IdCommons - User contributions [en]

2008 Q1 Quarterly Reports

2008-04-08T00:23:31Z

Cindy S: /* To Be Completed */

=== Completed ===

[[2008 Q1 Report Higgins]]

[[2008 Q1 Report IC Evangelism & Marketing]]

[[2008 Q1 Report XDI Commons]]

[[2008 Q1 Report N4N]]

=== To Be Completed ===

[[2008 Q1 Report Identity Gang]]

[[2008 Q1 Report IIW]]

[[2008 Q1 Report OSIS]]

[[2008 Q1 Report OpenID]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Identity Schemas]]

[[2008 Q1 Report SAML Commons]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Identity Rights]]

[[2008 Q1 Report XDIorg]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Ibroker Commons]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Id Futures]]

[[2008 Q1 Report IdMedia]]

[[2008 Q1 Report VRM]]

[[2008 Q1 Report CollabTools]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Enterprise Positioning]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Pamela Project]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Bandit Project]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Identity Trust]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Owen Davis Award]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Photo Group]]

''
Maybe filling out a report''

[[2008 Q1 Report IdArchitects]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Inclusive Initiatives]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Usability]]

2008 Q1 Quarterly Reports

2008-04-08T00:23:09Z

Cindy S: /* Completed */

=== Completed ===

[[2008 Q1 Report Higgins]]

[[2008 Q1 Report IC Evangelism & Marketing]]

[[2008 Q1 Report XDI Commons]]

[[2008 Q1 Report N4N]]

=== To Be Completed ===

[[2008 Q1 Report Identity Gang]]

[[2008 Q1 Report IIW]]

[[2008 Q1 Report OSIS]]

[[2008 Q1 Report OpenID]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Identity Schemas]]

[[2008 Q1 Report SAML Commons]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Identity Rights]]

[[2008 Q1 Report XDIorg]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Ibroker Commons]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Id Futures]]

[[2008 Q1 Report IdMedia]]

[[2008 Q1 Report VRM]]

[[2008 Q1 Report CollabTools]]

[[2008 Q1 Report N4N]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Enterprise Positioning]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Pamela Project]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Bandit Project]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Identity Trust]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Owen Davis Award]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Photo Group]]

''
Maybe filling out a report''

[[2008 Q1 Report IdArchitects]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Inclusive Initiatives]]

[[2008 Q1 Report Usability]]

2008 Q1 Report N4N

2008-04-08T00:21:44Z

Cindy S:

=== Successes ===
We've developed some initial copy for the Starting Points page, which we've intended to be a resource of information for those new to the community. It now includes primer-type information such as: 1) What is User-Centric Identity, 2) Why should I care?, and 3) What is Identity Commons. We are also in the process of developing a section entitled, "Figuring out the Landscape." This section will include information about Community participants, including technologies, projects, and companies. We're hoping to solicit feedback from other community members soon.

We worked on refining the language for the IIW2008a Announcement. We tried to make the announcement more approachable for those new to the community, and Kaliya did a great job incorporating our feedback.

We're in the process of helping outline the introductory session of the next workshop. We'd like to make it easy for Newbies to engage, and reflective of the work that happens at the workshop.

=== Breakdowns ===
Unfortunately, our former Steward, Dan Nelson, had to leave the group due to personal commitments. We've been working hard to maintain the momentum we had after the December workshop, but we only have four active members. While we've accomplished a lot, we are still looking for additional participants.

=== Requests ===
If you come across anyone who is new to this space, please point them in our direction. We are very interested in growing our ranks and would like to connect with other Newbies before the next workshop. Furthermore, our membership was intended to completely turn over at after every workshop (afterall, we wouldn't be Newbies anymore), but in order to do that effectively, we need some enthusiasm and word of mouth working for us. Please let all potential Newbies know about our group and encourage their participation.

=== Announcements ===

Starting Points

2008-04-03T22:59:48Z

Cindy S: /* Other Helpful Links */

==What is User-centric Identity?==
User-centric identity is the ability:
* To use one's identifier(s) on more then one site
* To control who sees what information about you
* To selectively share presence and profile information
* To maintain multiple identities and personas in the contexts you wish
* To aggregate attention, navigation, and purchase history from the sites and communities you frequent
* To move and share your personal data, relationships, documents, and other publications as you wish

Kim Cameron was the first to introduce the terminology [http://http://www.identityblog.com/?p=355 "Identity Metasystem."] and articulate what that might mean. He also introduced [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=354 The Laws of Identity]:
#'''User Control and Consent.''' Technical identity systems must only reveal information identifying a user with the user’s consent.
#'''Minimal Disclosure for a Constrained Use.''' The solution that discloses the least amount of identifying information and best limits its use is the most stable long-term solution.
#'''Justifiable Parties.''' Digital identity systems must be designed so the disclosure of identifying information is limited to parties having a necessary and justifiable place in a given identity relationship.
#'''Directed Identity.''' A universal identity system must support both “omni-directional” identifiers for use by public entities and “unidirectional” identifiers for use by private entities, thus facilitating discovery while preventing unnecessary release of correlation handles.
#'''Pluralism of Operators and Technologies.''' A universal identity system must channel and enable the inter-working of multiple identity technologies run by multiple identity providers.
#'''Human Integration.''' The universal identity metasystem must define the human user to be a component of the distributed system integrated through unambiguous human-machine communication mechanisms offering protection against identity attacks.
#'''Consistent Experience Across Contexts.''' The unifying identity metasystem must guarantee its users a simple, consistent experience while enabling separation of contexts through multiple operators and technologies.

