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Initiative for Open Authentication
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<p>Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH) is an industry-wide collaboration to develop an open <a href="/facts/Reference_architecture/Ble5R1se">reference architecture</a> using <a href="/facts/Open_standard/RGvhGQVI">open standards</a> to promote the adoption of strong authentication. It has close to thirty coordinating and contributing members and is proposing standards for a variety of authentication technologies, with the aim of lowering costs and simplifying their functions. </p>