openid-connect-4-ida-claims-1_0 October 2024
Lodderstedt, et al. Standards Track [Page]
Workgroup:
eKYC-IDA
Published:
Authors:
T. Lodderstedt
sprind.org
D. Fett
Authlete
M. Haine
Considrd.Consulting Ltd
A. Pulido
Santander
K. Lehmann
1&1 Mail & Media Development & Technology GmbH
K. Koiwai
KDDI Corporation

OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance Claims Registration 1.0

Abstract

This specification defines an extension of OpenID Connect that registers new JWT claims about end-users. This extension defines new claims relating to the identity of a natural person that were originally defined within earlier drafts of OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance. The work and the preceding drafts are the work of the eKYC and Identity Assurance working group of the OpenID Foundation.

Foreword

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Introduction

This specification defines additional JWT claims about the natural person. The claims defined can be used in various contexts including an ID Token.

Warning

This document is not an OIDF International Standard. It is distributed for review and comment. It is subject to change without notice and may not be referred to as an International Standard. Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Notational conventions

The keywords "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", and "can" in this document are to be interpreted as described in ISO Directive Part 2 [ISODIR2]. These keywords are not used as dictionary terms such that any occurrence of them shall be interpreted as keywords and are not to be interpreted with their natural language meanings.

Table of Contents

1. Scope

This specification only defines claims to be maintained in the IANA "JSON Web Token Claims Registry" established by [RFC7519]. These claims should be used in any context that needs to describe these characteristics of the end-user in a JWT as per [RFC7519].

2. Normative references

See section 5 for normative references.

3. Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

3.1. claim

piece of information asserted about an entity

[SOURCE: [OpenID], 1.2]

3.2. identity proofing

process in which an end-user provides evidence to an OP or claim provider reliably identifying themselves, thereby allowing the OP or claim provider to assert that identification at a useful assurance level

3.3. identity verification

process conducted by the OP or a claim provider to verify the end-user's identity

3.4. identity assurance

process in which the OP or a claim provider asserts identity data of a certain end-user with a certain assurance towards an RP, typically expressed by way of an assurance level. Depending on legal requirements, the OP can be required to provide evidence of the identity verification process to the RP

3.5. verified claims

claims about an end-user, typically a natural person, whose binding to a particular end-user account was verified in the course of an identity verification process

4. Claims

4.1. Additional claims about end-users

This specification defines the following claims for conveying end-user data in addition to the claims defined in the OpenID Connect specification [OpenID] and the OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance specification [OpenID4IDA] and in any other context that a JWT (as per [RFC7519]) may be used:

Table 1
Claim Type Description
place_of_birth JSON object End-user's place of birth. The value of this member is a JSON structure containing some or all of the following members:
country: String representing country in [ISO3166-1] Alpha-2 or [ISO3166-3] syntax.
region: String representing state, province, prefecture, or region component. This field might be required in some jurisdictions.
locality: String representing city or locality component.
nationalities array End-user's nationalities using ICAO 3-letter codes [ICAO-Doc9303], 2-letter ICAO codes may be used in some circumstances for compatibility reasons.
birth_family_name string End-user's family name(s) when they were born, or at least from the time they were a child. This term can be used by a person who changes the family name later in life for any reason. Note that in some cultures, people can have multiple family names or no family name; all can be present, with the names being separated by space characters.
birth_given_name string End-user's given name(s) when they were born, or at least from the time they were a child. This term can be used by a person who changes the given name later in life for any reason. Note that in some cultures, people can have multiple given names; all can be present, with the names being separated by space characters.
birth_middle_name string End-user's middle name(s) when they were born, or at least from the time they were a child. This term can be used by a person who changes the middle name later in life for any reason. Note that in some cultures, people can have multiple middle names; all can be present, with the names being separated by space characters. Also note that in some cultures, middle names are not used.
salutation string End-user's salutation
title string End-user's title
msisdn string End-user's mobile phone number formatted according to ITU-T recommendation [E.164]
also_known_as string Stage name, religious name or any other type of alias/pseudonym with which a person is known in a specific context besides their legal name.

4.2. Extended address claim

This specification extends the address claim as defined in [OpenID] by another sub field containing the country as ISO code.

country_code: Optional. country part of an address represented using an ISO 3-letter code [ISO3166-3], e.g., "USA" or "JPN". 2-letter ISO codes [ISO3166-1] may be used for compatibility reasons. country_code may be used as alternative to the existing country field.

