Distributed Attributes for a Resilient Identity Ecosystem

Full Title

Distributed Attributes for a Resilient Identity Ecosystem - DARIE

This is a current plan (2019-05-22) based on the original proposed charter.

Purpose

This plan supports the adoption of the IDEF Registry by enabling a wide range of identifiers and distributed sources of user attributes. The goal is a resilient identity ecosystem where users have choices and protections for their private information. The specific goals are:

1. User have the choice to pick identifiers that they want, either under their own control or under centralized control.
2. Relying Parties can get the level of assurance that they need for authentication the user's identifiers.
3. The identity ecosystem will be resilient to any innovations or disruptions caused by technology or regulatory changes.
4. Trust service providers will offer their services to users with an accessible and convenient user experience.
5. Domain specific profiles will be encourage to enable a range of both vertical industries and horizontal user groupings.
6. Support for adoption of the IDEF registry by maintaining the current registry an proposing changes to the IDEF guidelines when the need arises.

Scope of Work

The scope will focus on these specific areas based on the existing IDEF Registry and extensions:

1. Continued support for the acquisition of self-attestation of the existing IDEF Registry.
2. A developmental sandbox where developers can try out their products and lead to the adoption of specifications for app certifications.
3. A proposal to fund a user experience metric that can be used to help users pick the services appropriate to their needs.
4. A set of profiles for vertical industries, starting with collaboration with the Health Information Advisory group within Kantara.
5. Documentation of a common API to be used for querying web platform attestations.

Current Proposed Work Product

1. Sandbox with first demo of Emergency Contacts
2. Consumer Metrics
3. Profile Framework
4. Health Care Profile
5. Financial Profile
6. API

References

• Attestation page for a taxonomy of the service groupings. Specifically the Web Platform and Application will be considered here.