POSE: Phase II: Credentialing for Open Source Ecosystems (COSE): Ensuring Testable Interoperability

POSE：第二阶段：开源生态系统 (COSE) 认证：确保可测试的互操作性

• 批准号: 2303615
• 负责人: Manu Sporny
• 金额: $ 49.97万
• 依托单位: DIGITAL BAZAAR, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2303615&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: POSE; Phase; II; Credentialing; Open

People present credentials such as driver’s licenses, permanent resident cards, or degrees during important events in their lives. However, since the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for establishing touchless, trustworthy interactions has increased. The pandemic amplified the need to improve society's ability to engage in the same sort of trustworthy interactions we are used to in person, online. The US Federal Government has been funding digital credentialing initiatives in this space through the US Department of Homeland Security's Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) and similar initiatives undertaken by the US Department of Education. While web standards create the possibility of interoperability, they do not ensure demonstrable interoperability. This NSF project is being funded to ensure that the verifiable credentialing ecosystem has the underlying open source infrastructure to facilitate the broader interoperability effort. These efforts enable secure and reliable open technologies to gain adoption in the market over proprietary or closed solutions, lowering the cost of acquisition of these technologies to US Federal Government and society at large. This NSF project builds on ongoing work through the World Wide Web Consortium (such as the Verifiable Credentials, Decentralized Identifiers, Digital Wallet, and Credential Request/Response protocols). The focus is on upgrading a strategically planned set of open-source test libraries, test suites, and an organized interoperability dashboard as foundational infrastructure for decision makers and developers when adopting standards-based digital credentialing approaches. This infrastructure is bolstered by an open compliance program through the Linux Foundation which will both continuously test the open source implementations and generate revenue for continued operation of the open source ecosystem. These efforts will help foster an open-market of digital credentialing software that provides the average citizen with secure, reliable access to their digital credentials. The US Federal Government will benefit from a broader set of vendors in the market and by being able to more accurately determine the level of standards conformance supported by each vendor, which will help combat vendor-lock in, price gouging, and false advertising in the digital credentialing space.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

人们在生活中的重要事件中出示驾驶执照、永久居民卡或学位等凭证。然而，自新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 大流行以来，对无接触、可信赖互动的需求不断增加，因此提高了社会能力。美国联邦政府一直在通过美国国土安全部的硅谷创新计划 (SVIP) 和采取的类似举措来资助这一领域的数字认证举措。虽然网络标准创造了互操作性的可能性，但它们并不能确保可证明的互操作性，该 NSF 项目的资助是为了确保可验证的认证生态系统具有底层的开源基础设施，以促进更广泛的互操作性。安全可靠的开放技术致力于在市场上采用专有或封闭的解决方案，从而降低美国联邦政府和整个社会获取这些技术的成本。该 NSF 项目建立在万维网联盟正在进行的工作的基础上。 （例如可验证凭证、去中心化标识符、数字钱包和凭证请求/响应协议）重点是升级一组战略规划的开源测试库、测试套件和有组织的互操作性仪表板，作为决策的基础基础设施。该基础设施由 Linux 基金会的开放合规计划提供支持，该计划将不断测试开源实施并为开放的持续运营创造收入。这些努力将有助于培育数字认证软件的开放市场，为普通公民提供安全、可靠的数字凭证访问权限，美国联邦政府将受益于市场上更广泛的供应商。更准确地确定每个供应商支持的标准符合程度，这将有助于打击数字认证领域的供应商锁定、价格欺诈和虚假广告。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持利用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。