OASIS and the KMIP TC are pleased to announce that the Key Management Interoperability Protocol Usage Guide Version 3.0 is now available for public review and comment.

The Usage Guide is a Committee Note for developers and architects designing systems and applications that interoperate using the KMIP specification. It explains the assumptions behind the protocol and describes how KMIP functionality is used in practice, giving implementers guidance to use alongside the specification. This is the first public review of the Usage Guide at Version 3.0.

The document and all related files are available here:

Key Management Interoperability Protocol Usage Guide Version 3.0
Committee Note Draft 01
18 June 2026

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