We help shape the standards that make our work possible.
INVOLVED SINCE 2015. NOT AS AN OBSERVER.
Digital identities only work when the foundations are right: open standards, interoperable protocols, and clear governance structures. These are developed in committees, working groups, and communities where decisions are made about how credentials are issued, verified, and used.
esatus has been actively contributing to these structures for years. Not because it looks good, but because the results feed directly into our projects and into SOWL. What we help shape there, our clients get to use.
Having a say in how it should work.
Not just implementing what others have decided.
COMMITTEES WHERE esatus IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED.
The following overview shows organizations in which esatus is a member, founding member, or active contributor. Our CIO Dr. Andre Kudra personally represents esatus in many of these structures and brings the perspective of productive system integration directly into standardization work.
Organisationen, in denen wir aktiv sind.
WHERE THE STANDARDS ARE DEVELOPED THAT UNDERPIN OUR WORK.
In ISO/TC307 and CEN WG1, the technical foundations for decentralized identity management are developed. Working groups such as WG1 (terminology and architecture), WG4 (privacy), WG5 (identity verification), and WG6 (Verifiable Credentials) define how credentials are structured, secured, and exchanged. esatus brings the perspective of productive system integration to these groups. What is decided there directly influences how SOWL is developed and which protocols are usable in client projects.
Do you need to know these committees? No. We know them for you.
Our standard in every committee.
Standards we help shape must work in real systems.
FROM THE COMMITTEE INTO GOVERNMENT PRACTICE.
esatus was a core technology provider for the ID Wallet Initiative of the Federal Chancellery and contributed the technical core component with SOWL. At the same time, esatus supported the Federal Ministry of the Interior in implementing the EUDI Wallet. These projects did not come about despite the committee work, but because of it.
Those who get involved in the right groups early on do not first understand the regulatory requirements when they become binding. But while they are being created.
OPEN, NETWORKED, PRACTICE-ORIENTED.
The Internet Identity Workshop (IIW), the Digital Identity unConference Europe (DICE), and Rebooting the Web of Trust (RWOT) are or were the most important open forums of the decentralized identity community. esatus is and has been regularly represented there. To discuss drafts, test early implementations, and try out standards in practice before they are finalized.
In addition, esatus is engaged with MyData for human-centric data solutions and in the Network of Networks, where esatus was a founding member and host. Through the Decentralized Identity Foundation, esatus contributes to openly standardized, decentralized identity ecosystems.
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