This week saw several useful developments in the IETF Secure Patterns for Internet CrEdentials (SPICE) working group. Two new drafts were adopted and an individual draft was published also intended for later adoption by the working group. Here’s the tour…
- GLobal Unique Enterprise (GLUE) Identifiers was adopted. The specification’s abstract is:
This specification establishes an IETF URN namespace for GLobal Unique Enterprise (GLUE) Identifiers. It also establishes an IETF URN namespace for identifiers defined by the IETF Secure Patterns for Internet CrEdentials (SPICE) working group. The GLUE URN namespace is within the SPICE URN namespace.
I worked closely with Brent Zundel on this one, primarily defining and using the IETF SPICE URN namespace, in which the GLUE namespace now resides.
- OpenID Connect standard claims registration for CBOR Web Tokens was adopted. The specification’s abstract is:
This document registers OpenID Connect standards claims already used in JSON Web Tokens for CBOR Web Tokens.
While I didn’t work on this specification directly, I did suggest changes to the initial version to its author, Beltram Maldant, intended to make the spec ready for working group adoption, in my role as a Designated Expert for the IANA CBOR Web Token (CWT) Claims registry. I’m glad this is happening!
- Traceability Claims was updated with an eye towards future working group adoption. The specification’s abstract is:
This document defines claims to support traceability of physical goods across supply chains, focusing on items such as bills of lading, transport modes, and container manifests. These claims standardize the encoding of essential logistics and transport metadata, facilitating enhanced transparency and accountability in global supply chains. These claims are registered for use in both CBOR Web Tokens (CWTs) and JSON Web Tokens (JWTs).
I worked closely with Mike Prorock on this one, primarily motivating and refining the claim definitions and registering JWT claims in addition to the corresponding CWT claims.
SPICEy indeed!