Hey guys, I volunteered to drive the "attributes" working group for OpenID v.Next, so here's a proposed charter, feedback welcome. Thanks to Mike Jones for actually writing up the first draft and getting me to act on it! :) js<div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "><p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(a</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><i><u><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Charter</font></u></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(i)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">WG name:</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">OpenID v.Next</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Attributes</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(ii)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Purpose:</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Produce</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> attribute </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">transmission and </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">schema</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> specification</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">s</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> for OpenID v.Next</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> that address the limitations and drawbacks present in the OpenID 2.0 </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">attribute</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> facilities </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">that limit</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> OpenID’s</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> applicability, adoption, </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">usability, </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">and interoperability</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">. </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">S</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">haring basic data about the user has become a common enough requirement that OpenID </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">needs to</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> take a more hands-on role in specifying common fields and also more tightly/actively working on how to propose and accept new standard fields going </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">forward. </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Specific goals are:</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 45pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">·</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">define h</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">ow to ask for and get rich, consistent</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">,</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> common</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> and</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> extensible data attributes</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">,</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 45pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">·</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">define schemas for common</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> attributes,</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 45pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">·</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">define a mechanism and process for using attributes not in this common set,</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 45pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">·</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">enable user control over what attributes are released,</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 45pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">·</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">enable aggregation of attributes from multiple verifiable attribute sources,</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 45pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">·</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">enable</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> the </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">use of attributes by</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> non-browser applications</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 45pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">·</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">enable the use of attributes both with and without employing an active client,</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 45pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">·</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">seamlessly integrate with and complement the other OpenID v.Next specifications.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Compatibility with OpenID 2.0 is an explicit non-goal for </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">this</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">work</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(iii)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Scope:</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Produce a next generation OpenID </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">attribute</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">specification or specifications, consistent with the purpose statement.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(iv)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Proposed List of Specifications</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">:</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">OpenID v.Next </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Attribute Transmission and Attribute Schema specifications</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">and possibly related </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">specifications.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(v)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Anticipated audience or users of the work:</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> Implementers of OpenI</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">D Providers, Relying Parties, Active Clients</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">, and non-browser applications</font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">utilizing OpenID</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(vi)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Language in which the WG will conduct business</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">:</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> English.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(vii)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Method of work:</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">E-mail discussions on the working group mailing list, working group conference calls, and face-to-face meeting</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">s</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> at</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> the Internet Identity Workshop and OpenID summits.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(viii)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Basis for determining when the work of the WG is completed:</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> Work will not be deemed to be complete until there is a consensus that the resulting protocol specification</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> or family of specifications fulfills</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> the working group goals. Additional proposed changes beyond that initial consensus </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">will be evaluated on the basis of whether they increase or decrease consensus within the working group.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> The work will be completed once it is apparent that maximal consensus on the draft has been achieved, consistent with the purpose and scope.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(b</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><i><u><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Background Information</font></u></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(i)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Related work being done in other WGs or organizations</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">:</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">OpenID Authentication 2.0 and related specifications</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">, including </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Attribute Exchange (AX) and Simple Registration (SReg)</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">. </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">ICF Schema</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">s</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> working group</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">.</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> Portable Contacts.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(ii)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Proposers:</font></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Joseph Smarr</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">, </font></span><a href="mailto:jsmarr@google.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Calibri; "><u><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">jsmarr@google.com</font></u></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">, Google</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> (</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">chair)</font></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Additional proposers to be added here</font></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 2pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">(iii)</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Anticipated Contributions</font></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">:</font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> </font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"> None.</font></span></p>
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