In May 2005, when I wrote the whitepaper “Microsoft’s Vision for an Identity Metasystem”, these sentences were aspirational: Microsoft’s implementation will be fully interoperable via WS-* protocols with other identity selector implementations, with other relying party implementations, and with other identity provider implementations. Non-Microsoft applications will have the same ability to use "InfoCard" to manage their identities [...]

I was just reading Ryan Janssen’s post Becoming an RP with the Pamela Project (pt. 1) and when I got to the end where he wrote “Since it’s going to take a few hours to get my SSL cert issued and installed, I think I’ll post this and go outside for a break!” it reminded [...]

33 Companies… 24 Projects… 57 Participants working together to build an interoperable user-centric identity layer for the Internet! Come join us! Tuesday and Wednesday, April 8 and 9 at RSA 2008, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California Location: Mezzanine Level Room 220 Interactive Working Sessions: Tuesday and Wednesday, 11am - 4pm Demonstrations: Tuesday and Wednesday, 4pm - 6pm Reception: Wednesday, 4pm - [...]

I recently encountered Ryan Janssen’s insightful series entitled “The History of Tomorrow’s Internet” and immediately read the whole thing in one sitting. Among other gems, I found in it the clearest explanation of the value and promise of XRI/XDI that I’ve ever read. Great stuff! The most recent installment detailed his experiences of “how [...]

Last night OSIS and the Burton Group held the third in a series of user-centric identity Interop events where companies and projects building user-centric identity software components came together and tested the interoperation of their software together. Following on the Interops at IIW in May and Catalyst in June , the participants continued their joint work of ensuring that the identity software we’re all building works great together.