Public Review Period for Proposed OpenID CAEP Interoperability Profile Final Specification
Published July 27, 2026
The OpenID Shared Signals Working Group recommends approval of the following specification as an OpenID Final Specification:
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 the OpenID Foundation IPR policies and procedures. Unless issues are identified during the review that the working group believes must be addressed by revising the draft, this review period will be followed by a fourteen-day voting period during which OpenID Foundation members will vote on whether to approve this draft as an OpenID Final Specification.
The relevant dates are:
- Final Specification public review period: Monday, July 27, 2026 to Friday, September 25, 2026 (60 days)
- Final Specification vote announcement: Saturday, September 12, 2026 (14 days prior to voting)
- Final Specification voting period: Saturday, September 26, 2026 to Saturday, October 10, 2026 (14 days)
The OpenID Connect working group page is https://openid.net/wg/sharedsignals/. Information on joining the OpenID Foundation can be found at https://openid.net/foundation/members/registration. If you’re not a current OpenID Foundation member, please consider joining to participate in the approval vote.
You can send feedback on the specifications in a way that enables the working group to act upon it by (1) signing the contribution agreement at https://openid.net/intellectual-property/ to join the working group, (2) joining the working group mailing list at https://lists.openid.net/mailman/listinfo/openid-specs-risc, and (3) sending your feedback to the list.
Marie Jordan – OpenID Foundation Board Secretary
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