OpenID Artifact Binding Working Group
Charter Proposal
In accordance with the OpenID Foundation IPR policies and procedures this note proposes the formation of a new working group chartered to produce an OpenID specification. As per Section 4.1 of the Policies, the proposed charter is below (still liable to change during this feedback period).
I. Name
Artifact Binding Working Group (AB)
II. Statement of Purpose
Produce a binding of OpenID requests and response (assertion) that uses direct communication for main payload and indirect communication for a small reference data called Artifact to cope with long URL limits experienced by man
III. Scope
Create the Artifact Binding to support the identified needs. Currently identified:
- Cope with long url problem, especially for mobile browsers.
- Cope with the security problems of non-encrypted payload to go through the user agents which may act as a man-in-the-middle.
IV. Specifications
OpenID Artifact Binding 1.0
V. Anticipated audience
All those interested in using OpenID in mobile and other constrained browser and server elements.
VI. Language of business
English.
VII. Method of work
Mailing list discussion. Posting of intermediate drafts in the OpenID Wiki. Virtual conferencing on an ad-hoc basis.
VIII. Basis for completion of the activity
The Artifact Binding 1.0 spec made final.
Background Information
I. Related Work
SAML Artifact Binding
OAuth
Wrap
Contract Exchange
II. Initial Membership
- Breno de Medeiros, breno@google.com. Google, Inc. (editor)
- Hideki Nara, hdknr@ic-tact.co.jp, Tact Communications
- Nat Sakimura, n-sakimura@nri.co.jp, Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. (editor)
- John Bradley, ve7jtb@ve7jtb.com
- Allen Tom, atom@yahoo-inc.com, Yahoo!
- Will Norris, will@willnorris.com
- Larry Drebes, ltd@janrain.com, Janrain
III. Expected contribution
Draft: OpenID Artifact Binding 1.0 - Draft 01, http://www.sakimura.org/specs/ab/1.0/
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