Re: International identity data standards?

Hi Liam

LDAP/X.500 has produced standards for these

David

On 23/08/2019 20:26, Liam McCarty wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is there work being done to create international standards for identity
> data? For example, it would clearly be valuable to have standards for
> common data points like name, address, phone number, etc. If not that,
> it'd be helpful to at least have standardized mappings between different
> regional formats.
> 
> I've done some preliminary research and discovered groups like the NIEM
> (National Information Exchange Model, which is U.S.-based) and UPU
> (Universal Postal Union), but not anything more comprehensive. If
> international standards already exist, could someone point me in
> the right direction?
> 
> If not, creating international identity data standards seems like a
> natural extension of the work on DIDs and VCs. Would love to help
> kickstart that if people would find it useful.
> 
> *Liam McCarty*
> Co-Founder of ePluribus <https://epluribus.io>, Unum ID <https://unumid.org>

Received on Monday, 26 August 2019 09:19:01 UTC