Work Group Proposal Charter – Attribute Management
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(1) WG NAME (and any acronym or abbreviation of the name): The WG name, acronym and abbreviation must not include trademarks not owned by the Organization, or content that is infringing, harmful, or inappropriate.
Attribute Management Attributes in Motion WG (AMWGAIMWG)
(2) PURPOSE: Please provide a clear statement of purpose and justification why the proposed WG is necessary.
The goal of this Work Group is to define and publish best practices and collect use cases in the Attribute Management space. In particular, focusing on the use of attributes across all layers of stakeholders in the Identity Ecosystem including Identity Providers, Service Providers, and Relying Parties. Exploring and documenting the potential and best practice around the use of an Attribute Broker will also be discussed.
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Specifically, the Work Group will create a set of best practice documents around:
- · The handling of attributes by Identity Providers, Relying Parties, and Service Providers
- · The definition and proposed use for contexts
- · The definition, best use, requirements and criteria of an Attribute Broker
The Work Group will also continue the work started by he the Attribute Management Discussion Group to keep the Repository of links to know work in the attribute space up to date, making sure that relevant work from other Kantara Work Groups as well as outside organizations and governments are collected and shared.
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No technical specifications will be created out of this Work Group.
(5) OTHER DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS: Other Draft Recommendations and projected completion dates for submission for All Member Ballot.
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(6) LEADERSHIP: Proposed WG Chair and Editor(s) (if any) subject to confirmation by a vote of the WG Participants.
TBDConvenor: Allan Foster, ForgeRock
(7) AUDIENCE: Anticipated audience or users of the work.
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(9) IPR POLICY: The Organization approved Intellectual Property Rights Policy under which the WG will operate.
<MUST DECIDE VIA STAKEHOLDERS>
Kantara Initiative IPR Policy – Creative Commons Share Alike Attribution
Kantara Initiative IPR Policy – Patent Copyright RAND
(10) RELATED WORK AND LIAISONS: Related work being done in other WGs or other organizations and any proposed liaison with those other WGs or organizations.
While other entities groups such as the OIX Attribute Exchange WG, OASIS-Trust Elevation WG and various groups within the ITU-T are exploring the attribute space, the topic of best practice of proper use and Attribute Broker is open and appropriate for Kantara industry expertise. (Update report every 6 months, or turn it in to a status sheet)
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(12) PROPOSERS: Names, email addresses, and any constituent affiliations of at least the minimum set of proposers required to support forming the WG. At least 3 proposers must be listed. At least 2 of the proposers must be Kantara Initiative Members - current members list
- Colin Wallis (colin_wallis at hotmail dot com) – Dept. of Internal Affairs, New Zealand government
- Leif Johansson (leifj at sunet dot se) - SUNET
- Colin Soutar (email at colinsoutar dot com) - Individual
- Allan Foster, ForgeRock