JOSE

JWT/JWS/JWE/JWK/JWA RFCs family.

Definition

JOSE IETF Working Group active 2011-2015. Five sibling RFCs published simultaneously May 2015. JOSE Cookbook (RFC 7520) provides canonical examples. Standard implementations: Node.js jose (Brian Campbell), Python python-jose, Java Nimbus JOSE+JWT.

Origin

IETF JOSE WG founded 2011 ; five RFCs finalised May 2015.

Example in context

A Java developer uses Nimbus JOSE+JWT to produce a JWS RS256 then validate it via remote JWKS.

Related terms

• JWT — family member.