4.3. Examples

This section contains JSON snippets showing examples of end-user claims described in this document.

{
"place_of_birth": {
  "country": "GB",
  "locality": "London"
  }
}
{
"nationalities": ["GB", "SL"]
}
{
"birth_family_name": "Elba"
}
{
"birth_given_name": "Idrissa"
}
{
"birth_middle_name": "Akuna"
}
{
"salutation": "Mr"
}
{
"title": "Dr"
}
{
"msisdn": "1999550123"
}
{
"also_known_as": "DJ Big Driis"
}
"address": {
  "locality": "Leavesden",
  "postal_code": "WD25 7LR",
  "country": "United Kingdom",
  "street_address": "4 Privet Drive",
  "country_code": "GBR"
}

5. Security considerations

The working group has identified no security considerations that pertain directly to this specification.

The data structures described in this specification will contain personal information. Standards referencing this specification and implementers using this specification should consider the secure transport of these structures and security and privacy implications that may arise from their use.

6. Normative References

[E.164]
ITU-T, "Recommendation ITU-T E.164", , <https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.164/en>.
[ICAO-Doc9303]
International Civil Aviation Organization, "Machine Readable Travel Documents, Seventh Edition, 2015, Part 3: Specifications Common to all MRTDs", , <https://www.icao.int/publications/Documents/9303_p3_cons_en.pdf>.
[ISO3166-1]
ISO, "ISO 3166-1:2020. Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions -- Part 1: Country codes", , <https://www.iso.org/standard/72482.html>.
[ISO3166-3]
ISO, "ISO 3166-3:2020. Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions -- Part 3: Code for formerly used names of countries", , <https://www.iso.org/standard/72482.html>.
[ISODIR2]
ISO/IEC, "ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 - Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of ISO and IEC documents", <https://www.iso.org/sites/directives/current/part2/index.xhtml>.
[OpenID]
Sakimura, N., Bradley, J., Jones, M., de Medeiros, B., and C. Mortimore, "OpenID Connect Core 1.0 incorporating errata set 1", , <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html>.
[OpenID4IDA]
Lodderstedt, T., Fett, D., Haine, M., Pulido, A., Lehmann, K., and K. Koiwai, "OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance 1.0", , <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-4-identity-assurance-1_0.html>.
[RFC7519]
Jones, M., Bradley, J., and N. Sakimura, "JSON Web Token (JWT)", RFC 7519, DOI 10.17487/RFC7519, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7519>.

Appendix A. IANA considerations

A.1. JSON Web Token claims registration

This specification requests registration of the following value in the IANA "JSON Web Token Claims Registry" established by [RFC7519].

