ECitizenCharter

Name: eCitizen Foundation, a Working Group of Identity Commons

Purpose
The eCitizen Foundation Working Group is created to continue the work begun or conceived by the Foundation such as those efforts relating to identity issues such as identification and authentication.

The purpose of this eCitizen Working Group of IDCommons is as follows:

''The eCitizen Foundation Working Group will continue and extend work begun by the eCitizen Foundation by conducting a variety of activities to make data and information beneficial for and of improved utility to citizens. Of particular importance to the Group will be efforts relating to the identification and authentication of persons, classes and groups of people, and things.''

The activities of the Group will include initiating and managing projects and other efforts; convening groups of stakeholders; collaborating in the development of standards; facilitating research leading to development, implementation, and improvement of products and services; promoting market development and other work especially as related to identification and authentication as will benefit citizens.

Principles
In addition to the Identity Commons’ Purpose And Principles, the eCitizen Foundation Working Group will endeavor to design solutions that are citizen centered. When developing solutions the Group will endeavor to use an open and public process of design and decision-making, to encourage the use of open standards and architectures, and to use or develop systems with open licenses.

Requirements of Participation and How to Join
To be determined. This will depend on among other factors the time required to establish the new sub unit structure by IDCommons, and interest in the activities of this group by other participants in IDCommons.

Initially, participation will be initiated through volunteering and invitation. Those interested in participating in this group should contact dancombs@ecitizenfoundation.org.

Licenses and/or Restrictions on Usage of Work Product
The eCitizen Working Group will generally publish its material with open licenses and without restriction except when particular exemptions from this practice are agreed upon by the Group such as in the following examples:

-helping create interfaces into external proprietary systems (e.g. an API that allows an open system to work with a closed or legacy system);

-working in a system that depends on closed and proprietary systems (e.g. the SMS system is a closed system);

-assisting organizations, such as governmental institutions, with systems that are closed.

The eCitizen Foundation Working Group supports open collaboration and processes, and is committed to the principle that the work of this Group should be accessible to those with disabilities and in the general interest of the public.

Current Deliverables and Milestones
TBD

Current Meeting Schedule
TBD

Current Membership
TBD

Steering Committee
TBD

Current Stewards Council Representative
Dan Combs, representative;

Daniel Bennett, alternate.

Current Links
To be added.

Operation
TBD