==Why should I care?==
Since the Web was built around "pages", no tools or standards were created to control how the information about you was collected or used. We all agree that we need some kind of “open identity layer” for the Internet, but we don't know exactly what that means or what it looks like. Our community has come together around some shared understanding of this and we continue to ’struggle’ with what it means and how it should work.

We are working as a Community, on the development of the next layer of the web---for people and their information---the social-data layer. It's going to take time to figure out, and lots of people have already been working hard for several years and have made significant progress at the [http://iiw.idcommons.net/index.php/Main_Page Internet Identity Workshop].

These are the questions we're striving to answer:
#What are the open standards to make it work? (identity and semantic)
#What are technical implementations of those standards?
#How do different standards and technical implementations interoperate?
#What are the new social norms and legal constructs needed to make it work?
#Wwhat are the businesses cases / models that drive all this?

[http://www.identitycommons.org/ Identity Commons] is the collection of working groups where these conversations are happening.

All this takes time, and yes, interest is growing and movement is happening, but there is not 'one answer' or 'one blueprint.' As Doc Searls, one of the 'grandfathers' of this movement is fond of saying, it is a "market conversation."

We need a broad and diverse range of participants. This layer once implemented will be as world changing as the World Wide Web of documents was for the Internet.

==What is the Identity Commons?==

'''The purpose of [http://www.identitycommons.org/ 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.'''

===Identity Commons Values===
We believe in the dignity of Human individual in the context of the digital world.

In order to make this true we strive for a balance of factors and values as digital systems and tools evolve:
* Individual control, convenience & privacy
* Sharing of information when participating in community
* Support for commercial and non-commercial exchange
* Interoperability and openness between systems

We work to bring these values into practice by fostering a collaborative a community of individuals, organizations and companies share these values and are working together towards practical technical mplementations.

We share a pragmatic idealism.

We work to practice what we preach and have openness and transparency in what we do.

The [http://wiki.idcommons.net/index.php/IC_Evangelism_%26_Marketing Identity Commons Evangelism & Marketing Workgroup] is working to continually improve communication about Identity Commons values and relevancy.

===Identity Commons Shared Principles===

# '''Self-Organization.''' Enable any working group to self-organize at any time, on any scale, in any form, around any activity consistent with the Purpose and Principles.
# '''Transparency.''' Fully and transparently disclose the Purpose and Principles of each working group, any requirement of participation, and any license or restriction of usage of its work product.
# '''Inclusion.''' Conduct deliberations and make decisions by bodies and methods that reasonably represent all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Empowerment.''' Vest authority, perform functions, and use resources in the smallest or most local part that includes all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Collaboration.''' Resolve conflict without resort to economic, legal, or other duress.
# '''Openness.''' Conduct, publish, and archive communications in a manner that facilitates open and trusted interactions within and across all working groups and the public Internet.
# '''Dogfooding.''' When feasible and appropriate, employ the work product of Identity Commons working groups to facilitate the operation and interaction of Identity Commons itself.

===How does the Community work?===
Kaliya has written an excellent explanation of the inner workings of the Identity Commons community on her blog [http://www.identitywoman.net Identity Woman]. The post is entitled [http://www.identitywoman.net/?p=727 What the Heck is Identity Commons?]

==Who are the players==
''Ryan's diagram will go here.''

==Other Helpful Links==
[[Lexicon]]

[[Identity Gang]] Mailing List

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcmY8Pk-qEk Vidoop's Video about OpenID]

[http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Windows-CardSpace-Introduction-Independent/dp/0321496841 Understanding Windows CardSpace] with a [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=927 good overview on Kim Cameron's IdentityBlog].

Starting Points

2008-04-03T00:59:19Z

Cindy S: /* What is User-centric Identity? */

Starting Points

2008-04-03T00:57:50Z

Cindy S: /* Why should I care? */

==What is User-centric Identity?==
User-centric identity is the ability:
* To use one's identifier(s) on more then one site
* To control who sees what information about you
* To selectively share presence and profile information
* To maintain multiple identities and personas in the contexts you wish
* To aggregate attention, navigation, and purchase history from the sites and communities you frequent
* To move and share your personal data, relationships, documents, and other publications as you wish

Kim Cameron was the first to introduce the terminology [http://http://www.identityblog.com/?p=355 "Identity Metasystem."] and articulate what that might mean. He also introduced [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=354 The Laws of Identity]:
#'''User Control and Consent''' Technical identity systems must only reveal information identifying a user with the user’s consent.
#'''Minimal Disclosure for a Constrained Use''' The solution that discloses the least amount of identifying information and best limits its use is the most stable long-term solution.
#'''Justifiable Parties''' Digital identity systems must be designed so the disclosure of identifying information is limited to parties having a necessary and justifiable place in a given identity relationship.
#'''Directed Identity''' A universal identity system must support both “omni-directional” identifiers for use by public entities and “unidirectional” identifiers for use by private entities, thus facilitating discovery while preventing unnecessary release of correlation handles.
#'''Pluralism of Operators and Technologies''' A universal identity system must channel and enable the inter-working of multiple identity technologies run by multiple identity providers.
#'''Human Integration''' The universal identity metasystem must define the human user to be a component of the distributed system integrated through unambiguous human-machine communication mechanisms offering protection against identity attacks.
#'''Consistent Experience Across Contexts''' The unifying identity metasystem must guarantee its users a simple, consistent experience while enabling separation of contexts through multiple operators and technologies.

