DRAFT CHARTER SUBJECT TO FURTHER REVISION AND APPROVAL
(1) WG NAME:
_WG Name (and any acronym or abbreviation of the name) - The WG name, acronym and abbreviation shall not include (1) trademarks not owned by the Organization, or (2) content that is infringing, harmful, or inappropriate;_
Telecommunications Special Interest Identity Work Group
(2)PURPOSE:
Clear statement of purpose and justification why the proposed WG is necessary;
The ultimate goal of the Work Group is to help reconciling fragmented efforts in the telco specifications development area and in the telco market place regarding identity management.
In order to achieve that, it will act as a forum to facilitate the dialog between NewOrg Kantara Initiative and the telco industry sector. Additionally, it will produce telco specific technical material on top of NewOrg specifications as necessary to ensure proper implementation of suitable NewOrg Kantara Initiative technologies in a telco infrastructure.
The Work Group will
- Provide telco industry knowledge and needs on the identity management space towards NewOrg
- Facilitate that NewOrg Kantara Initiative specifications as appropriate address telco specific needs
- Produce telco adaptations and refinements on the NewOrg technical specifications
- Drive communication between NewOrg and other telco work and standardization fora through liasions
(3)SCOPE:
_Scope - The Scope must be related to the purpose of the Organization and must include a definition of the work that is envisioned;_
The Work Group is chartered to:
- Provide NewOrg Kantara Initiative with subject matter expertise with respect to telecommunications and identity
- Become a discussion forum and a working group issuing guidelines for telecommunications-specific aspects of NewOrg Kantara Initiative and identity space
- Provide an information sharing and feedback forum for both members and non-members with an interest in identity-based services in the telecommunications space, and to communicate core findings of the WG as well as the guidelines this WG will issue, to the relevant NewOrg Kantara Initiative organizational entities
- Where appropriate, take part in the identification and planning of industry events, providing input to marketing to execute in these arenas
- Where appropriate, provide input to telecommunications-focused NewOrg-internal and external Kantara Initiative activities (such as other standardization fora), including, but not limited to, profiling of NewOrg Kantara Initiative specifications, implementation guidelines, policy and marketing recommendations.
- To provide inputs for external communications, such as collateral materials and contributed articles
- To provide NewOrg Kantara Initiative with spokespersons on telecommunications-related topics related to the NewOrg Kantara Initiative agenda
(4) DRAFTS:
Working Titles of draft Technical Specifications to be produced(if any) and projected completion dates and the SSO(s) to which these Specifications will be submitted upon approval by the Membership;
No technical specifications are intended to be produced by this WG, but rather profiling and implementation guidelines on other NewOrg Kantara Initiative WG´s technical specifications that, in turn, will be provided as input to Telco SSO´s as well.
(5) RECOMMENDATIONS:
Other Draft Recommendations and projected completion dates (i.e., deliverables that are not Technical Specifications that will be submitted for All Member Ballot);
IMS whitepaper. Marketing recommendation and implementation guideline.
Completion by mid09. No submission to telco SSO´s planned.
Telco implementation guidelines on NewOrg WG-x deliverable-y
e.g., IDP selector
(6) LEADERSHIP:
Proposed WG Chair and Editor(s) (if any) subject to confirmation by a vote of the WG Participants;
Jose-Luis Mariz, Ericsson
Aude Pichelin, Orange
(7) AUDIENCE:
Anticipated audience or users of the work;
Telco standardization organizations, telco actors technical and business people
(8) DURATION:
Criteria for determining when the work of the WG has been completed (or a statement that the WG is intended to be a standing WG to address work that is expected to be ongoing);
The Telecommunications special interest Identity Work Group is chartered by New org Kantara Initiative Leadership Council to begin its work with no expiration date pre-defined, noting that the charter may be amended from time to time if needed.
(9) IPR POLICY:
The Intellectual Property Rights Policy under which the WG will operate; Current Liberty IPR model / Neworg IPR Policy
Kantara Initiative IPR - Liberty Option
(10) RELATED WORK AND LIAISONS:
Related work being done in other WGs or organizations and any proposed liaison with other WGs or organizations;
- GSMA (GSMA Access)
- OMA
- 3GPP
FOUNDING MEMBERS(11) WG PROPOSERS:
Names, email addresses, and any constituent affiliations of at least the minimum set of proposers required to support forming the WG; and
- DT,
- Ericsson,
- Gemalto,
- NEC,
- Neustar,
- NTT,
- Orange,
- Sun
(12) CONTRIBUTIONS (optional):
Optionally, a list of contributions that the proposers anticipate will be made to the WG.
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