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DRAFT CHARTER SUBJECT TO FURTHER REVISION

(1) WORK GROUP 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;

ID-Web Services Framework (ID-WSF) Work Group

(2 ) PURPOSE:
Clear statement of purpose and justification why the proposed WG is necessary;

The ID-WSF Evolution Work Group will work to continue the development of the Liberty Alliance ID-WSF Specification Set - such evolution ultimately manifested as a submission of relevant technical work to an appropriate SSO for standardization. Evolution of the ID-WSF Specification Set may include functionality to address new use cases, additional bindings beyond SOAP, or profiling of other technical specifications to increase harmonization .

The ID-WSF WG's work will be driven by use cases derived from the participants of the ID-WSF Work group or other NewOrg Discussion Groups.

The ID-WSF Work Group is responsible for Driving the harmonization and interoperability of the ID-WSF Specification Set and protocols which currently coexist in the identity space, user-centric, permission-based access to identity-enabled web services.

  • The phased development of ID-WSF Draft Specification deliverables
  • Oversee the contribution of Technical Specifications developed to an existing Standards Setting Organizations.
  • Developing and maintaining appropriate relationships and liaisons with other NewOrg Work or Discussion Groups and external bodies, as deemed appropriate by the Work Group.
  • Creation of supporting technical materials for market education and evangelism.

The work of the ID-WSF WG will be conducted in accordance with the NewOrg Operating Procedures.

(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 ID-WSF WG is chartered to:

  • Ensure that the ID-WSF Specification Set evolves in way that fosters potential harmonization and convergence with related industry technical efforts.
  • Develop technical proposals for the evolution of the ID-WSF Technical spec
  • Establish liaison relationships with appropriate external, vendor neutral industry groups and bodies to ensure Work Group requirements and specifications are understood, addressed when submitted to the appropriate Standards Setting Organization
  • Strive to ensure that the work within the Work Group does not duplicate or conflict with the relevant work of other external, vendor neutral industry group and standards organizations.
  • Develop and deliver supporting technical documentation for market education/evangelism
  • Reference technical work in external, vendor neutral industry groups and bodies

(4) DRAFT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
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;
Development of ID-WSF extensions to OAuth

(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);

Updates to Testing Procedures (ID-WSF)

(6) LEADERSHIP:
Proposed WG Chair and Editor(s) (if any) subject to confirmation by a vote of the WG Participants;

Paul Madsen, NTT

(7) AUDIENCE:
Anticipated audience or users of the work;
Developers, deployers, vendors, service providers, identity providers developing Identity based Services in a Federated environment....

(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 Kantara Initiative Leadership Council charters the ID-WSF Evolution Work Group for five years. It may be amended from time to time, with changes approved by the Leadership Council. This charter will expire on <INSERT DATE>.

(9 )IPR POLICY:
The Intellectual Property Rights Policy under which the WG will operate;

  • Kantara IPR Policy - 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;

  • OASISasis
  • IETF

(11) FOUNDING Proposing MEMBERS:
Names, email addresses, and any constituent affiliations of at least the minimum set of proposers required to support forming the WG; and

  • NTT
  • Intel
  • Sun

(12) CONTRIBUTIONS (optional):
Optionally, a list of contributions that the proposers anticipate will be made to the WG.

Liberty Alliance Technology Expert Group will contribute the Liberty ID-WSF Specification Set to the ID-WSF Evolution Work Group Liberty Alliance Technology Expert Group will contribute the ID-WSF Testing Procedures to the ID-WSF Evolution Work Group.

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