==Why should I care?==
Since the Web was built around "pages", no tools or standards were created to control how the information about you was collected or used. We all agree that we need some kind of “open identity layer” for the Internet, but we don't know exactly what that means or what it looks like. Our community has come together around some shared understanding of this and we continue to ’struggle’ with what it means and how it should work.

We are working as a Community, on the development of the next layer of the web---for people and their information---the social-data layer. It's going to take time to figure out, and lots of people have already been working hard for several years and have made significant progress at the [http://iiw.idcommons.net/index.php/Main_Page Internet Identity Workshop].

These are the questions we're striving to answer:
#What are the open standards to make it work? (identity and semantic)
#What are technical implementations of those standards?
#How do different standards and technical implementations interoperate?
#What are the new social norms and legal constructs needed to make it work?
#Wwhat are the businesses cases / models that drive all this?

[http://www.identitycommons.org/ Identity Commons] is the collection of working groups where these conversations are happening.

All this takes time, and yes, interest is growing and movement is happening, but there is not 'one answer' or 'one blueprint.' As Doc Searls, one of the 'grandfathers' of this movement is fond of saying, it is a "market conversation."

We need a broad and diverse range of participants. This layer once implemented will be as world changing as the World Wide Web of documents was for the Internet.

==What is the Identity Commons?==

'''The purpose of [http://www.identitycommons.org/ 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.'''

===Identity Commons Values===
We believe in the dignity of Human individual in the context of the digital world.

In order to make this true we strive for a balance of factors and values as digital systems and tools evolve:
* Individual control, convenience & privacy
* Sharing of information when participating in community
* Support for commercial and non-commercial exchange
* Interoperability and openness between systems

We work to bring these values into practice by fostering a collaborative a community of individuals, organizations and companies share these values and are working together towards practical technical mplementations.

We share a pragmatic idealism.

We work to practice what we preach and have openness and transparency in what we do.

The [http://wiki.idcommons.net/index.php/IC_Evangelism_%26_Marketing Identity Commons Evangelism & Marketing Workgroup] is working to continually improve communication about Identity Commons values and relevancy.

===Identity Commons Shared Principles===

# '''Self-Organization.''' Enable any working group to self-organize at any time, on any scale, in any form, around any activity consistent with the Purpose and Principles.
# '''Transparency.''' Fully and transparently disclose the Purpose and Principles of each working group, any requirement of participation, and any license or restriction of usage of its work product.
# '''Inclusion.''' Conduct deliberations and make decisions by bodies and methods that reasonably represent all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Empowerment.''' Vest authority, perform functions, and use resources in the smallest or most local part that includes all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Collaboration.''' Resolve conflict without resort to economic, legal, or other duress.
# '''Openness.''' Conduct, publish, and archive communications in a manner that facilitates open and trusted interactions within and across all working groups and the public Internet.
# '''Dogfooding.''' When feasible and appropriate, employ the work product of Identity Commons working groups to facilitate the operation and interaction of Identity Commons itself.

===How does the Community work?===
Kaliya has written an excellent explanation of the inner workings of the Identity Commons community on her blog [http://www.identitywoman.net Identity Woman]. The post is entitled [http://www.identitywoman.net/?p=727 What the Heck is Identity Commons?]

==Who are the players==
''Ryan's diagram will go here.''

==Other Helpful Links==
[[Lexicon]]

[[Identity Gang]] Mailing List

Starting Points

2008-04-03T00:41:54Z

Cindy S:

==What is User-centric Identity?==
User-centric identity is the ability:
* To use one's identifier(s) on more then one site
* To control who sees what information about you
* To selectively share presence and profile information
* To maintain multiple identities and personas in the contexts you wish
* To aggregate attention, navigation, and purchase history from the sites and communities you frequent
* To move and share your personal data, relationships, documents, and other publications as you wish

Kim Cameron was the first to introduce the terminology [http://http://www.identityblog.com/?p=355 "Identity Metasystem."] and articulate what that might mean. He also introduced [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=354 The Laws of Identity]:
#'''User Control and Consent''' Technical identity systems must only reveal information identifying a user with the user’s consent.
#'''Minimal Disclosure for a Constrained Use''' The solution that discloses the least amount of identifying information and best limits its use is the most stable long-term solution.
#'''Justifiable Parties''' Digital identity systems must be designed so the disclosure of identifying information is limited to parties having a necessary and justifiable place in a given identity relationship.
#'''Directed Identity''' A universal identity system must support both “omni-directional” identifiers for use by public entities and “unidirectional” identifiers for use by private entities, thus facilitating discovery while preventing unnecessary release of correlation handles.
#'''Pluralism of Operators and Technologies''' A universal identity system must channel and enable the inter-working of multiple identity technologies run by multiple identity providers.
#'''Human Integration''' The universal identity metasystem must define the human user to be a component of the distributed system integrated through unambiguous human-machine communication mechanisms offering protection against identity attacks.
#'''Consistent Experience Across Contexts''' The unifying identity metasystem must guarantee its users a simple, consistent experience while enabling separation of contexts through multiple operators and technologies.

