OSARA Liaison Statements¶
Standards Development Organizations and regulatory bodies with which Open Source United maintains formal or working-level liaison on the OSARA Standards Family. Liaisons enable coordinated work on overlapping standards, mutual review, and cross-references between specifications.
Status¶
This register is published alongside each public draft of OSARA. Liaison relationships are administered by Open Source United and approved by the OSARA Steering Committee.
Liaison Categories¶
| Category | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Formal liaison | A written memorandum-of-understanding or equivalent instrument exists between OSU and the partner SDO/authority. Includes mutual right of comment, observer status, or cross-referencing privileges. |
| Working-level liaison | Active technical collaboration without a formal instrument. A named contact on each side; regular coordination on overlapping work items. |
| Comment-only liaison | The partner has filed public comments on OSARA drafts and is engaged in the public RFC process. No active coordination beyond standard review. |
| Intended liaison | OSU has expressed interest and outreach is in progress. No relationship is yet established. |
Current Liaisons — Initial Register¶
Note: at the time of OSARA v0.4-draft.1 publication, formal liaisons are still being established. This register will be populated as relationships are confirmed. Listing an organization as "Intended" does not imply endorsement by that organization.
| Partner | Domain | Liaison Status | Topic of Coordination | OSU Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 | AI standards | Intended | Cross-reference between OSARA and ISO/IEC 22989, 23053, 42001 | OSU contact pending |
| IEEE Standards Association | AI ethics, autonomous systems | Intended | Cross-reference between OSARA and IEEE 7000-series | OSU contact pending |
| NIST | AI risk management | Intended | Mapping to NIST AI RMF 1.0 | OSU contact pending |
| ENISA | European cybersecurity | Intended | OSARA inspection-entity criteria and EU NIS2/AI Act alignment | OSU contact pending |
| ITU-T Study Group 17 | Security, identity management | Intended | Cross-border GIAC trust and identity interoperability | OSU contact pending |
| FIDO Alliance | Authentication | Intended | OAD hardware certification alignment with FIDO2 | OSU contact pending |
| W3C — Decentralized Identifiers WG | DIDs | Intended | osara.ownerDID profile and DID resolution |
OSU contact pending |
| IETF | Internet protocols | Comment-only | TLS 1.3 profile, X.509 extensions, PKI interoperability | OSU contact pending |
| OpenID Foundation | Federated identity | Intended | Cross-protocol identity assurance for jurisdictional anchors | OSU contact pending |
| Internet Society | Internet governance | Intended | Multi-stakeholder governance practice | OSU contact pending |
| OASIS | Reference architecture practice | Intended | OSARA family layout review at v1.0 split | OSU contact pending |
| Linux Foundation — AI & Data | Open source AI infrastructure | Intended | Reference-implementation hosting and stewardship | OSU contact pending |
National Regulatory Outreach¶
OSU also seeks working relationships with national AI regulatory authorities and national identity / PKI authorities. These are tracked in a separate register published with the OSC quarterly report. Current outreach targets include EU member-state AI authorities, the UK AISI, the U.S. NIST AI Safety Institute, and AI regulatory bodies in Brazil, India, Japan, Singapore, Canada, and Australia, among others.
How to Establish a Liaison¶
Organizations interested in establishing a liaison with Open Source United on the OSARA Standards Family should contact the OSC chair via the OSU public inbox. A formal liaison request includes:
- Statement of the requesting organization's scope and authority
- Identification of the OSARA documents and topics of mutual interest
- Proposed liaison category and expected level of engagement
- Designated contact for ongoing coordination
- Any constraints on confidentiality, IP, or contribution that apply on the partner side
The OSC reviews requests at its next regular meeting. Decisions are published in the OSC minutes.
Last updated: March 2026, at OSARA v0.4-draft.1 publication.