IdCommons mediawiki_idc http://wiki.idcommons.com/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.31.6 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk IdCommons IdCommons talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk 0 1 37013 37012 2014-08-17T10:32:11Z Paul 6667 /* Archive */ wikitext text/x-wiki == Welcome to the Identity Commons Wiki == We are a [[Working Group Descriptions|community of groups]] working on addressing the social, legal and technical issues that arise with the emerging, identity, data and social layer of the internet. We have a [http://www.idcommons.net WEBSITE & BLOG] too. '''The purpose of Identity Commons is to support, facilitate, and promote the creation of an open identity layer for the Internet -- one that maximizes control, convenience, and privacy for the individual while encouraging the development of healthy, interoperable communities.''' We welcome new affiliates to the community - please write us directly to get more information kaliya [at] dentitywoman.net Our main community list can be [http://lists.idcommons.net/lists/subscribe/community subscribed to here]. Identity Commons is open, inclusive, and bottoms-up, community of groups. We provide a simple structures for supporting group and community activities, including mailing list services for groups, wiki hosting, blog hosting and conference call facilities. Groups [[Working Group Agreement | share an agreement]] and agree to abide by a set of [[Purpose And Principles|principles]] to help assure this. Membership resides in the [[Working Groups | Community Groups]]. There is a [[Stewards Council]] - with a representative from each group that meets monthly to share about group activity. We are explicitly create space for the [[How We Collaborate | entire community to collaborate]], and [[Facilitating Dialogue | facilitate dialogue]] so that collaborative action and initiatives towards for filling our purpose are possible. Shared understanding and shared language are pre-cursors of high-performance collaboration and come about via shared community space. We designed the community structure to be particularly inclusive to support broad information and sharing and encourage collaboration across a range of groups: * '''Independent Organizations''' - examples of that form are the Data Portability Project, OpenID Foundation and XDI.org * '''Groups that are sub-groups within Organizations''' - examples include the Higgins Project (Eclipse Foundation) and Project VRM (Harvard Berkman Center) * '''Groups that are co-hosted with other organizations''' * '''Groups that just part of Identity Commons''' examples include Internet Identity Workshop, OSIS (Open Source Identity Systems), ID-Legal, Digital Death. You can learn more about our [[History]] and [[Background]] and organizational details [[Articles Of Incorporation]], [[Bylaws]], [[Identity Commons Brand Transfer]]. == Get Involved == * '''Join one of the [[Working Group Descriptions | Community Groups]]''' - Identity Commons is organized as a set of distributed working groups. * '''Attend a community conference''' ** [http://www.internetidentityworkshop.com/ Internet Identity Workshops] happen every 6 months in Mountain View and there are Satellite events around the world and connected to other conferences. * '''Subscribe to a mailing list ** [http://lists.idcommons.net/lists/info/community IC Community Mailing List]''' (Also known as the "Identity Gang"). ** The [http://lists.idcommons.net/lists/info/stewards Stewards Council mailing list] is also public. ** Some of the [[Working Group Descriptions | Community Groups]] also have their own lists. * '''Participate in telecons''' - See [[Stewards Council Telecons]] for information about how to participate in our quarterly (and sometimes more) calls, which are open to everyone in the Identity Commons community. * '''Edit the ID Commons Wiki''' - Use your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openid OpenID] URL or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iname i-name] to login, and follow the instructions. See [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikimedia Help] for more information. == Learn More About the Organization == * [[Working Group Descriptions]] and a [[Working Groups]] Chart is here. * [[Purpose And Principles]] - The "core DNA" of the Identity Commons (IC). * [[How We Collaborate]] - Information on how participants in IC work together * [[Stewards Council]] - The coordinating body for IC working groups. * [[Organizational Structure]] - A short explanation of how and why IC is structured as an "upside down umbrella". * [[Working Group Agreement]] - The implied contract between a working group and IC as a whole. * [[Working Group Charter Template]] - The template any working group sponsor(s) can use to form a working group. * [[Background]] - A brief history. A longer [[History]] * [[IC Logo]] this explains the history of our logo. * Organizational Details [[Articles Of Incorporation]], [[Bylaws]], [[Identity Commons Brand Transfer]]. == Learn More about the Identity Space == * [[Lexicon]] is a project of the [[Identity Gang]] to harmonize vocabulary for user-centric identity architecture. * [[ID Related Standards]] this list was developed at IIW #13 by representatives of each of the standards bodies. === Older Resources === * [[Identity Landscape]] is a community-wide project to produce a living "map" of the Internet identity space, including efforts both inside and outside Identity Commons. All community members are invited to contribute. * [[Identity Gang|The Identity Gang Working Group]] maintains a list of resources for the user-centric identity space. == Links == * [https://www.failsafepayments.com/solutions/certodirect-payment-gateway.html Payment Gateways] * [http://idcommons.net Identity Commons Home] * [[volunteer tasks]] * [[IT Infrastructure]] * [[Declaration of Identity]] [[Nick Givotovsky]] 5c1w74prrmoiu3pqla41v5a5qzdklb2