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'''WebAuthn''' ('''Web Authentication''') is an effort by the [[World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C),<ref name="W3C-WebAuthn">{{cite web |editor1-last=Balfanz |editor1-first=Dirk |editor2-last=Czeskis |editor2-first=Alexei |editor3-last=Hodges |editor3-first=Jeff |editor4-last=Jones |editor4-first=J.C. |editor5-last=Jones |editor5-first=Michael B. |editor6-last=Kumar |editor6-first=Akshay |editor7-last=Liao |editor7-first=Angelo |editor8-last=Lindemann |editor8-first=Rolf |editor9-last=Lundberg |editor9-first=Emil |title=Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 1 |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/2019/REC-webauthn-1-20190304/ |publisher=World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) |date=4 March 2019 |accessdate=4 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/blog/webauthn/ |title=Web Authentication Working Group |accessdate=2018-05-11 |publisher=W3C}}</ref> with input from the [[FIDO Alliance]],<ref name="fido2">{{cite web|url=https://fidoalliance.org/fido2/|title=FIDO2 Project|publisher=FIDO Alliance|accessdate=2018-05-11}}</ref> to standardize an interface for [[public-key authentication]] of users to web-based applications and services. It implements an extension of the W3C's more general [[Credential Management]] [[application programming interface|API]], which is an attempt to formalize the interaction between websites and [[web browser|web browsers]] when exchanging user credentials. | '''WebAuthn''' ('''Web Authentication''') is an effort by the [[World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C),<ref name="W3C-WebAuthn">{{cite web |editor1-last=Balfanz |editor1-first=Dirk |editor2-last=Czeskis |editor2-first=Alexei |editor3-last=Hodges |editor3-first=Jeff |editor4-last=Jones |editor4-first=J.C. |editor5-last=Jones |editor5-first=Michael B. |editor6-last=Kumar |editor6-first=Akshay |editor7-last=Liao |editor7-first=Angelo |editor8-last=Lindemann |editor8-first=Rolf |editor9-last=Lundberg |editor9-first=Emil |title=Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 1 |url=https://www.w3.org/TR/2019/REC-webauthn-1-20190304/ |publisher=World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) |date=4 March 2019 |accessdate=4 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/blog/webauthn/ |title=Web Authentication Working Group |accessdate=2018-05-11 |publisher=W3C}}</ref> with input from the [[FIDO Alliance]],<ref name="fido2">{{cite web|url=https://fidoalliance.org/fido2/|title=FIDO2 Project|publisher=FIDO Alliance|accessdate=2018-05-11}}</ref> to standardize an interface for [[public-key authentication]] of users to web-based applications and services. It implements an extension of the W3C's more general [[Credential Management]] [[application programming interface|API]], which is an attempt to formalize the interaction between websites and [[web browser|web browsers]] when exchanging user credentials. | ||