A.1.1. Registry contents

A.1.1.1. Claim place_of_birth
Claim Name:
place_of_birth
Claim Description:
A structured claim representing the end-user's place of birth.
Change Controller:
eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group - openid-specs-ekyc-ida@lists.openid.net
Specification Document(s):
Section Claims of this document
A.1.1.2. Claim nationalities
Claim Name:
nationalities
Claim Description:
String array representing the end-user's nationalities.
Change Controller:
eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group - openid-specs-ekyc-ida@lists.openid.net
Specification Document(s):
Section Claims of this document
A.1.1.3. Claim birth_family_name
Claim Name:
birth_family_name
Claim Description:
Family name(s) someone has when they were born, or at least from the time they were a child. This term can be used by a person who changes the family name(s) later in life for any reason. Note that in some cultures, people can have multiple family names or no family name; all can be present, with the names being separated by space characters.
Change Controller:
eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group - openid-specs-ekyc-ida@lists.openid.net
Specification Document(s):
Section Claims of this document
A.1.1.4. Claim birth_given_name
Claim Name:
birth_given_name
Claim Description:
Given name(s) someone has when they were born, or at least from the time they were a child. This term can be used by a person who changes the given name later in life for any reason. Note that in some cultures, people can have multiple given names; all can be present, with the names being separated by space characters.
Change Controller:
eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group - openid-specs-ekyc-ida@lists.openid.net
Specification Document(s):
Section Claims of this document
A.1.1.5. Claim birth_middle_name
Claim Name:
birth_middle_name
Claim Description:
Middle name(s) someone has when they were born, or at least from the time they were a child. This term can be used by a person who changes the middle name later in life for any reason. Note that in some cultures, people can have multiple middle names; all can be present, with the names being separated by space characters. Also note that in some cultures, middle names are not used.
Change Controller:
eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group - openid-specs-ekyc-ida@lists.openid.net
Specification Document(s):
Section Claims of this document
A.1.1.6. Claim salutation
Claim Name:
salutation
Claim Description:
End-user's salutation, e.g., "Mr"
Change Controller:
eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group - openid-specs-ekyc-ida@lists.openid.net
Specification Document(s):
Section Claims of this document
A.1.1.7. Claim title
Claim Name:
title
Claim Description:
End-user's title, e.g., "Dr"
Change Controller:
eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group - openid-specs-ekyc-ida@lists.openid.net
Specification Document(s):
Section Claims of this document
A.1.1.8. Claim msisdn
Claim Name:
msisdn
Claim Description:
End-user's mobile phone number formatted according to ITU-T recommendation [E.164]
Change Controller:
eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group - openid-specs-ekyc-ida@lists.openid.net
Specification Document(s):
Section Claims of this document
A.1.1.9. Claim also_known_as
Claim Name:
also_known_as
Claim Description:
Stage name, religious name or any other type of alias/pseudonym with which a person is known in a specific context besides its legal name.
Change Controller:
eKYC and Identity Assurance Working Group - openid-specs-ekyc-ida@lists.openid.net
Specification Document(s):
Section Claims of this document

Appendix B. Acknowledgements

The following people at yes.com and partner companies contributed to the concept described in the initial contribution to this specification: Karsten Buch, Lukas Stiebig, Sven Manz, Waldemar Zimpfer, Willi Wiedergold, Fabian Hoffmann, Daniel Keijsers, Ralf Wagner, Sebastian Ebling, Peter Eisenhofer.

We would like to thank Julian White, Bjorn Hjelm, Stephane Mouy, Alberto Pulido, Joseph Heenan, Vladimir Dzhuvinov, Azusa Kikuchi, Naohiro Fujie, Takahiko Kawasaki, Sebastian Ebling, Marcos Sanz, Tom Jones, Mike Pegman, Michael B. Jones, Jeff Lombardo, Taylor Ongaro, Peter Bainbridge-Clayton, Adrian Field, George Fletcher, Tim Cappalli, Michael Palage, Sascha Preibisch, Giuseppe De Marco, Nick Mothershaw, Hodari McClain, and Nat Sakimura for their valuable feedback and contributions that helped to evolve this specification.

Appendix C. Notices

Copyright (c) 2024 The OpenID Foundation.

The OpenID Foundation (OIDF) grants to any Contributor, developer, implementer, or other interested party a non-exclusive, royalty free, worldwide copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works from, distribute, perform and display, this Implementers Draft or Final Specification solely for the purposes of (i) developing specifications, and (ii) implementing Implementers Drafts and Final Specifications based on such documents, provided that attribution be made to the OIDF as the source of the material, but that such attribution does not indicate an endorsement by the OIDF.

The technology described in this specification was made available from contributions from various sources, including members of the OpenID Foundation and others. Although the OpenID Foundation has taken steps to help ensure that the technology is available for distribution, it takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in this specification or the extent to which any license under such rights might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it has made any independent effort to identify any such rights. The OpenID Foundation and the contributors to this specification make no (and hereby expressly disclaim any) warranties (express, implied, or otherwise), including implied warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, fitness for a particular purpose, or title, related to this specification, and the entire risk as to implementing this specification is assumed by the implementer. The OpenID Intellectual Property Rights policy requires contributors to offer a patent promise not to assert certain patent claims against other contributors and against implementers. The OpenID Foundation invites any interested party to bring to its attention any copyrights, patents, patent applications, or other proprietary rights that may cover technology that may be required to practice this specification.

Authors' Addresses

Torsten Lodderstedt
sprind.org
Daniel Fett
Authlete
Mark Haine
Considrd.Consulting Ltd
Alberto Pulido
Santander
Kai Lehmann
1&1 Mail & Media Development & Technology GmbH
Kosuke Koiwai
KDDI Corporation