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title: OpenID Provider (OP)
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    termName: OpenID Provider (OP)
    tags:
        - OAuth2/OIDC
    shortDescription: OIDC authority that authenticates users and issues tokens.
    longDescription: Authorization Server implementing OpenID Connect. Exposes discovery metadata, authorization, token, userinfo, JWKS, and end-session endpoints; authenticates users, issues ID/Access/Refresh tokens, and enforces consent and policy. In OAuth2 terminology, the OP is the Authorization Server (AS).
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