==Why should I care?==
Since the Web was built around "pages", no tools or standards were created to control how the information about you was collected or used. We all agree that we need some kind of “open identity layer” for the Internet, but we don't know exactly what that means or what it looks like. Our community has come together around some shared understanding of this and we continue to ’struggle’ with what it means and how it should work.

We are working, as a Community, on the development of the next layer of the web---for people and their information---the social-data layer. It's going to take time to figure out, and lots of people have already been working hard for several years and made significant progress at the [http://iiw.idcommons.net/index.php/Main_Page Internet Identity Workshop].

These are the questions we're striving to answer:
#What are the open standards to make it work? (identity and semantic)
#What are technical implementations of those standards?
#How do different standards and technical implementations interoperate?
#What are the new social norms and legal constructs needed to make it work?
#Wwhat are the businesses cases / models that drive all this?

[http://www.identitycommons.org/ Identity Commons] is the collection of working groups where these conversations are happening.

All this takes time, and yes, interest is growing and movement is happening, but there is not 'one answer' or 'one blueprint.' As Doc Searls, one of the 'grandfathers' of this movement is fond of saying, it is a "market conversation."

We need a broad and diverse range of participants. This layer once implemented will be as world changing as the World Wide Web of documents was for the Internet.

==What is the Identity Commons?==

'''The purpose of [http://www.identitycommons.org/ 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.'''

===Identity Commons Values===
We believe in the dignity of Human individual in the context of the digital world.

In order to make this true we strive for a balance of factors and values as digital systems and tools evolve:
* Individual control, convenience & privacy
* Sharing of information when participating in community
* Support for commercial and non-commercial exchange
* Interoperability and openness between systems

We work to bring these values into practice by fostering a collaborative a community of individuals, organizations and companies share these values and are working together towards practical technical mplementations.

We share a pragmatic idealism.

We work to practice what we preach and have openness and transparency in what we do.

The [http://wiki.idcommons.net/index.php/IC_Evangelism_%26_Marketing Identity Commons Evangelism & Marketing Workgroup] is working to continually improve communication about Identity Commons values and relevancy.

===Identity Commons Shared Principles===

# '''Self-Organization.''' Enable any working group to self-organize at any time, on any scale, in any form, around any activity consistent with the Purpose and Principles.
# '''Transparency.''' Fully and transparently disclose the Purpose and Principles of each working group, any requirement of participation, and any license or restriction of usage of its work product.
# '''Inclusion.''' Conduct deliberations and make decisions by bodies and methods that reasonably represent all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Empowerment.''' Vest authority, perform functions, and use resources in the smallest or most local part that includes all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Collaboration.''' Resolve conflict without resort to economic, legal, or other duress.
# '''Openness.''' Conduct, publish, and archive communications in a manner that facilitates open and trusted interactions within and across all working groups and the public Internet.
# '''Dogfooding.''' When feasible and appropriate, employ the work product of Identity Commons working groups to facilitate the operation and interaction of Identity Commons itself.

===How does the Community work?===
Kaliya has written an excellent explanation of the inner workings of the Identity Commons community on her blog [http://www.identitywoman.net Identity Woman]. The post is entitled [http://www.identitywoman.net/?p=727 What the Heck is Identity Commons?]

==Who are the players==
''Ryan's diagram will go here.''

==Other Helpful Links==
[[Lexicon]]

[[Identity Gang]] Mailing List

Starting Points

2008-04-01T19:14:13Z

Cindy S:

==What is the Identity Commons?==

'''The purpose of [http://www.identitycommons.org/ 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.'''

===Identity Commons Values===
We believe in the dignity of Human individual in the context of the digital world.

In order to make this true we strive for a balance of factors and values as digital systems and tools evolve:
* Individual control, convenience & privacy
* Sharing of information when participating in community
* Support for commercial and non-commercial exchange
* Interoperability and openness between systems

We work to bring these values into practice by fostering a collaborative a community of individuals, organizations and companies share these values and are working together towards practical technical mplementations.

We share a pragmatic idealism.

We work to practice what we preach and have openness and transparency in what we do.

The [http://wiki.idcommons.net/index.php/IC_Evangelism_%26_Marketing Identity Commons Evangelism & Marketing Workgroup] is working to continually improve communication about Identity Commons values and relevancy.

===Identity Commons Shared Principles===

# '''Self-Organization.''' Enable any working group to self-organize at any time, on any scale, in any form, around any activity consistent with the Purpose and Principles.
# '''Transparency.''' Fully and transparently disclose the Purpose and Principles of each working group, any requirement of participation, and any license or restriction of usage of its work product.
# '''Inclusion.''' Conduct deliberations and make decisions by bodies and methods that reasonably represent all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Empowerment.''' Vest authority, perform functions, and use resources in the smallest or most local part that includes all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Collaboration.''' Resolve conflict without resort to economic, legal, or other duress.
# '''Openness.''' Conduct, publish, and archive communications in a manner that facilitates open and trusted interactions within and across all working groups and the public Internet.
# '''Dogfooding.''' When feasible and appropriate, employ the work product of Identity Commons working groups to facilitate the operation and interaction of Identity Commons itself.

