2008 Q2 Report OSIS

Successes

 * Information Card Interoperability between multiple selectors, identity providers, and relying party sites
 * OpenID Interoperability between Open ID providers, issued Open IDs, and relying sites.
 * I3 Interoperability Test matrix - Pamela Dingle created an automated table generator that accelerated recording results and creating multiple table views.
 * I3 Feature test cases with success/failure metrics, exception handling, and user features
 * I3 handouts and banners were created.
 * I3 Overview
 * RSA 2007: OSIS secured a large room at RSA, and held two days of interoperability tests. There were 33 companies and 24 projects represented with over 1200 interoperability tests completed.  During the two days, RSA attendees were able to meet with developers 1:1, as well as get an overview of the state of user-centric identity management.  An introductory video was created for orientation.
 * Tests covered both the key interoperability requirements from several sources including I1 and I2 Higgins Project tests and Microsoft ISIP tests.

Issues and Resolutions

 * It was immediately obvious to Identity Specialists that there were multiple interoperability/workshops at RSA, which gave an overtone confusion from mixed messages. At a summit meeting held with Roger Sullivan of the Liberty Alliance, Bill Washburn of the OpenID Foundation, Paul Trevithick and Mary Ruddy of the Higgins Project, Dale Olds, Charles Andres, and Mike Jones representing OSIS, there was consensus that at future industry events, coordination between organizations ahead of time would help insure consistent unifying marketing messages for the established standards and emerging technologies.
 * Funding for such a large complicated event required much coordination, but in the end, the following companies participated in sponsoring the event: Microsoft, IBM, Novell, Parity Communications, Versign, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, TrustBearer, Computer Associates, and ooTao.

Requests

 * The amount of data generated at an interop event is considerable. We are currently in need of someone with knowledge in insight in such areas to help us produce concise analysis of progress and roadblocks encountered the I4 interop.

Announcements
I4: The next interop event: Digital ID World (DIDW) Conference, September 8-10, 2008, Anaheim, CA,


 * over 50 companies and projects participated in testing over 80 software solutions with hundreds of interoperability test cases.