2010-Q3 Report - User-Managed Access Work Group

Kantara Initiative UMA Work Group Report for 2010-Q3

Reporting on: 2010-Q3
Date Submitted: October 1, 2010

Group Name: User-Managed Access (UMA) Work Group

Filled Officer Positions and Names:

  • Chair: Eve Maler (re-elected 12 Aug 2010)
  • Vice-Chair: Maciej Machulak (elected 27 May 2010)
  • Specification Editor: Christian Scholz (elected 10 Jun 2010)
  • Use Cases Editor: Mario Hoffmann (elected 12 Aug 2010)
  • Domenico Catalano, Graphics/UX Editor (elected 14 Jan 2010)
  • Maciej Machulak, Implementation Coordinator (informal)

Vacant Officer Positions and Names:

  • None

What are the current active number of:

  • Total Participants: 94 (12 more since Q2)
  • Voting Participants: 11 (1 more since Q2)
  • Non-Voting Participants: 83 (11 more since Q2)
  • Total Email List Subscribers: 133 114 (19 more since 1 Jul 2010)

Published Teleconference Frequency: weekly (for whole-group telecons), additional telecons for smaller interest groups
Number of Teleconferences this Quarter: 14 WG telecons (11 quorate), additional ad hoc/focus telecons

Number of Quorate Physical Meetings this Quarter: 0
Number of Non-Quorate Physical Meetings this Quarter: 0

Number of Draft Specifications Produced this Quarter: 6 (see Working Drafts area)

  • Revised Scenarios and Use Cases
  • Revised Legal Considerations in UMA Authorization
  • Revised OAuth Dynamic Client Registration (submitted as input to IETF as an I-D and referenced from Core Protocol)
  • Revised Resource/Scope Registration API (in flux)
  • Revised Core Protocol
  • New Trusted Claims proposal

Number of Reports Produced this Quarter: 0

Deadlines the Group will face in the forthcoming quarter:

  • Expiration of Group Leadership (e.g. Chair): none
  • Deadlines listed in the Group Charter (e.g. duration expiration): none
  • Group-Imposed Deadlines: none

Other Comments:

  • The SMART project at Newcastle University has begun to open-source parts of its UMA implementation, starting with an OAuth 2.0 library called "leeloo". It is planning to continue open-sourcing more pieces, including the entire UMA/j framework, and fostering a community around the project.