How We Collaborate

We collaborate in several ways:


 * On this Wiki
 * Via the community and various Working Group mailing lists
 * Occasional teleconferences and face-to-face meetups.

Many people in the community blog. You can go to Planet Identity the aggregate blog maintained by Pat Patterson at SUN. If you have a blog that covers this topic area you can let him know and he will add you in. If you want to get started blogging and are not sure where...a great place to get a free blog going is WordPress

Working Group Collaboration
The actual work of Identity Commons happens within the Working Groups. Each group chooses its own methods and mediums for collaboration, provided they are consistent with our values outlined in our Purpose And Principles. Additionally, IC will also provide some shared infrastructure as a service to Working Groups who want it. This infrastructure includes the creation of Wikis and mailing lists.

There is a collaboration stage that is critical prior to the formation of Working Groups. We recognize the importance of this stage, but we also realize that there is a cost to providing infrastructure for interactions that may not result in an actual working group. As a result, we encourage those who are proposing the formation of a new working group to start by using this Wiki and the community mailing list for initial interactions.

Face-To-Face Meetups
We often meet at the Internet Identity Workshop, which happens twice a year and is an Identity Commons Working Group. This working group also sponsors the Identity Open Space events that are co-located with other events, such as Digital Identity World and Liberty Alliance meetings.

The Identity Gang occasionally organizes dinners at events like RSA.

Other Resources

 * There is an events only announcement mailing list. Anyone can post an announcement here identityevents@googlegroups.com and it will be moderated. This is the wiki pages with events listed Identity Events
 * The Story of Digital Identity is a podcast where many members of the community have been interviewed. To date there have been more the 60 episodes. It is a great place to dive into the subject area.