[OIDFSC] FW: Proposal to create the OpenID OAuth Hybrid Working Group

[Allen Tom]

+1
I'm definitely very interested in this one!
Allen


Mike Jones wrote:
>
> This is a second working group proposal that the specifications 
> council needs to take action upon.  Yariv, have there been any updates 
> to the charter since this note?
>
>  
>
>                                                                 Thanks,
>
>                                                                 -- Mike
>
>  
>
> *From:* specs-bounces at openid.net [mailto:specs-bounces at openid.net] *On 
> Behalf Of *Yariv Adan
> *Sent:* Monday, November 03, 2008 6:31 AM
> *To:* specs at openid.net
> *Subject:* Proposal to create the OpenID OAuth Hybrid Working Group
>
>  
>
> In accordance with the OpenID Foundation IPR policies and 
> procedures<http://openid.net/foundation/intellectual-property/ > this 
> note proposes the formation of a new working group chartered to 
> produce an OpenID specification.
> As per Section 4.1 of the Policies, the specifics of the proposed 
> working group are:
>
>  
>
> Background Information:
>
> OpenID has always been focused on how to enable user-authentication 
> within the browser.  Over the last year, OAuth has been developed to 
> allow authorization either from within a browser, desktop software, or 
> mobile devices.  Obviously there has been interest in using OpenID and 
> OAuth together allowing a user to share their identity as well as 
> grant a Relying Party access to an OAuth protected resource in a 
> single step.  A small group of people have been working on developing 
> an extension to OpenID which makes this possible in a collaborative 
> fashion withinhttp://code.google.com/p/step2/.  This small project 
> includes a draft spec and Open Source implementations which the 
> proposers would like to finalize within the OpenID Foundation.
>
>
> Working Group Name:
> OpenID OAuth Hybrid Working Group
>
>
> Purpose:
> Produce a standard OpenID extension to the OpenID Authentication 
> protocol that provides a mechanism to embed an OAuth approval request 
> into an OpenID authentication request to permit combined user 
> approval. The extension addresses the use case where the OpenID 
> Provider and OAuth Service Provider are the same service. To provide 
> good user experience, it is important to present a combined 
> authentication and authorization screen for the two protocols.
>
>
> Scope:
> Standardize the draft Hybrid Protocol 
> (http://step2.googlecode.com/svn/spec/openid_oauth_extension/drafts/0/openid_oauth_extension.html) 
> as an official OpenID Extension describing how to combine an OpenID 
> authentication request with the approval of an OAuth request token.
>
>
> Anticipated Contributions:
> Draft specification referenced above and various text contributions as 
> more developers implement it.
>
>
> Proposed List of Specifications:
> OpenID OAuth Extension 1.0. Spec completion by Q4 2008.
>
>
> Anticipated audience or users of the work:
>  - OpenID Providers and Relying Parties
>  - OAuth Consumers and Service Providers
>  - Implementers of OpenID Providers and Relying Parties
>
>
> Language in which the WG will conduct business:
> English.
>
>
> Method of work:
> E-mail discussions on the working group mailing list and working group 
> conference calls.
>
>
> Basis for determining when the work of the WG is completed:
> The work will be completed once it is apparent that maximal consensus 
> on the protocol proposal has been achieved within the working group, 
> consistent with the purpose and scope.
>
>
> Proposers:
>  - Ben Laurie, benl at google.com <mailto:benl at google.com>, Google
>  - Breno de Medeiros, breno at google.com <mailto:breno at google.com>, Google
>  - David Recordon, drecordon at sixapart.com 
> <mailto:drecordon at sixapart.com>, Six Apart
>  - Dirk Balfanz, balfanz at google.com <mailto:balfanz at google.com>, Google
>  - Joseph Smarr, jsmarr at plaxo.com <mailto:jsmarr at plaxo.com>, Plaxo
>  - Yariv Adan, yariv at google.com <mailto:yariv at google.com>, Google
>
>  - Allen Tom, atom at yahoo-inc.com <mailto:atom at yahoo-inc.com> , Yahoo
>
>  - Josh Hoyt, josh at janrain.com <mailto:josh at janrain.com> , JanRain
>
>
>
> Initial Editors:
>  - Dirk Balfanz, balfanz at google.com <mailto:balfanz at google.com>, Google
>
>  - Breno de Medeiros, breno at google.com <mailto:breno at google.com>, Google
>
>
> -- 
> Yariv Adan | Product Manager
> Google Switzerland GmbH | Identifikationsnummer: CH-020.4.028.116-1
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