How we got here: what six decades of identity history tell us about the agent age
By Sar Haidar, Platform Engineer at MIT Open Learning Every identity standard we work with today was built to solve a problem someone was staring at right then. OAuth, OIDC, SAML, the token flows we spend our careers refining: each one began as an urgent answer to an immediate question. That was the premise of […]
As AltID launches, Danish media seek OIDF view
Denmark’s launch of AltID, a government-backed digital wallet, prompted questions about what the new technology means for citizens and how it differs from existing digital identity systems. Major Danish national media outlets, including DR, reported on the new technology. Several leading publications, including Ekstra Bladet, Input Magazine, Mere Mobil and IT Kanalen, sought expert comment […]
Announcing the new Digital Credentials Harmonized Presentation Working Group
The OpenID Foundation has launched a new working group – the Digital Credentials Harmonized Presentation Working Group (DCHP WG). The new DCHP WG supports a joint initiative between experts of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC 17 (ISO) WG10 and WG4 and the OpenID Foundation’s Digital Credentials Protocols Working Group (DCP WG) to harmonize their credential presentation protocols. Today, […]
Australian Digital Trust Community Group’s 2nd Innovation Day – 24th June 2026
Australian Digital Trust Community Group Innovation Day The Australian Digital Trust Community Group is pleased to announce our second Innovation Day in Melbourne on Wednesday 24th June, 8.30-12.30pm. This session will focus on Framework Interoperability, bringing together industry, government, and international perspectives to explore how digital id frameworks can work together in practice. Our agenda […]
OIDF conformance tests deliver results in La Ciotat
The OpenID Foundation joined participants from across the industry at the 13th ISO mDL interoperability test event in La Ciotat, France last week, taking its conformance test suite to one of the most significant gatherings of digital identity implementers in the international standards calendar. The two-day event, held 28–29 May, focused on interoperability testing against […]
Four OpenID Foundation voices at ID4Africa 2026 in Abidjan
The OpenID Foundation was proud to join the recent ID4Africa 2026 Annual General Meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. ID4Africa is the only pan-African movement dedicated to helping African nations build robust and responsible identity ecosystems, bringing together 48 member governments, international development agencies, and the private sector. This year’s theme, Digital Identity: From DPI to […]
Insights from the OIDF’s Australia Innovation Day
When does digital ID actually serve the common good? Written by Olaf Grewe, Head of Product, Sign-up and Log-in at National Australia Bank, and Co-Chair of the ADT CG This was the question explored at an Innovation Day organised by the OpenID Foundation’s Australian Digital Trust Community Group (ADT CG) earlier this year. Hosted by […]
OIDF presents at ITU-T workshop on digital ID and agentic AI
The OpenID Foundation recently participated in the ITU-T’s most recent workshop on Trustable and Interoperable Digital Identities for Human and Agentic AI in Geneva – the first of three planned ITU-T workshops on this theme. The workshop brought together speakers from governments, standards bodies, and industry across two days, with sessions covering digital identity policy, […]
Calling all members – register for the GDC Conference now
The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce that it is a co-organizer of the Global Digital Collaboration (GDC) Conference, taking place this September 1-3 in Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland. The GDC is not a typical industry conference. It has been brought together by a coalition of standards development organizations, intergovernmental bodies, open-source foundations, and NGOs with […]
OIDF sets the stage for independent oversight of conformance testing
Kantara Initiative to collaborate on role of Authorized Auditor The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce that the Kantara Initiative – a global community focused on improving the trustworthy use of identity and personal data – has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to become an Authorized Auditor under the Foundation’s independent conformance testing program. This […]