Kantara Initiative

Kantara Initiative, Inc. is a non-profit <a href="/facts/Trade_association/emPa7AJG">trade association</a> that works to develop standards for identity and personal data management. It focuses on improving the trustworthy use of identity and personal data in <a href="/facts/Digital_identity/HWIe84hG">digital identity</a> management and <a href="/facts/Data_privacy/fb6DMpdN">data privacy</a>.
Kantara translates to "wooden bridge" in <a href="/facts/Kiswahili/sLzhutLC">Kiswahili</a>, which is the inspiration for the bridge of Kantara’s logo. The name is attributed[by whom?] to Nat Sakimura, a Kantara founding board director and <a href="/facts/OpenID/Vpx5mbcV">Open ID</a> Foundation chair, who spent his childhood in Africa.
Kantara drafts technical specifications and recommendations for industry use and submits them to <a href="/facts/Standards_development_organization/8o7wGeYg">standards development organizations</a>, such as <a href="/facts/OASIS_(organization)/a2r8y7tX">Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards</a> (OASIS), <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web_Consortium/lGWmhF6M">Worldwide Web Consortium</a> (W3C), <a href="/facts/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force/tIcCsFhX">Internet Engineering Task Force</a> (IETF) and SC27 (Security Techniques) Working Group 5 (Identity Management and Privacy) of the <a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Standardization/IacYR7Yg">International Organization for Standardization</a> (ISO).
Kantara provides input to policy bodies such as OECD as well as some inter-government initiatives related to <a href="/facts/Identity_management/D4Ukft0T">identity management</a> and personal data agency.

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