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Identity Landscape

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= Introduction =

The Identity Landscape is a community project to create a shared living "map" of the Internet identity space -- the projects, technologies, and standards that are coming together to create an interoperable identity layer for the Internet.

Note: this page is currently a placeholder for the outcome of presentations and discussions at the Internet Identity Workshop to be held in Mountain View December 4-6. In the meantime, feel free to add any content you feel would be appropriate to building an identity landscape.

A lot of the material in the next three sections was taken, with permission, from the blog article of Johannes Ernst at http://netmesh.info/jernst/Digital_Identity/who-is-what-in-identity.html.

= Groups, Communities, Projects =

=== Bandit ===

Open-source project that builds a set of loosely-coupled components for Authentication, Authorization, and Auditing. Initiated by Novell. http://www.bandit-project.org.

=== Concordia ===

Recently initiated in the context of the Liberty Alliance (see below), Concordia will initially focus on use cases for multi-protocol interoperability. Concordia is legally part of the Liberty Alliance, I believe, but there are some talks (though no actions yet) to charter it under the Identity Commons. http://projectconcordia.org.

=== Higgins ===

An open-source project currently part of the Eclipse Foundation that develops multi-protocol software components. For example, the Higgins project is developing open-source information card selectors similar to Microsoft CardSpace for other platforms. http://www.eclipse.org/higgins.

=== Identity Commons ===

The Identity Commons is an industry association for the collaborative development of the technical, social and legal aspects of a user-centric identity layer on the internet. Many of the other initiatives listed here are chartered as working groups in the Identity Commons. Some of them are formed to accomplish a specific objective and disband shortly thereafter. Others are expected to keep going for a long time. You're already here.

=== Identity Gang ===

The Identity Gang is an invitation-based mailing list and public wiki bringing together most of the movers and shakers around identity. Operating as Working Group of the Identity Commons. http://identitygang.org.

=== IETF ===

A technical standards body for internet protocol standards. No identity-related work is currently performed there, but there are several related activities. http://www.ietf.org.

=== ITU-T Focus Group on Identity Management ===

The ITU is a technical standards body for telecommunications-related protocol standards following international standardization processes. The objective of the Focus Group is to facilitate the development of a generic Identity Management framework, by fostering participation of all telecommunications and ICT experts on Identity Management. http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com17/fgidm.

=== Kerberos Consortium ===

Just recently created, the MIT Kerberos Consortium intends "to establish Kerberos as the universal authentication platform for the world's computer networks.". http://www.kerberos.org.

=== Liberty Alliance ===

An industry association for the development and promotion of federated identity standards. Established in 2001, it has focused mostly on intra and inter-enterprise scenarios. http://projectliberty.org.

=== Oath ===

Organization and technology standards to define open authentication protocols. for universal strong authentication on many kinds of devices and networks. http://www.openauthentication.org.

=== OASIS ===

A technical standards body for structured information standards. The development of XRI, XDI and SAML identity protocols resides here. http://www.oasis-open.org.

=== OpenID ===

OpenID is a community and a set of user-centric identity protocols, facilitated by the OpenID Foundation. OpenID is also chartered as a working group in the Identity Commons. http://openid.net.

=== OSIS ===

Organizes and harmonizes the development of software components for the internet-scale identity system by focusing on specific interoperability use cases, and demonstrating these multi-vendor scenarios at public events. Organized as a working group of the Identity Commons. http://osis.netmesh.org.

=== PRIME ===

European research project to develop a working prototype of a privacy-enhancing identity management system. https://www.prime-project.eu.

=== Shibboleth ===

Part of the Internet 2 project, Shibboleth is an open-source project that provides Web-based Single-Sign-On. http://shibboleth.internet2.edu.

=== VRM ===

Initiated by Doc Searls at the Berkman Center at the Harvard Law School, the Vendor Relationship Management project is a community-driven effort to support the creation and building of VRM tools. The VRM project is expected to be chartered under the Identity Commons. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/projectvrm/Main_Page.

=== W3C ===

A technical standards body for web standards. No identity-related work is currently performed there, but there are several related activities. http://www.w3.org.

=== XDI.org ===

A non-profit governing the XDI and XRI infrastructure. It also holds the XRI and XDI intellectual property. http://www.xdi.org.

= Conferences=

=== Digital Identity World ===

The main identity trade show and conference in the United States.

=== Identity Open Space ===

A series of "unconference"-style events produced by Kaliya Hamlin, Doc Searls and Phil Windley, in association with other events such as Digital Identity World. See also Internet Identity Workshop.

=== Internet Identity Workshop ===

A series of "unconference"-style workshops produced twice a year by Kaliya Hamlin, Doc Searls and Phil Windley. It is the primary face-to-face gathering of the various individuals and groups working on user-centric identity. It operates as Working Group of the Identity Commons.

=== IDtrust at NIST ===

Annual conference at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD (D.C. area). Originally a PKI academic workshop, it has morphed into a more general identity symposium. Attendees consist largely of representatives from higher education and government (both domestic and foreign). http://middleware.internet2.edu/idtrust.

