Draft OpenID 2.x User Experience working group charter

[jDavid]

Is the goal to focus on Identity, Authentication, or Validation?

I would very much like to be involved.

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Chris Messina <chris.messina at gmail.com>wrote:

> Mike Jones prepared the initial version of this charter, and I took the
> liberty of renaming v.Next to 2.x, and made compatibility with 2.x an
> explicit goal of this work.
>
>
> I'm reluctant of the applicability of this work to active clients and have
> subsequently removed this line:
>
>
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for supporting for a spectrum
> of clients, including passive clients per current usage, thin active
> clients, and active clients with OP functionality,
>
>
> Feedback welcome.
>
>
> Chris
>
> *
> *
>
> *(a)  **Charter**.*
>
> *(i)*       *WG name:*  OpenID 2.x User Experience.
>
> *(ii)*      *Purpose:*  Produce a user experience specification or family
> of specifications for OpenID 2.x that address the limitations and drawbacks
> present in the OpenID 2.0 that limit OpenID’s applicability, adoption,
> usability, privacy, and security. Specific goals are:
>
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for less intrusive
> authentication user experiences than full-page browser redirect,
>
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for controlled and
> uncontrolled release of attributes,
>
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for use of identities and
> attributes by non-browser applications,
>
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for optimized protocol flows
> combining authentication, attribute release, and resource authorization,
>
> ·        produce user experience guidelines for use of OpenID on mobile
> devices,
>
> ·        seamlessly integrate with and complement the other OpenID 2.x
> specifications.
>
>
> Compatibility with OpenID 2.x is an explicit goal for this work.
>
> **
>
> *(iii)*     *Scope:*  Produce a current generation OpenID user experience
> specification or specifications, consistent with the purpose statement.
>
> *(iv)*     *Proposed List of Specifications*:  OpenID 2.x User Experience
> and possibly related specifications.
>
> *(v)*      *Anticipated audience or users of the work:*  Implementers of
> OpenID Providers, Relying Parties, Active Clients, and non-browser
> applications utilizing OpenID.
>
> *(vi)*     *Language in which the WG will conduct business*:  English.
>
> *(vii)*    *Method of work:  *E-mail discussions on the working group
> mailing list, working group conference calls, and face-to-face meetings at
> the Internet Identity Workshop and OpenID summits.
>
> *(viii)*   *Basis for determining when the work of the WG is completed:*
> Work will not be deemed to be complete until there is a consensus that the
> resulting protocol specification or family of specifications fulfills the
> working group goals.  Additional proposed changes beyond that initial
> consensus will be evaluated on the basis of whether they increase or
> decrease consensus within the working group.  The work will be completed
> once it is apparent that maximal consensus on the draft has been achieved,
> consistent with the purpose and scope.
>
> *(b)  **Background Information**.*
>
> *(i)*       *Related work being done in other WGs or organizations*:  Draft
> User Interface (UI) Extension<http://wiki.openid.net/OpenID-User-Interface-Work-Group-Proposal>.
> Kantara Universal Login Experience (ULX)
> <http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/ulx/>working group. RPX
> product design <http://rpxnow.com>. Facebook Authentication Guidelines<http://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/>.
> Google user authentication research<http://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/UXFedLogin>
> .
>
> *(ii)*      *Proposers:*
>
> Chris Messina, chris.messina at gmail.com (chair)
>
> Dick Hardt, dick.hardt at gmail.com
>
> *Additional proposers to be added here*
>
> *(iii)*     *Anticipated Contributions*:  None.
>
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