[DRAFT] Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Working Group Charter

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Peter Davis
Last updated: May 09, 2024
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Working group name

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Working Group

Purpose

Identity is foundational for engaging in an increasingly digital society. As such, solutions must be accessible and designed to enable the equitable exchange of trust across the entire digital ecosystem. The purpose of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Working Group (DEIA-WG) is:

  • To champion and provide DEIA subject matter expertise to bodies establishing identity systems standards, frameworks, and systems

  • To provide and foster a forum for the discussion of important DEIA topics

  • To establish common terminology and taxonomy for DEIA specific to digital identity to harmonize cross-industry dialogue.

  • To develop a methodology that enable relying parties to better measure identity outcomes, impacts across different demographics, and overall return on investment (ROI) for adopting more inclusive practices.

  • To facilitate the creation of recommendations or a maturity model for enabling more equitable outcomes for digital identity. This includes practices for identity verification/proofing, authentication, technology reliance, etc.

  • To develop a framework for assessing provider conformance and ability to enable more equitable outcomes for digital identity.

Scope

The outputs of working group’s work must meet the following requirements:

  • Allow an individual to have a pathway to engage in digital services regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, disability, or socioeconomic class

  • Allow transparency into digital identity practices in support of audit and monitoring activities

  • Support the notion of being vendor agnostic and neutral to support adoption across a wide
    range of deployment models.

  • Developed in an agile process that can evolve based on emerging trends and changes in law, standards, and policy.

Deliverables

  • Developing a consensus driven terminology and taxonomy for digital identity DEIA body of knowledge

  • Developing service provider maturity models for DEIA and associated assessment criteria to demonstrate conformance

  • Developing calculators and approaches for measurement of effectiveness and ROI for digital identity DEIA

  • Developing and maintaining liaisons as appropriate with external bodies and other Kantara groups

  • Developing educational materials in support of the overall working group effort

  • Overseeing the contribution of DEIA related inputs to standards-setting organizations

  • Publish Kantara perspective for DEIA deliverables for standard body consumptions

  • Document catalog of use cases for DEIA with identity solutions

Proposed draft technical recommendations

TBD

Leadership

Proposed WG Chair and Editor(s) (if any) subject to confirmation by a vote of the WG Participants.

Audience

The anticipated audience for the documents produced by this Work Group includes standards bodies, developers, deployers, and designers of identity systems that act on behalf of natural and legal persons, including legal representatives of organizations operating such services.

Duration

This proposed Work Group is intended to be a standing group to address what will be an ongoing and constantly evolving concern. However, the working group must complete and publish at least one publication per year in order to maintain progress towards its purpose defined above to maintain its active status.

IPR Policy

(Proposed) Kantara’s Option Non-Assertion Covenant