Implementer’s Draft of OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance Specification Approved


The OpenID Foundation membership has approved the following specification as an OpenID Implementer’s Draft:

An Implementer’s Draft is a stable version of a specification providing intellectual property protections to implementers of the specification. This is the first Implementer’s Draft of this specification. This specification is a product of the OpenID Connect Working group.

The Implementer’s Draft is available at:

The voting results were:

  • Approve – 47 votes
  • Object – 1 votes
  • Abstain – 0 votes

Total votes: 48 (out of 231 members = 21% > 20% quorum requirement)

— Michael B. Jones – OpenID Foundation Board Secretary