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Verifying Guardianship Online

An OpenID Research Paper The OpenID Foundation is publishing a series of papers to contribute to the global conversation about child safety online. This first paper is a piece of research, conducted by Dr. Rachel O’Connell and Aebha Curtis, and commissioned by the OpenID Foundation Board. It explores the experiences of guardians – in particular […]

Errata to OpenID Identity Assurance Specifications Approved

Errata to the following specifications have been approved by a vote of the OpenID Foundation members: First Errata Set for OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0: This extension to OpenID Connect standardizes how relying parties request and receive identity information with additional assurance metadata. First Errata Set for OpenID Identity Assurance Schema Definition 1.0: This specification […]

Notice of Vote to Approve Proposed Errata to OpenID Identity Assurance Specifications

This is a new notice of an upcoming vote to approve proposed errata corrections to the following specifications: First Errata Set for OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-4-identity-assurance-1_0-17.html   First Errata Set for OpenID Identity Assurance Schema Definition 1.0: https://openid.net/specs/openid-ida-verified-claims-1_0-03.html The two-week voting period will be between Friday, June 5, 2026, and Friday, June 19, 2026. Please […]

Notice of Vote to Approve Proposed Errata to OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0

This is a notice of an upcoming vote to approve proposed errata corrections to OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0.   The two-week voting period will be between Friday, May 15, 2026, and Friday, May 29, 2026, once the 45 day review of the specification has been completed.   The OpenID Connect working group page https://openid.net/wg/ekyc-ida/.   If […]

Public Review Period of Proposed Errata to OpenID Identity Assurance Specifications

The OpenID eKYC & IDA working group recommends the approval of Errata corrections to the following specifications: First Errata Set for OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-4-identity-assurance-1_0-17.html   First Errata Set for OpenID Identity Assurance Schema Definition 1.0: https://openid.net/specs/openid-ida-verified-claims-1_0-03.html An Errata version of a specification incorporates corrections identified after the Final Specification was published. This would […]

Public Review Period for Errata to OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0

Updated April 1,2026 — Please note that this public review period for Errata to OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0 has been superseded by a combined public review period for two Identity Assurance specifications which can be found here: https://openid.net/public-review-period-of-proposed-errata-to-openid-identity-assurance-specifications. The OpenID eKYC & IDA working group recommends the approval of Errata corrections to the following specification: […]

Public Review Period for Proposed OpenID Attachments 1.0 Final Specification

The OpenID eKYC & IDA working group recommends approval of the following specification as an OpenID Final Specification:   OpenID Attachments 1.0   A Final Specification provides intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification and is not subject to further revision. This note starts the 60-day public review period for the specification draft in accordance with […]

Fourth Implementer’s Draft of OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance Specification Approved

The OpenID Foundation membership has approved the following specification as an OpenID Implementer’s Draft: OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0 An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification. This is the fourth Implementer’s Draft of this specification. This specification is a product of the […]

Fourth Public Review Period for OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance Specification Started

The OpenID eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group recommends approval of the following specification as an OpenID Implementer’s Draft: OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0 This would be the fourth Implementer’s Draft of this specification. An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification. This […]