Evidence categories 

The different types of evidence are gathered into categories. All evidence categories share common verification methods and scoring rules. There are currently 5 categories that can contribute to the LOA :

  • ID_DOCUMENT: Physical photo ID documents with security features that are supported by Document Authentication capabilities. This category contains the evidences :
    • PASSPORT
    • DRIVING LICENSES
    • IDENTITY CARDS
    • RESIDENT CARDS
    • TAX CARDS
    • VOTER CARDS
    • DRIVING PERMITS
    • WORK PERMITS.

For a detailed list on supported ID DOCUMENT evidence, refer to the API Explorer, section Configuration Reader.

  • DOCUMENT : Other types of documents supporting the identity (non secured ID), most of the time limited to some market specific documents like:
    • Australian HEALTH_CARDS

For detailed list on supported DOCUMENT evidence, refer to the API Explorer, section Configuration Reader.

  • USER_VERIFICATION : Evidence that the user's physical person relates to the identity supported by the other pieces of evidence. Mostly performed through user's picture (PORTRAIT) compared with a reference photo ID extracted from another evidence.
  • TRUSTED_ID_CLAIM : Credentials originating from a trusted 3rd party Identity Provider such as Idemia’s MobileID.
  • ID_CLAIM : User declaration that can be verified against an authoritative source

Even if they are not identical, the scoring rules for the different evidence categories are meant to provide an equivalent contribution to the LOA when they have the same score as shown in this example: a (LEVEL2 PASSPORT ) is equivalent to (LEVEL2 ID_CLAIM ) or a (LEVEL2 HEALTHCARD) in terms of contribution to the identity Level of Assurance.