===How does the Community work?===
Kaliya has written an excellent explanation of the inner workings of the Identity Commons community on her blog [http://www.identitywoman.net Identity Woman]. The post is entitled [http://www.identitywoman.net/?p=727 What the Heck is Identity Commons?]

==What is User-centric Identity?==
User-centric identity is the ability:
* To use one's identifier(s) on more then one site
* To control who sees what information about you
* To selectively share presence and profile information
* To maintain multiple identities and personas in the contexts you wish
* To aggregate attention, navigation, and purchase history from the sites and communities you frequent
* To move and share your personal data, relationships, documents, and other publications as you wish

Kim Cameron was the first to introduce the terminology [http://http://www.identityblog.com/?p=355 "Identity Metasystem."] and articulate what that might mean. He also introduced [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=354 The Laws of Identity]:
#'''User Control and Consent''' Technical identity systems must only reveal information identifying a user with the user’s consent.
#'''Minimal Disclosure for a Constrained Use''' The solution that discloses the least amount of identifying information and best limits its use is the most stable long-term solution.
#'''Justifiable Parties''' Digital identity systems must be designed so the disclosure of identifying information is limited to parties having a necessary and justifiable place in a given identity relationship.
#'''Directed Identity''' A universal identity system must support both “omni-directional” identifiers for use by public entities and “unidirectional” identifiers for use by private entities, thus facilitating discovery while preventing unnecessary release of correlation handles.
#'''Pluralism of Operators and Technologies''' A universal identity system must channel and enable the inter-working of multiple identity technologies run by multiple identity providers.
#'''Human Integration''' The universal identity metasystem must define the human user to be a component of the distributed system integrated through unambiguous human-machine communication mechanisms offering protection against identity attacks.
#'''Consistent Experience Across Contexts''' The unifying identity metasystem must guarantee its users a simple, consistent experience while enabling separation of contexts through multiple operators and technologies.

==Why should I care?==
Since the Web was built around "pages", no tools or standards were created to control how the information about you was collected or used. We all agree that we need some kind of “open identity layer” for the Internet, but we don't know exactly what that means or what it looks like. Our community has come together around some shared understanding of this and we continue to ’struggle’ with what it means and how it should work.

==Who are the players==
''Ryan's diagram will go here.''

==Other Helpful Links==
[[Lexicon]]

[[Identity Gang]] Mailing List

Starting Points

2008-04-01T19:09:03Z

Cindy S:

==What is the Identity Commons?==

'''The purpose of [http://www.identitycommons.org/ 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.'''

===Identity Commons Values===
We believe in the dignity of Human individual in the context of the digital world.

In order to make this true we strive for a balance of factors and values as digital systems and tools evolve:
* Individual control, convenience & privacy
* Sharing of information when participating in community
* Support for commercial and non-commercial exchange
* Interoperability and openness between systems

We work to bring these values into practice by fostering a collaborative a community of individuals, organizations and companies share these values and are working together towards practical technical mplementations.

We share a pragmatic idealism.

We work to practice what we preach and have openness and transparency in what we do.

The [http://wiki.idcommons.net/index.php/IC_Evangelism_%26_Marketing Identity Commons Evangelism & Marketing Workgroup] is working to continually improve communication about Identity Commons values and relevancy.

===Identity Commons Shared Principles===

# '''Self-Organization.''' Enable any working group to self-organize at any time, on any scale, in any form, around any activity consistent with the Purpose and Principles.
# '''Transparency.''' Fully and transparently disclose the Purpose and Principles of each working group, any requirement of participation, and any license or restriction of usage of its work product.
# '''Inclusion.''' Conduct deliberations and make decisions by bodies and methods that reasonably represent all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Empowerment.''' Vest authority, perform functions, and use resources in the smallest or most local part that includes all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Collaboration.''' Resolve conflict without resort to economic, legal, or other duress.
# '''Openness.''' Conduct, publish, and archive communications in a manner that facilitates open and trusted interactions within and across all working groups and the public Internet.
# '''Dogfooding.''' When feasible and appropriate, employ the work product of Identity Commons working groups to facilitate the operation and interaction of Identity Commons itself.

===How does the Community work?===
Kaliya has written an excellent explanation of the inner workings of the Identity Commons community on her blog [http://www.identitywoman.net Identity Woman]. The post is entitled [http://www.identitywoman.net/?p=727 What the Heck is Identity Commons?]

==What is User-centric Identity?==
User-centric identity is the ability:
* To use one's identifier(s) on more then one site
* To control who sees what information about you
* To selectively share presence and profile information
* To maintain multiple identities and personas in the contexts you wish
* To aggregate attention, navigation, and purchase history from the sites and communities you frequent
* To move and share your personal data, relationships, documents, and other publications as you wish

Kim Cameron was the first to introduce the terminology [http://http://www.identityblog.com/?p=355 "Identity Metasystem."] and articulate what that might mean. He also introduced [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=354 The Laws of Identity]:
#'''User Control and Consent''' Technical identity systems must only reveal information identifying a user with the user’s consent.
#'''Minimal Disclosure for a Constrained Use''' The solution that discloses the least amount of identifying information and best limits its use is the most stable long-term solution.
#'''Justifiable Parties''' Digital identity systems must be designed so the disclosure of identifying information is limited to parties having a necessary and justifiable place in a given identity relationship.
#'''Directed Identity''' A universal identity system must support both “omni-directional” identifiers for use by public entities and “unidirectional” identifiers for use by private entities, thus facilitating discovery while preventing unnecessary release of correlation handles.
#'''Pluralism of Operators and Technologies''' A universal identity system must channel and enable the inter-working of multiple identity technologies run by multiple identity providers.
#'''Human Integration''' The universal identity metasystem must define the human user to be a component of the distributed system integrated through unambiguous human-machine communication mechanisms offering protection against identity attacks.
#'''Consistent Experience Across Contexts''' The unifying identity metasystem must guarantee its users a simple, consistent experience while enabling separation of contexts through multiple operators and technologies.

