Dear Connecters: <div><br></div><div>Now that the implementor's draft announcement is imminent, I, in conjunction with Mike have drafted the following announcement. </div><div>Note that the final announcement will have the explicit version number and the links. </div>
<div>If you have comments, please let me know so that I can incorporate them if necessary. </div><div><br></div><div>---- Start of the draft announcement ----</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style>The OpenID AB+Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specifications as OpenID Implementer’s Drafts:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit,serif;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-top-color:windowtext;border-right-color:windowtext;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-left-color:windowtext;border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in"><a href="http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-basic-1_0.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Basic Client Profile</a></span> – Simple self-contained specification for a web-based Relying Party. (This spec contains a subset of the information in Messages and Standard.)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(51,51,51)">·<span style="font:normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit,serif;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-top-color:windowtext;border-right-color:windowtext;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-left-color:windowtext;border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in"><a href="http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Discovery</a></span> – Defines how user and provider endpoints can be dynamically discovered.<span style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit,serif;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-top-color:windowtext;border-right-color:windowtext;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-left-color:windowtext;border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in"><a href="http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Dynamic Registration</a></span> – Defines how clients can dynamically register with OpenID Providers.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit,serif;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-top-color:windowtext;border-right-color:windowtext;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-left-color:windowtext;border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in"><a href="http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-messages-1_0.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Messages</a></span> – Defines all the messages that are used in OpenID Connect. (These messages are used by the Standard binding.)<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit,serif;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-top-color:windowtext;border-right-color:windowtext;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-left-color:windowtext;border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in"><a href="http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-standard-1_0.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Standard</a></span> – Complete HTTP binding of the <a href="http://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-messages-1_0.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Messages</span></a>, for both Relying Parties and OpenID Providers.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:inherit,serif;color:rgb(41,112,203);border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-top-color:windowtext;border-right-color:windowtext;border-bottom-color:windowtext;border-left-color:windowtext;border-top-width:1pt;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-left-width:1pt;padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;text-decoration:none"><a href="http://openid.net/specs/oauth-v2-multiple-response-types-1_0.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Multiple Response Type Encoding</a></span> – Registers OAuth 2.0 <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'Courier New'">response_type</span> values used by OpenID Connect.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div class="im" style><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This note starts the 45 days public review period for the specification draft in accordance with the <a href="http://openid.net/foundation/intellectual-property/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">OpenID Foundation IPR policies and procedures</a>. This review period will end on {{day}}, {{date}}.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style>Unless issues are identified during the review that the working group believes must be addressed by revising the draft(s), this review period will be followed by a seven day voting period during which OpenID Foundation members will vote on whether to approve these drafts as an OpenID Implementer’s Drafts.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style><br>As background, the working group page is available at <a href="http://openid.net/wg/connect/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://openid.net/wg/connect/</a>. Information on joining the OpenID Foundation can be found at <a href="https://openid.net/foundation/members/registration" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://openid.net/foundation/members/registration</a>.</p>
<div><br></div>-- <br>Nat Sakimura (=nat)<div>Chairman, OpenID Foundation<br><a href="http://nat.sakimura.org/" target="_blank">http://nat.sakimura.org/</a><br>@_nat_en</div><br>
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