Friday, April 4, 2003

"The pieces of our identity are increasingly scattered across those companies and institutions with which we interact online. Banks, credit card companies, brokerage firms, the department of motor vehicles, insurance companies, government agencies, telephone companies -- the list is growing. Pieces of our identity are doled out across the many computer systems and networks used by our employers, ISPs, bulletin boards, instant messaging systems, and online businesses, all with little coordination, interaction, or control on our part. "Creating a federated identity infrastructure is the key to correcting this situation...." XML.com: The Liberty Alliance. Paul Madsen provides a technical overview of the Liberty Alliance phase 1 architecture and a glimpse at phase 2. Phase 2 also includes the introduction of Liberty Alliance Identity Services Interface Specifications (ID-SIS), a collection of specifications built on the ID-WSF. These specifications will provide a standard way for companies to build interoperable services like registration profiles, contact books, calendar, geo-location, or alert services. The first service interface specification to be introduced is the ID-Personal Profile, which will define a basic profile template that can be used to build a registration service. [Scott Loftesness] 6:20:40 PM

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