Eve Maler
- Co-inventor of XML (W3C)
- Author of the User-Managed Access (UMA) specifications at Kantara Initiative
- Former CTO at ForgeRock
Bio
Eve Maler has shaped identity standards for over two decades. Best known in the identity world as author of the User-Managed Access (UMA) specifications, which extend OAuth to support consent and delegation patterns. Earlier in her career she was one of the original co-inventors of XML at Sun Microsystems.
Profile built from public Kantara Initiative and W3C records.
Where their work shows up
User-Managed Access extends OAuth to consent and delegation patterns where the resource owner is not present at the moment of access, which is exactly the shape the issuer, holder, verifier model and consent management requirements later needed. Her earlier XML work sits under SAML 2.0.
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