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*(1) WORK GROUP NAME:* _WG Name (and any acronym or abbreviation of the name) - The WG name, acronym and abbreviation shall not include (1) trademarks not owned by the Organization, or (2) content that is infringing, harmful, or inappropriate;_


*{+}ID-Web Services Framework (ID-WSF) Evolution  Work Group{+}*


*(2 ) PURPOSE:* 


The ID-WSF Evolution Work Group will work to foster evolution and adoption of the Liberty Alliance ID-WSF Specification Set and equivalent functionality - this ultimately manifested as a submission of technical work to an appropriate OASIS Technical Committee, the IETF, or other relevant SSOs for standardization. Evolution of the ID-WSF Specification Set may include functionality to address new use cases, additional bindings beyond SOAP, or profiling of other technical specifications to increase harmonization .


The ID-WSF WG's work will be driven by use cases derived from the participants of the ID-WSF Work group or other Kantara Initiative Work or Discussion Groups.


The ID-WSF Work Group is responsible for driving the harmonization and interoperability of the ID-WSF Specification Set and protocols which currently coexist in the identity space, user-centric, permission-based access to identity-enabled web services.

The WG will be responsible for:

* The phased development of ID-WSF Draft Specification deliverables
* Overseeing the contribution of Technical Specifications developed to an existing Standards Setting Organizations.
* Developing and maintaining appropriate relationships and liaisons with other Kantara Initiative Work or Discussion Groups and external bodies, as deemed appropriate by the Work Group.
* Creating of supporting technical materials for market education and evangelism.

The work of the ID-WSF WG will be conducted in accordance with the Kantara Initiative Operating Procedures.


*(3) SCOPE:* Scope - The Scope must be related to the purpose of the Organization and must include a definition of the work that is envisioned. The ID-WSF WG is chartered to:
* Ensure that the ID-WSF Specification Set evolves in way that fosters potential harmonization and convergence with related industry technical efforts.
* Develop technical proposals for the evolution of the ID-WSF Technical spec
* Establish liaison relationships with appropriate external, vendor neutral industry groups and bodies to ensure Work Group requirements and specifications are understood, addressed when submitted to the appropriate Standards Setting Organization
* Strive to ensure that the work within the Work Group does not duplicate or conflict with the relevant work of other external, vendor neutral industry group and standards organizations.
* Develop and deliver supporting technical documentation for market education/evangelism
* Reference technical work in external, vendor neutral industry groups and bodies

*(4) DRAFT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:* _Working Titles of draft Technical Specifications to be produced (if any) and projected completion dates and the SSO(s) to which these Specifications will be submitted upon approval by the Membership;_

The ID-WSF extensions to OAuth is expected to be submitted to the IETG OAuth group

The ID-WSF 2.0 specifications are expected to be submitted to appropriate TCs within OASIS



*(5) RECOMMENDATIONS:* _Other Draft Recommendations and projected completion dates (i.e., deliverables that are not Technical Specifications that will be submitted for All Member Ballot);_


Updates to Testing Procedures (ID-WSF)


*(6) LEADERSHIP:* _Proposed WG Chair and Editor(s) (if any) subject to confirmation by a vote of the WG Participants;_


Initial Chair: Paul Madsen, NTT


*(7) AUDIENCE:* Developers, deployers, vendors, service providers, identity providers developing Identity based Services in a Federated environment....


*(8) DURATION:* The Kantara Initiative Leadership Council charters the ID-WSF Evolution Work Group for five years. It may be amended from time to time, with changes approved by the Leadership Council. This charter will expire in June of 2014.


*(9 )IPR POLICY:* _The Intellectual Property Rights Policy under which the WG will operate;_

- Kantara IPR Policy - Liberty Option

*(10) RELATED WORK AND LIAISONS:* _Related work being done in other WGs or organizations and any proposed liaison with other WGs or organizations;_

* Various WS-\* TCs in OASIS
* OAuth activity in IETF

*(11) FOUNDING Proposing MEMBERS:* _Names, email addresses, and any constituent affiliations of at least the minimum set of proposers required to support forming the WG_

* Paul Madsen, NTT
* Conor Cahill, Intel
* Hubert Le Van Gong, Sun Microsystems

*(12) CONTRIBUTIONS (optional):* _Optionally, a list of contributions that the proposers anticipate will be made to the WG._

Liberty Alliance Technology Expert Group will contribute the Liberty ID-WSF Specification Set to the ID-WSF Evolution Work

Liberty Alliance Technology Expert Group will contribute the ID-WSF Testing Procedures to the ID-WSF Evolution Work Group.

*History*

|| Date \\ || Note \\ ||
| July 8th, 2009 \\ | The Leadership Council ratifies this charter for operation. \\ |