= Protocols, Technology =

=== Information Cards, CardSpace, InfoCards ===

=== LID ===

=== OpenID ===

=== SAML ===

=== Sxip ===

=== WS-*, WS-Trust ===

=== X.509 ===

=== XDI ===

=== XRI ===

=== Yadis ===

Meta-data discovery framework for identity services. Now required for OpenID implementations, but useful for many other applications as well that need to discovery services from URLs or other identifiers. http://yadis.org.

= Items to Place =

This is simply a starting list of items in alphabetical order to place on the map (taken from a thread on the Identity Gang mailing list).

It's now what's left after the above.

* i-names and i-numbers
* OpenPGP
* Tor

See also

* http://openliberty.org/wiki/index.php/RelatedProjects

= Other Maps/Lists =

On the Identity Gang list, Ashraf Motiwala recommended the following:

* http://docs.safehaus.org/display/HAUS/Id+OSS+Map is a map of identity Open Source projects.
* http://identityaccessmanagement.blogspot.com/2005/05/vendor-list.html is a list of vendors in the identity space.

More maps

* http://www.xmlgrrl.com/blog/archives/2007/03/28/the-venn-of-identity/ is by Eve Maler and the Liberty Alliance
* http://identity4all.blogspot.com/2005/11/topology-of-identity-standards.html is a draft of standards and their inter-relations

Existing Schemas

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* FOAF
* VCard
* Microsoft Outlook CSV Export
* Google Contact API and Contact Kind
* Google OpenSocial Data APIs
* LDAP/DSML
* OpenID SReg
* OpenID AX
* ID-SIS Personal Profile Service
* ID-SIS Employee Profile Service

SAML Commons Charter

2008-01-22T18:14:19Z

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=== Name ===
SAML Commons Working Group

=== Purpose ===

The purpose of this working group is to advance development, implemention, and adoption of SAML, in particular by producing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAML SAML] profiles that enable its use with other technologies such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xri XRI], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID OpenID], etc.

=== Principles ===

This working group will function according to the Identity Commons Principles (see [[Purpose And Principles]]). In addition:
* The SAML working group will be open to any individual or organization interested in the advancement of SAML.
* Specifications and open source code will be maintained by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocracy].

=== Practices ===

Collaboration occurs on various identity mailing lists, including '''saml-commons at yahoogroups.com'''. Face to Face sessions occur generally at [[IIW]] and [[IOS]] events.

=== Requirements of Participation and How to Join ===

Participation is open to anyone interested in the advancement and creation of SAML profiles. It is expected that completed profiles should be submitted to the [http://www.oasis-open.org/ OASIS] [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=security Security Services Technical Committee]. You may join this group by adding your name to the list below or [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saml-commons joining the mailing list].

=== Licenses and/or Restrictions on Usage of Work Product ===

All specifications are open, public, royalty-free with no restrictions on usage.

=== Current Deliverables and Milestones ===

* SAML XRI profiles 1.0 October 2006 ([http://iss.xdi.org/moin.cgi/SamlAuthnService?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iss-authn-saml-v1.0-wd-01.pdf current working draft] located on the [http://iss.xdi.org/ XDI.org I-Services Specification site]).

=== Current Meeting Schedule ===

List any regular calls or meetings, if any, plus any special upcoming meetings.

=== Current Membership ===

* PeterDavis (http://xri.net/=peterd)
* JeffHodges (http://xri.net/=jeff.hodges)
* DrummondReed (http://xri.net/=drummond.reed)
* Les Chasen (http://xri.net/=les.chasen)

=== Current Stewards Council Representative and Alternate ===

* PeterDavis

=== Current Links ===

List links to all Web-accessible resources, i.e., the working group's own wiki front page, website, mailing lists, or other repositories.

SAML Commons Charter

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=peterd: /* Practices */

=== Name ===
SAML Commons Working Group

=== Purpose ===

The purpose of this working group is to advance development, implemention, and adoption of SAML, in particular by producing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAML SAML] profiles that enable its use with other technologies such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xri XRI], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID OpenID], etc.

=== Principles ===

This working group will function according to the Identity Commons Principles (see [[Purpose And Principles]]). In addition:
* The SAML working group will be open to any individual or organization interested in the advancement of SAML.
* Specifications and open source code will be maintained by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocracy].

=== Practices ===

Collaboration occurs on various identity mailing lists, including '''saml-commons at yahoogroups.com'''. Face to Face sessions occur generally at [[IIW]] and [[IOS]] events.

=== Requirements of Participation and How to Join ===

Participation is open to anyone interested in the advancement and creation of SAML profiles. It is expected that completed profiles should be submitted to the [http://www.oasis-open.org/ OASIS] [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=security Security Services Technical Committee]. You may join this group by adding your name to the list below or joining the mailing list.

=== Licenses and/or Restrictions on Usage of Work Product ===

All specifications are open, public, royalty-free with no restrictions on usage.

