Public Review Period for Proposed OpenID4VC High Assurance Interoperability Profile (HAIP) 1.0 Final Specification

Published October 9, 2025
The OpenID Digital Credentials Protocols (DCP) Working Group recommends the following 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 14-day voting period during which OpenID Foundation members will vote on whether to approve these drafts as OpenID Final Specifications.
The relevant dates are:
  • Final Specification public review period: Thursday, October 9, 2025, to Monday, December 8, 2025 (60 days)
  • Final Specification vote announcement: Monday, November 24, 2025 (14 days)
  • Final Specification official voting period: Tuesday, December 9, 2025, to Tuesday, December 23, 2025 (14 days) 


The Digital Credentials Protocols (DCP) working group page:  https://openid.net/wg/digital-credentials-protocols/.

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 (please specify that you are joining the “Digital Credentials Protocols (DCP)” working group on your contribution agreement), (2) joining the working group mailing list at openid-specs-digital-credentials-protocols@lists.openid.net, and (3) sending your feedback to the list. 

 
Marie Jordan – OpenID Foundation Board Secretary


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