Actually.... I thought that's what it was too... This appears to be a follow-on project by Liz Garber and Mark Haine - so it is indeed related to the work by Heather, but it is a totally new piece of work. I did a quick read yesterday - there's some problematic material in the report - several things are jumbled together - notably the distinct domains of Civil Registry functions of Governments and the brand new "Identity Management via Digital Credentials". And because of this the conclusions and recommendations sound a bit off. I'll try to dig deeper shortly. andrew. ———————— *Andrew Hughes *CISM CISSP m +1 250.888.9474 AndrewHughes3000@gmail.com On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 3:02 PM Kay Chopard via Directors < directors@kantarainitiative.org> wrote:

Hello everyone, I am out of the office this week on a short family holiday. I received this reminder from Gail Hodges asking for our comments on the white paper we did jointly with OIDF and that we hired Heather Flanagan to write.

This is the next update to that paper if you can find some time to review and provide comments. Thank you so much.

I did send this out to the Leadership Council in early July. This may now include some of the comments they have gotten so far.

I just wanted to inform you that the response deadline is August 15. I appreciate your help.

Warm regards, Kay

*Kay Chopard | **Executive Director*

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---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gail Hodges Date: Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 5:21 AM Subject: Invitation to Comment: "Human-Centric Digital Identity" comments due by August 15th To: Kay Chopard , John Wunderlich < john@wunderlich.ca>, Andrew Hughes , Eliza M. Garber , Mark

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 15th using the form enclosed in link below: *

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

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

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