OpenID Federation 1.0

The OpenID Federation specification defines protocols and guidelines for implementing federated infrastructures among different domains and services.

Overview

OpenID Federation 1.0 is:

• a technical specification that defines how to evaluate Trust from a technical perspective,
• a technology that defines how to build trust infrastructures,
• a system for securely establishing the interoperability of participants.

Releases

The latest released draft of the specification is available at https://openid.net/specs/openid-federation-1_0.html. The most recent Implementer's Draft is https://openid.net/specs/openid-federation-1_0-ID4.html.

Current Builds

The latest editors' draft is https://openid.github.io/federation/main.html.

Previews for each branch of this project are automatically built and published at the URL https://openid.github.io/federation/$branchname.html. Previews for branches associated with pending Pull Requests are accessible using this pattern.

News

News about OpenID Federation is available at the OpenID Foundation website here.

Working on the Specification

To get started working on the OpenID Federation specification, clone this repository and review the documentation provided in the root directory.

git clone https://github.com/openid/federation.git
cd federation

Read CONTRIBUTING.md to learn how to contribute to this project.

Contact Info

For further information and to get involved, visit the OpenID Connect Working Group website.