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5 changes: 1 addition & 4 deletions README.md
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The end result of any WebID-based authentication workflow is a verified WebID
URI (specifically, the recipient verifies that the agent controls that URI).
For example,
[WebID-TLS](https://github.com/solid/solid-spec/blob/master/authn-webid-tls.md)
derives the WebID URI from a TLS certificate, and verifies the certificate
against the public key in an agent's WebID Profile. Similarly, the end result of
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For example, the end result of
[OpenID Connect (OIDC)](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html)
workflows is a verified ID Token. The WebID-OIDC protocol specifies a mechanism
for getting a WebID URI from an OIDC ID Token, and gains the benefits of both
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## Motivation for WebID-OIDC

The Solid team, while [researching additional authentication
mechanisms](https://github.com/solid/solid/issues/22) to run alongside the
existing one
([WebID-TLS](https://github.com/solid/solid-spec/blob/master/authn-webid-tls.md)),
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mechanisms](https://github.com/solid/solid/issues/22),
performed a review of existing authentication protocols that has been used by
(or proposed for) decentralized application ecosystems. Several criteria were
kept in mind.
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