==Why should I care?==

==Who are the players==
''Ryan's diagram will go here.''

==Other Helpful Links==
[[Lexicon]]

[[Identity Gang]] Mailing List

Starting Points

2008-04-01T19:05:31Z

Cindy S:

==What is the Identity Commons?==

'''The purpose of [http://www.identitycommons.org/ 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.'''

===Identity Commons Values===
We believe in the dignity of Human individual in the context of the digital world.

In order to make this true we strive for a balance of factors and values as digital systems and tools evolve:
* Individual control, convenience & privacy
* Sharing of information when participating in community
* Support for commercial and non-commercial exchange
* Interoperability and openness between systems

We work to bring these values into practice by fostering a collaborative a community of individuals, organizations and companies share these values and are working together towards practical technical mplementations.

We share a pragmatic idealism.

We work to practice what we preach and have openness and transparency in what we do.

The [http://wiki.idcommons.net/index.php/IC_Evangelism_%26_Marketing Identity Commons Evangelism & Marketing Workgroup] is working to continually improve communication about Identity Commons values and relevancy.

===Identity Commons Shared Principles===

# '''Self-Organization.''' Enable any working group to self-organize at any time, on any scale, in any form, around any activity consistent with the Purpose and Principles.
# '''Transparency.''' Fully and transparently disclose the Purpose and Principles of each working group, any requirement of participation, and any license or restriction of usage of its work product.
# '''Inclusion.''' Conduct deliberations and make decisions by bodies and methods that reasonably represent all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Empowerment.''' Vest authority, perform functions, and use resources in the smallest or most local part that includes all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Collaboration.''' Resolve conflict without resort to economic, legal, or other duress.
# '''Openness.''' Conduct, publish, and archive communications in a manner that facilitates open and trusted interactions within and across all working groups and the public Internet.
# '''Dogfooding.''' When feasible and appropriate, employ the work product of Identity Commons working groups to facilitate the operation and interaction of Identity Commons itself.

===How does the Community work?===
Kaliya has written an excellent explanation of the inner workings of the Identity Commons community on her blog [http://www.identitywoman.net Identity Woman]. The post is entitled [http://www.identitywoman.net/?p=727 What the Heck is Identity Commons?]

==What is User-centric Identity?==
User-centric identity is the ability:
* To use one's identifier(s) on more then one site
* To control who sees what information about you
* To selectively share presence and profile information
* To maintain multiple identities and personas in the contexts you wish
* To aggregate attention, navigation, and purchase history from the sites and communities you frequent
* To move and share your personal data, relationships, documents, and other publications as you wish

Kim Cameron was the first to introduce the terminology [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=838 "identity meta-system."] and articulate what that might mean. He also introduced [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=354 The Laws of Identity]:
#'''User Control and Consent''' Technical identity systems must only reveal information identifying a user with the user’s consent.
#'''Minimal Disclosure for a Constrained Use''' The solution that discloses the least amount of identifying information and best limits its use is the most stable long-term solution.
#'''Justifiable Parties''' Digital identity systems must be designed so the disclosure of identifying information is limited to parties having a necessary and justifiable place in a given identity relationship.
#'''Directed Identity''' A universal identity system must support both “omni-directional” identifiers for use by public entities and “unidirectional” identifiers for use by private entities, thus facilitating discovery while preventing unnecessary release of correlation handles.
#'''Pluralism of Operators and Technologies''' A universal identity system must channel and enable the inter-working of multiple identity technologies run by multiple identity providers.
#'''Human Integration''' The universal identity metasystem must define the human user to be a component of the distributed system integrated through unambiguous human-machine communication mechanisms offering protection against identity attacks.
#'''Consistent Experience Across Contexts''' The unifying identity metasystem must guarantee its users a simple, consistent experience while enabling separation of contexts through multiple operators and technologies.

==Why should I care?==

==Who are the players==
''Ryan's diagram will go here.''

==Other Helpful Links==
[[Lexicon]]

[[Identity Gang]] Mailing List

Starting Points

2008-04-01T19:04:49Z

Cindy S:

==What is the Identity Commons?==

'''The purpose of [http://www.identitycommons.org/ 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.'''

===Identity Commons Values===
We believe in the dignity of Human individual in the context of the digital world.

In order to make this true we strive for a balance of factors and values as digital systems and tools evolve:
* Individual control, convenience & privacy
* Sharing of information when participating in community
* Support for commercial and non-commercial exchange
* Interoperability and openness between systems

We work to bring these values into practice by fostering a collaborative a community of individuals, organizations and companies share these values and are working together towards practical technical mplementations.

We share a pragmatic idealism.

We work to practice what we preach and have openness and transparency in what we do.

The [http://wiki.idcommons.net/index.php/IC_Evangelism_%26_Marketing Identity Commons Evangelism & Marketing Workgroup] is working to continually improve communication about Identity Commons values and relevancy.

