlik@hackers4peace.net wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Building an OIDC Identity Provider that uses Verifiable Credentials
> Date: 2019-07-19 12:30
> From: Stephen Curran <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>
> To: "W3C Credentials CG (Public List)" <public-credentials@w3.org>
> 
> The BC Gov VON team has initiated an open source project (via an open
> source "Code With Us" bounty) to implement a OpenIDConnect Identity
> Provider that works using Verifiable Credentials. Mattr Global (a
> spinoff of NZ telecom Spark) is driving the work with BC Gov. The
> initial repo for the effort has been created and a first draft of a
> document that outlines many of the details of how it is going to work is
> in the repo. The effort uses Hyperledger Aries agents as the underlying
> messaging and VC exchange mechanism.
> 
> Check it out here - https://github.com/bcgov/vc-authn-oidc.
> 
> Please feel free to help with this effort - add issues, ask questions
> and add pull requests. We're hoping to have something that can be easily
> used with any IAM in any deployment. Starting with our own, of course
> 🙂.
> 
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> 
> Stephen Curran
> Principal, Cloud Compass Computing, Inc. (C3I)
> Technical Governance Board Member - Sovrin Foundation (sovrin.org)
> 
> _Schedule a Meeting: __https://calendly.com/swcurran_
>