OSIS Charter

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Name
OSIS Working Group

Purpose
The purpose of this working group is to enable open source identity software projects to work independently, but in alignment, so overlap of work is avoided and the parts developed by different projects will fit.

Principles
The OSIS working group will function according to the Identity Commons Principles (see Purpose And Principles). In addition, the OSIS working group:


 * Is commited to the goal of internet-scale identity interoperability across projects, protocols, companies and platforms; and
 * Is commited to the goal of enabling a pluralistic technology and business ecosystem for identity product and service components that compete on the merits rather than based on any one entity's control over one or more components.
 * Shall determine architecture specifications by consensus of the OSIS Steering Committee.

Practices
How does the working group go about doing its work together?

Examples:
 * a group that hosts event that it charges money for to cover costs might have a practice that 15% of money it earns in doing those events goes to general operating funds for Identity Commons.


 * A group might state that all its meeting notes must be publically published.

Requirements of Participation and How to Join
Each working group is required by the PurposeAndPrinciples to state its requirements for participation, if any. It should also provide instructions for how to join the working group.

Licenses and/or Restrictions on Usage of Work Product
Each working group is required by the PurposeAndPrinciples to state any licenses and/or restrictions that may exist for the usage of its work product.

Current Deliverables and Milestones
List any deliverables planned or proposed by the working group together with the current proposed schedule/milestones.

Current Meeting Schedule
List any regular calls or meetings, if any, plus any special upcoming meetings.

Current Membership
Directly list current participants and participant categories (if any), and keep updated as membership evolves. Or, if the working group is a formal organization or otherwise maintains its own Web-accessible directory of members, link to that directory.

Current Stewards Council Representative and Alternate
List the active and alternative SC representatives. Describe how reps and alternates are chosen.

Current Links
List links to all Web-accessible resources, i.e., the working group's own wiki front page, website, mailing lists, or other repositories.