===Identity Commons Shared Principles===

# '''Self-Organization.''' Enable any working group to self-organize at any time, on any scale, in any form, around any activity consistent with the Purpose and Principles.
# '''Transparency.''' Fully and transparently disclose the Purpose and Principles of each working group, any requirement of participation, and any license or restriction of usage of its work product.
# '''Inclusion.''' Conduct deliberations and make decisions by bodies and methods that reasonably represent all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Empowerment.''' Vest authority, perform functions, and use resources in the smallest or most local part that includes all relevant and affected parties.
# '''Collaboration.''' Resolve conflict without resort to economic, legal, or other duress.
# '''Openness.''' Conduct, publish, and archive communications in a manner that facilitates open and trusted interactions within and across all working groups and the public Internet.
# '''Dogfooding.''' When feasible and appropriate, employ the work product of Identity Commons working groups to facilitate the operation and interaction of Identity Commons itself.

===How does the Community work?===
Kaliya has written an excellent explanation of the inner workings of the Identity Commons community on her blog [http://www.identitywoman.net Identity Woman]. The post is entitled [http://www.identitywoman.net/?p=727 What the Heck is Identity Commons?]

==What is User-centric Identity?==
User-centric identity is the ability:
* To use one's identifier(s) on more then one site
* To control who sees what information about you
* To selectively share presence and profile information
* To maintain multiple identities and personas in the contexts you wish
* To aggregate attention, navigation, and purchase history from the sites and communities you frequent
* To move and share your personal data, relationships, documents, and other publications as you wish

Kim Cameron was the first to introduce the terminology [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=838 "identity meta-system."] and articulate what that might mean. He also introduced [http://www.identityblog.com/?p=354 The Laws of Identity]:
#'''User Control and Consent''' Technical identity systems must only reveal information identifying a user with the user’s consent.
#'''Minimal Disclosure for a Constrained Use''' The solution that discloses the least amount of identifying information and best limits its use is the most stable long-term solution.
#'''Justifiable Parties''' Digital identity systems must be designed so the disclosure of identifying information is limited to parties having a necessary and justifiable place in a given identity relationship.
#'''Directed Identity''' A universal identity system must support both “omni-directional” identifiers for use by public entities and “unidirectional” identifiers for use by private entities, thus facilitating discovery while preventing unnecessary release of correlation handles.
#'''Pluralism of Operators and Technologies''' A universal identity system must channel and enable the inter-working of multiple identity technologies run by multiple identity providers.
#'''Human Integration''' The universal identity metasystem must define the human user to be a component of the distributed system integrated through unambiguous human-machine communication mechanisms offering protection against identity attacks.
#'''Consistent Experience Across Contexts''' The unifying identity metasystem must guarantee its users a simple, consistent experience while enabling separation of contexts through multiple operators and technologies.

==Why should I care?==
==Who are the players==

==Other Helpful Links==
[[Lexicon]]

[[Identity Gang]] Mailing List

Starting Points

2008-04-01T18:51:58Z

Cindy S: /* What is User-centric Identity? */

Starting Points

2008-04-01T18:50:54Z

Cindy S: Identity Commons info

N4N Call March 25 2008

2008-03-25T22:52:14Z

Cindy S: New page: = Attending = * Kaliya Hamlin * Cindy Spannhake * Ryan Janssen * Jens Haeusser = Agenda = Talk about Starting Points Page * Finalize Outline * Filling in Content = Notes = * We want t...

= Attending =
* Kaliya Hamlin
* Cindy Spannhake
* Ryan Janssen
* Jens Haeusser

= Agenda =

Talk about Starting Points Page
* Finalize Outline
* Filling in Content

= Notes =
* We want to make sure the content we have on the Starting Points page is well-thought out and good. Rather have less content, but well done, than more content that's incomplete and thus less useful.
* We should tackle the basic things first, and they should speak in a language that's common for all perspectives from technology to marketing to enterprise.
* These are the sections that will be built out first:
**What is the Identity Commons?
**What is User-centric Identity?
**Why should I care?
**Who are the players?
*Ryan has been developing a visual grid of the players/technologies/etc. for his own personal use in keeping track of all the goings on. Given how complicated the overlaps can be, visually representing this information will give Newbies and quick jumping in point, and they may be able to literally see where they might fit in.
*There was some discussion about the best way to fill out the Newbies FAQs, and it was determined that we should encourage newbies to join the list and post a question. Someone from the Newbies workgroup could then be tasked with following that question from posting through the complete answer and then simplifying it for posting to the Newbies FAQs section on the Starting Points page. The whole idea being that we want to encourage Newbie participation in the community and we want to encourage collaborative answering of their questions.
*Kaliya thought it would be good to unveil the first parts of our page to the community at the RSA conference that's happening April 7th-11th. A lot of the non-Newbie members of the Identity community will be attending this conference and it will be a good way to get their feedback.

= Outcomes =
*Cindy and Kaliya will work on modifying the Workshop Announcement content to answer the three basic questions: What is the Identity Commons, What is User-centric Identity, and Why should I care. They will have a conference call on Friday morning at 10:30am PDT.
*Ryan will take a stab at modifying his visual grid so that it can be used on the Starting Points page.
*Jens will edit and critique any content that is developed.
*We will have another conference call on Thursday, April 4 to finalize this basic content for the Starting Points page and discuss how to unveil it at the RSA conference. The time on April 4th is TBD.

