- From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:36:14 -0500
- To: Web Payments IG <public-webpayments-ig@w3.org>
Hi all, After talking with the Credentials Community Group this week[1], I have put together a Credentials Task Force proposal here: https://www.w3.org/Payments/IG/wiki/Main_Page/ProposalsQ42015#Credentials_Task_Force Could we add this as an agenda item to the call next week? The full-text of the proposal can be found below. WPIG Credentials Task Force --------------------------- Goals Determine if a Credentials Working Group should be created at the W3C by analyzing and responding to concerns raised at W3C TPAC around the value-add that W3C could provide in the space. Problem Statement There is currently no widely used standard (measured in hundreds of millions of people) for expressing and transacting digital credentials on the Web. Data has been gathered demonstrating a [22]desire to create an interoperable credentials ecosystem that is standardized around the expression and transmission of credentials. Namely, the following features have been identified by the industry survey as desirable: * A standard data format for a credential container * Issuing verifiable credentials (e.g. educational transcripts, professional licenses, digital government IDs, etc.) * Storing verifiable credentials at arbitrary identity providers/vaults * Requesting verifiable credentials from people and organizations * Revoking issued credentials * Web Browser APIs for issuing, storing, and consuming credentials * User-centric credentials (credential holder is in control of their own credentials) * Privacy-enhanced credentials (ensuring privacy when sharing certain credentials) * Credential portability (credential holder should be able to easily move credentials from one provider to another) Deliverables * Create comparison between Identity Credentials and OpenID Connect * Create comparison between Identity Credentials and SAML * Reach out to Brad Hill, Richard Barnes, and see how they'd solve the problem * Create comparison between Linked Data Signatures and JOSE * A Credentials Vision document * A Credentials Use Cases document * A Credentials Roadmap document * Create Credentials WG charter if W3C value-add is clear Success criteria Either * Clear documentation demonstrating that W3C cannot add value in this area, or * A well-socialized W3C Credentials Working Group charter (and supporting documentation) that would go to a W3C AC vote. Task Force Operation If formed, the WPIG Credentials Task Force will: * be composed of representatives from the Financial sector, Education, Healthcare, and Government * Have weekly calls on Tuesdays at 11am ET on a to-be-determined teleconference bridge * Work on completing the deliverables outlined above * Will have an answer around whether to create a Credentials WG to the WPIG by early February Dependencies * Coordinate with Credentials CG * IETF Identity initiative * Chairs of security groups in various organizations * IMS Global and other education initiatives * Verisys and other healthcare initiatives Milestones / Timelines * 2015-11 - Discussion of Credentials Task Force Proposal and if all goes well, the creation of the Task Force * 2015-12 - Perform background research listed in deliverables * 2015-01 - Start drafting charter for feedback, start finalizing input documents to future WG * 2016-02 - Publish background research findings, finalize draft charter, finalize input documents * 2016-03 - Co-locate face-to-face meeting to discuss path forward (AC review, WG creation, etc.) -- manu [1] http://opencreds.org/minutes/2015-11-03/ -- Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny, G+: +Manu Sporny) Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: Web Payments: The Architect, the Sage, and the Moral Voice https://manu.sporny.org/2015/payments-collaboration/
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