Like many standards development organisations (SDOs), the OpenID Foundation establishes liaison relationships with other SDOs, technology associations, governments and industry bodies to collaborate and mutually advance shared goals.

The OIDF Liaison Policy is a new policy and establishes the framework by which OIDF enters into, manages, and, where necessary, terminates formal liaison relationships with liaison partners, and explains the practices and procedures that govern the OIDF participants in those relationships. The primary objectives of this new policy were to formally document  the implicit processes that have been implemented under the Liaison Committee for years, and add in lifecycle management of liaison roles and partners to ensure ongoing accuracy and appropriate partner and liaison support over time. 

The OIDF Liaison Committee is tasked with reviewing and approving liaison relationships, associated documents and the liaison representative from OIDF. Until now, the Liaison Committee has consisted of the current Executive Committee member and Working Group co-chairs. However, one update resulting from this new policy is the addition of Community Group co-chairs to the Liaison Committee which will allow them to propose and have a voice in liaisons aligned with their work.

The OIDF Liaison Policy was formally approved by the Executive Committee at the May 7, 2026 meeting and is effective immediately. It has been published in full on the OIDF website here: https://openid.net/policies/.

We encourage every member, contributor and participant to take a few minutes to review the new policy, so that they’re familiar with the updated framework going forward. 

OIDF staff will be coordinating with current OIDF group co-chairs and active liaison representatives to ensure all liaisons are aligned to the new policy, and to address any gaps in the weeks and months ahead.

If you have any questions, concerns or feedback, please share them with us via help@oidf.org. 

Thank you for your continued support and contributions to the OpenID Foundation.

About The OpenID Foundation (OIDF)

The OpenID Foundation (OIDF) is a global open standards body committed to helping people assert their identity wherever they choose. Founded in 2007, we are a community of technical experts leading the creation of open identity standards that are secure, interoperable, and privacy preserving. The Foundation’s OpenID Connect standard is now used by billions of people across millions of applications. In the last five years, the Financial Grade API has become the standard of choice for Open Banking and Open Data implementations, allowing people to access and share data across entities. Today, the OpenID Foundation’s standards are the connective tissue to enable people to assert their identity and access their data at scale, the scale of the internet, enabling “networks of networks” to interoperate globally. Individuals, companies, governments and non-profits are encouraged to join or participate. Find out more at openid.net.