R&E Working Group - Overview

The R&E working group is creating a set of profiles for the OpenID Connect specifications to ease adoption in the Research and Education (R&E) sector. The profiles will include current international standards to represent users that belong to R&E institutions and the existing international trust fabric based on R&E identity federations and multi-lateral trust exchange.

R&E Working Group
OVERVIEW

R&E Working Group
CHARTER

R&E Working Group
SPECIFICATIONS

R&E Working Group
REPOSITORY

What is R&E Working Group?

The purpose of this working group is to develop a set of profiles for the OpenID Connect specifications to ease the adoption of OpenID Connect in the Research and Education (R&E) sector. The profiles will take into account existing practices of federated identity management in the R&E sector, current international standards to represent users that belong to R&E institutions, as well as the existing international trust fabric based on R&E identity federations and multi-lateral trust exchange. The working group will also actively look for the engagement of the R&E international community.

Working Group Chairs

  • Davide Vaghetti (GARR)

Participation

To monitor progress and connect with working group members, join the mailing list.

To participate in or contribute to a specification within the working group requires the submission of an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) contribution agreement.  You can complete this electronically or by paper at openid.net/intellectual-property.
 
Be sure to specify, in the working groups box, the exact name:

Meeting Schedule