Resources
Research
Academic publications, technical reports, and related work underpinning the Open Agent Specification.
Open Agent Specification: A W3C DID-Based Identity Framework for Autonomous Agents
L1fe Labs Research
Presents the OAS identity framework including the did:oas method, eleven entity kinds, cryptographic lineage model, three conformance levels, and FROST threshold signatures.
FROST Threshold Signatures in Multi-Human Root Identities
L1fe Labs Security Team
Details the integration of FROST signatures for MHR entities. Covers coordinator-less DKG, round performance benchmarks, and security properties under Byzantine fault conditions.
Cross-Language Cryptographic Parity via Rust WASM
L1fe Labs Engineering
Describes the architecture for achieving identical cryptographic outputs across seven SDK languages by compiling a single Rust core to WebAssembly.
Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0
Sporny, M., Longley, D., Sabadello, M., Reed, D., et al.
The W3C standard that OAS builds upon. Defines the DID URI syntax, DID document data model, DID resolution protocol, and the relationship between DIDs and Verifiable Credentials.
Citing OAS
IEEE Preprint, 2026. Available: https://openagent.id/whitepaper