Terminology

Term Description
Signaturgruppen Broker (NEB) Signaturgruppen Broker. Certified MitID Broker and general broker and identity provider for enterprise services.
Signaturgruppen Broker Administration web-interface (ADM-UI) Signaturgruppen Broker Administration web-interface. Interface allowing configuration and administration of the integration
OpenID Connect (OIDC) OpenID Connect 1.0 is an identity layer on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol
OAuth OAuth 2.0 is the industry-standard protocol for authorization. OAuth 2.0 focuses on client developer simplicity while providing specific authorization flows for web applications, desktop applications, mobile phones, and living room devices. This specification and its extensions are being developed within the IETF OAuth Working Group.
JWT (JSON Web Token) JSON Web Tokens are an open, industry standard RFC 7519 method for representing claims securely between two parties.
JWS JSON Web Signature (JWS) represents content secured with digital signatures or Message Authentication Codes (MACs) using JSON-based data structures. Cryptographic algorithms and identifiers for use with this specification are described in the separate JSON Web Algorithms (JWA) specification and an IANA registry defined by that specification. Related encryption capabilities are described in the separate JSON Web Encryption (JWE) specification.
JWE JSON Web Encryption (JWE) represents encrypted content using JSON-based data structures. Cryptographic algorithms and identifiers for use with this specification are described in the separate JSON Web Algorithms (JWA) specification and IANA registries defined by that specification. Related digital signature and Message Authentication Code (MAC) capabilities are described in the separate JSON Web Signature (JWS) specification.
National Standard for Identiteters Sikringsniveauer (NSIS) Collaboration for trust to digital identities and digital identity-services in Denmark.
MitID National identity and authentication solution in Denmark.
NemID National identity and authentication solution in Denmark. Is being replaced by MitID in 2021.
MitID Broker Certified MitID Identity Broker. Trusted part of the MitID ecosystem.
NemLog-In3 (NL3) NL3 plays a central role in Denmark’s digital infrastructure by making it possible for Danish citizens and companies to log in to public self service solutions. NL3 provides the CA services for the Oces3 PKI.
Offentlige Certifikater til Elektronisk Service (OCES) OCES-standard / The OCES-standard. OCES is a Danish public standard for “Public Certificates for Electronic Service”.
VOCES3 Company certificate issued under the OCES3 standard by the NemLog-In3 CA.
Web messaging or cross-document messaging Allows web-documents to communicate with each other regardless of their source domain, in a way designed to not enable cross-site scripting attacks.
Pushed authorization request (PAR) Allows clients to push the payload of an OAuth 2.0 authorization request to the authorization server via a direct request and provides them with a request URI that is used as reference to the data in a subsequent call to the authorization endpoint.