=== Current Deliverables and Milestones ===

* SAML XRI profiles 1.0 October 2006 ([http://iss.xdi.org/moin.cgi/SamlAuthnService?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iss-authn-saml-v1.0-wd-01.pdf current working draft] located on the [http://iss.xdi.org/ XDI.org I-Services Specification site]).

=== Current Meeting Schedule ===

List any regular calls or meetings, if any, plus any special upcoming meetings.

=== Current Membership ===

* PeterDavis (http://xri.net/=peterd)
* JeffHodges (http://xri.net/=jeff.hodges)
* DrummondReed (http://xri.net/=drummond.reed)
* Les Chasen (http://xri.net/=les.chasen)

=== Current Stewards Council Representative and Alternate ===

* PeterDavis

=== Current Links ===

List links to all Web-accessible resources, i.e., the working group's own wiki front page, website, mailing lists, or other repositories.

SAML Commons Charter

2008-01-22T18:13:14Z

=peterd: /* Practices */

=== Name ===
SAML Commons Working Group

=== Purpose ===

The purpose of this working group is to advance development, implemention, and adoption of SAML, in particular by producing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAML SAML] profiles that enable its use with other technologies such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xri XRI], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID OpenID], etc.

=== Principles ===

This working group will function according to the Identity Commons Principles (see [[Purpose And Principles]]). In addition:
* The SAML working group will be open to any individual or organization interested in the advancement of SAML.
* Specifications and open source code will be maintained by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocracy].

=== Practices ===

Collaboration occurs on various identity mailing lists, including saml-commons at yahoogroups.com. Face to Face sessions occur generally at [[IIW]] and [[IOS]] events.

=== Requirements of Participation and How to Join ===

Participation is open to anyone interested in the advancement and creation of SAML profiles. It is expected that completed profiles should be submitted to the [http://www.oasis-open.org/ OASIS] [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=security Security Services Technical Committee]. You may join this group by adding your name to the list below or joining the mailing list.

=== Licenses and/or Restrictions on Usage of Work Product ===

All specifications are open, public, royalty-free with no restrictions on usage.

=== Current Deliverables and Milestones ===

* SAML XRI profiles 1.0 October 2006 ([http://iss.xdi.org/moin.cgi/SamlAuthnService?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iss-authn-saml-v1.0-wd-01.pdf current working draft] located on the [http://iss.xdi.org/ XDI.org I-Services Specification site]).

=== Current Meeting Schedule ===

List any regular calls or meetings, if any, plus any special upcoming meetings.

=== Current Membership ===

* PeterDavis (http://xri.net/=peterd)
* JeffHodges (http://xri.net/=jeff.hodges)
* DrummondReed (http://xri.net/=drummond.reed)
* Les Chasen (http://xri.net/=les.chasen)

=== Current Stewards Council Representative and Alternate ===

* PeterDavis

=== Current Links ===

List links to all Web-accessible resources, i.e., the working group's own wiki front page, website, mailing lists, or other repositories.

SAML Commons Charter

2008-01-22T18:06:23Z

=peterd: /* Practices */

=== Name ===
SAML Commons Working Group

=== Purpose ===

The purpose of this working group is to advance development, implemention, and adoption of SAML, in particular by producing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAML SAML] profiles that enable its use with other technologies such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xri XRI], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID OpenID], etc.

=== Principles ===

This working group will function according to the Identity Commons Principles (see [[Purpose And Principles]]). In addition:
* The SAML working group will be open to any individual or organization interested in the advancement of SAML.
* Specifications and open source code will be maintained by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy meritocracy].

=== Practices ===

Collaboration occurs on various identity mailing lists, and at present does not operate it's own ''Yet another identity mailing list''. Face to Face sessions occur generally at [[IIW]] and [[IOS]] events.

=== Requirements of Participation and How to Join ===

Participation is open to anyone interested in the advancement and creation of SAML profiles. It is expected that completed profiles should be submitted to the [http://www.oasis-open.org/ OASIS] [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=security Security Services Technical Committee]. You may join this group by adding your name to the list below or joining the mailing list.

=== Licenses and/or Restrictions on Usage of Work Product ===

All specifications are open, public, royalty-free with no restrictions on usage.

=== Current Deliverables and Milestones ===

* SAML XRI profiles 1.0 October 2006 ([http://iss.xdi.org/moin.cgi/SamlAuthnService?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iss-authn-saml-v1.0-wd-01.pdf current working draft] located on the [http://iss.xdi.org/ XDI.org I-Services Specification site]).

=== Current Meeting Schedule ===

List any regular calls or meetings, if any, plus any special upcoming meetings.

=== Current Membership ===

* PeterDavis (http://xri.net/=peterd)
* JeffHodges (http://xri.net/=jeff.hodges)
* DrummondReed (http://xri.net/=drummond.reed)
* Les Chasen (http://xri.net/=les.chasen)

=== Current Stewards Council Representative and Alternate ===

* PeterDavis

=== Current Links ===

List links to all Web-accessible resources, i.e., the working group's own wiki front page, website, mailing lists, or other repositories.