Perhaps you could explain to the list what the process will be after this, such as:
1) Specification Council to approved PAPA WG. 2) Call for Participation ... etc. IMHO, that will help the community to understand the process a lot. By the way, I plan to respond to 2) above. I could have been a proposer of the WG, but to debug the process, somebody has to do the role of responder to the call for participation, so... :-) =nat 2008/5/23 Mike Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This message is being sent to revise the proposal to create the PAPE working > group, changing only one word, so that the projected completion date is July > 2008, rather than May 2008. The complete text of the revised proposal > follows. > > > > --- Mike > > > > 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 specifics of > the proposed working group are: > > > > Proposal: > > (a) Charter. > > (i) WG name: Provider Authentication Policy Extension > (PAPE) > > (ii) Purpose: Produce a standard OpenID extension to the > OpenID Authentication protocol that: provides a mechanism by which a > Relying Party can request that particular authentication policies be applied > by the OpenID Provider when authenticating an End User and provides a > mechanism by which an OpenID Provider may inform a Relying Party which > authentication policies were used. Thus a Relying Party can request that the > End User authenticate, for example, using a phishing-resistant and/or > multi-factor authentication method. > > (iii) Scope: Produce a revision of the PAPE 1.0 Draft 2 > specification that clarifies its intent, while maintaining compatibility for > existing Draft 2 implementations. Adding any support for communicating > requests for or the use of specific authentication methods (as opposed to > authentication policies) is explicitly out of scope. > > (iv) Proposed List of Specifications: Provider > Authentication Policy Extension 1.0, spec completion expected during July > 2008. > > (v) Anticipated audience or users of the work: > Implementers of OpenID Providers and Relying Parties – especially those > interested in mitigating the phishing vulnerabilities of logging into OpenID > providers with passwords. > > (vi) Language in which the WG will conduct business: > English. > > (vii) Method of work: E-mail discussions on the working > group mailing list, working group conference calls, and possibly a > face-to-face meeting at the Internet Identity Workshop. > > (viii) Basis for determining when the work of the WG is > completed: Proposed changes to draft 2 will be evaluated on the basis of > whether they increase or decrease consensus within the working group. The > work will be completed once it is apparent that maximal consensus on the > draft has been achieved, consistent with the purpose and scope. > > (b) Background Information. > > (i) Related work being done in other WGs or organizations: > (1) Assurance Levels as defined by the National Institute of Standards and > Technology (NIST) in Special Publication 800-63 (Burr, W., Dodson, D., and > W. Polk, Ed., "Electronic Authentication Guideline," April 2006.) > [NIST_SP800‑63]. This working group is needed to enable authentication > policy statements to be exchanged by OpenID endpoints. No coordination is > needed with NIST, as the PAPE specification uses elements of the NIST > specification in the intended fashion. > > (ii) Proposers: > > Michael B. Jones, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Microsoft Corporation > > David Recordon, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Six > Apart Corporation > > Ben Laurie, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Google > Corporation > > Drummond Reed, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Cordance Corporation > > John Bradley, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Wingaa Corporation > > Johnny Bufu, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Independent > > Dick Hardt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Sxip Identity > Corporation > > Editors: > > Michael B. Jones, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Microsoft Corporation > > David Recordon, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Six > Apart Corporation > > (iii) Anticipated Contributions: None. > > > > _______________________________________________ > specs mailing list > specs@openid.net > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs > > -- Nat Sakimura (=nat) http://www.sakimura.org/en/ _______________________________________________ specs mailing list specs@openid.net http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs