Driving Innovation and Adoption: Reflections on the California mDL Hackathons
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), in partnership with the OpenID Foundation, recently hosted two groundbreaking hackathons aimed at advancing digital identity through California’s mobile Driver’s License (mDL). With over 100 attendees at both events, they were more than simply technical exercises; they were pivotal moments in the evolution of digital identity, bringing together […]
Notice of Vote for Proposed Implementer’s Draft of OpenID4VP Specification
The official voting period will be between Tuesday, December 17, 2024 and Tuesday, December 24, 2024 (12:00pm PT), once the 45 day review of the specification has been completed. For the convenience of members who have completed their reviews by then, voting will actually begin on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. The AB Connect work group page […]
Public Review Period for Proposed Implementer’s Draft of OpenID4VP Specification
The OpenID AB/Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specification as an OpenID Implementer’s Draft: OpenID4VP: https://openid.net/specs/openid-4-verifiable-presentations-1_0-22.html This would be the third Implementer’s Draft of this specification. This version has 3 major changes: Introduces the Digital Credentials Query Language; this is an alternative to Presentation Exchange Introduces the transaction data mechanism that enables a binding between […]
Accelerating mDL Adoption in the United States
The OpenID Foundation is delighted to announce that it is one of 15 parties to a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the National Cybersecurity Council Center of Excellence. This project will accelerate digital identity adoption in the United States. Its first use case supports financial institutions to meet their Know-Your-Customer requirements using Mobile […]
OIDF to Co-Host Mobile Drivers License Hackathons
Image sourced from Chat GPT The OpenID Foundation is proud to co-host two Hackathons with the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in support of their Mobile Drivers License (mDL) pilot. What is the Project? In 2021, the California legislature authorized the DMV to start an mDL pilot, and since the launch in August 2023, […]
OpenID for Verifiable Credentials Wins EIC Award!
The OpenID Foundation is proud to announce that, for the work building the “OpenID for Verifiable Credentials” family of specifications, members of the Digital Credentials Protocol (DCP) Work Group won the “Future Technologies and Standards” award at the European Identity and Cloud Conference. For the last several years, this group has been working tirelessly to […]
Implementer’s Draft of OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance Approved
The OpenID Foundation membership has approved the following specification as an OpenID Implementer’s Draft: OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance 1.0 This is the first 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 specification is a product of the […]
Notice of Vote for Proposed Implementer’s Draft of OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance
The official voting period will be between Monday, March 25, 2024 and Monday, April 1, 2024, once the 45 day review of the specification has been completed. For the convenience of members who have completed their reviews by then, voting will actually begin on Monday, March 18, 2024. The OpenID Connect Working Group page is […]
Public Review Period for Proposed Implementer’s Draft of OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance
The OpenID Connect Working Group recommends approval of the following specification as an OpenID Implementer’s Draft: OpenID for Verifiable Credential Issuance 1.0 This would be the first 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 note starts the […]
Second Implementer’s Draft of OpenID for Verifiable Presentations Specification Approved
Second Implementer’s Draft of OpenID for Verifiable Presentations Specification Approved The OpenID Foundation membership has approved the following specification as an OpenID Implementer’s Draft: OpenID for Verifiable Presentations An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification. This is the second Implementer’s Draft of this […]