JSON Web Signature

JWS
JSON Web Signature
Abbreviation	JWS
Status	Proposed Standard
Organization	IETF
Committee	IEGS
Authors	Michael B. Jones; Microsoft; John Bradley; Ping Identity; Nat Sakimura; NRI;
Base standards	JSON
Related standards	HMAC-based one-time password; JSON Web Algorithms (JWA); JSON Web Encryption (JWE); JSON Web Token (JWT); JSON Web Key (JWK); Secure Hash Algorithm 2 (SHA-2);
Domain	Data exchange
Website	datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7515

A JSON Web Signature (abbreviated JWS) is an IETF-proposed standard (RFC 7515) for signing arbitrary data. This is used as the basis for a variety of web-based technologies including JSON Web Token.