Hi Kay, John, Andrew

I just wanted to send you a personal note on the off chance you have not heard or need a reminder on the deadline for this whitepaper. We warmly welcome Kantara’s comments, and of course consideration of co-branding the final paper in due course.

“Human-Centric Digital Identity: A Primer for Government Officials” comments due by August 15^th using the form enclosed in link below:

https://openid.net/open-for-comment-human-centric-identity-a-primer-for-government-officials/

This paper builds on the OECD Digital Identity recommendations (published as final July 2023) to provide practical and timely information to assist government officials that are responsible for enabling digital identity credential systems, globally. The paper includes 8+ months of diligence with expert organizations and individuals, as well as public consultations in 4 conferences.  If we succeed, the recommendations from this paper will trigger a practical roadmap for global digital identity infrastructure development…a roadmap we will expand upon during an interoperability workshop in Paris the last week of November with numerous other non-profits. We see one of the key challenges to be bridging the “global north” and “global south” and engagement with key players like Kantara as vital to this outcome. 

A final version of this paper will be published prior to the OECD panel on Digital Identity (second half September), where the Digital Identity Recommendations will be formally announced at an OECD panel. The recommendations in this paper will be shared by Nat Sakimua, Chairman of the OpenID Foundation, as appropriate, during the OECD panel.

We are keen to ensure the paper represents the current views of the global identity community, including Kantara’s perspective. If the paper aligns to Kantara’s perspective, we warmly encourage co-branding of the final version of this paper, prior to publication September.

Many thanks for your consideration!  

Gail Hodges

Executive Director 

OpenID Foundation