Newbies4Newbies

2008-03-25T22:34:12Z

Cindy S:

'''Currently, it takes initiative on the part of a new person to get up to speed. How do we provide resources to accelerate their efforts?'''

This is why Newbies 4 Newbies was formed at the Internet Identity Workhshop in 2007

We have a [http://idcommons.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies Mailing list] if you are "new" to the field of user-centric digital identity and want to get help from your other "newbie" peers and help make the documentation better for everyone please join up -

We are working on planning next actions for developing [[Starting Points]] and the [[Welcome Wagon]]

CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS:

Tuesday, Mar 11, at 3pm PDT 6pm EDT ((605) 475-8585, access code 347-330-381)

Agenda and Notes From Conference Calls
* [[N4N Call March 25 2008]]
* [[N4N Call March 11 2007]]
* [[N4N Call Jan 29 2007]]

== Current projects ==
* Helping with [[IIW2008a Announcement Copy]]
* Working on the development of [[Starting Points]]
* Helping to outline the intro part of [http://iiw.idcommons.net IIW]

== IIW Notes ==
Below are notes from the Internet Identity Workshop - December 2007.

'''"What gets you in the door?"''' - what motivates you to check out identity and the workshop and gets you to act?

There's a lot of jargon going on, and it would be great to understand some of it when we get to the workshop. The Newbies4Newbies may be able to provide "the 30,000 foot view" of internet identity and the workshop.

Currently, it takes initiative on the part of a new person to get up to speed. How do we provide resources to accelerate their efforts? We'll want to consider the new person's basis of interest in internet identity issues and the workshop.

* It would be helpful to have a lexicon of identity terminology for the newbie, with links to "the real definitions."

* New people come in on different paths. In some cases, the text on the Web site should be in the language of the respective path.

* Some people have a long history in one aspect of internet identity and they'd like to have a broader knowledge. They would be new to an identity topic, but not the whole arena.

* Where can new people find philosophical perspectives?

* An idea for some content on the Web page: tips for newbies.

* What is the pre-work we need to do? the preparatory stuff before anything gets prepared for the Web (and later, prepared for the next workshop)?

* Tell the story behind the Identity Commons logo.

* Express the values of the Identity Commons community. [[Purpose And Principles]]

* For the workshops, have volunteer mentors available to translate from identity terminology to plain English.

* Provide some information on the Web about "How to 'do' Internet Identity Workshops."

* Keep information granular enough so people can find information quickly in the area(s) they're interested in.

* Promote the participation aspect of the workshops and the expectation to be productive.

* How do we preserve the stuff that has value, now? (ex. productivity, "rock stars" of an area of the identity world, participation)

* The name of the Web page is [[Starting Points]].

* The name of the workshop activities is [[Welcome Wagon]] (although I'm pretty sure we'll have to change that, due to trademark issues).

Newbies4Newbies

2008-03-25T22:33:07Z

Cindy S:

'''Currently, it takes initiative on the part of a new person to get up to speed. How do we provide resources to accelerate their efforts?'''

This is why Newbies 4 Newbies was formed at the Internet Identity Workhshop in 2007

We have a [http://idcommons.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies Mailing list] if you are "new" to the field of user-centric digital identity and want to get help from your other "newbie" peers and help make the documentation better for everyone please join up -

We are working on planning next actions for developing [[Starting Points]] and the [[Welcome Wagon]]

CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS:

Tuesday, Mar 11, at 3pm PDT 6pm EDT ((605) 475-8585, access code 347-330-381)

Agenda and Notes From Conference Calls
* [[N4N Call March 11 2007]]
* [[N4N Call Jan 29 2007]]

== Current projects ==
* Helping with [[IIW2008a Announcement Copy]]
* Working on the development of [[Starting Points]]
* Helping to outline the intro part of [http://iiw.idcommons.net IIW]

== IIW Notes ==
Below are notes from the Internet Identity Workshop - December 2007.

'''"What gets you in the door?"''' - what motivates you to check out identity and the workshop and gets you to act?

There's a lot of jargon going on, and it would be great to understand some of it when we get to the workshop. The Newbies4Newbies may be able to provide "the 30,000 foot view" of internet identity and the workshop.

Currently, it takes initiative on the part of a new person to get up to speed. How do we provide resources to accelerate their efforts? We'll want to consider the new person's basis of interest in internet identity issues and the workshop.

* It would be helpful to have a lexicon of identity terminology for the newbie, with links to "the real definitions."

* New people come in on different paths. In some cases, the text on the Web site should be in the language of the respective path.

* Some people have a long history in one aspect of internet identity and they'd like to have a broader knowledge. They would be new to an identity topic, but not the whole arena.

* Where can new people find philosophical perspectives?

* An idea for some content on the Web page: tips for newbies.

* What is the pre-work we need to do? the preparatory stuff before anything gets prepared for the Web (and later, prepared for the next workshop)?

* Tell the story behind the Identity Commons logo.

* Express the values of the Identity Commons community. [[Purpose And Principles]]

* For the workshops, have volunteer mentors available to translate from identity terminology to plain English.

* Provide some information on the Web about "How to 'do' Internet Identity Workshops."

* Keep information granular enough so people can find information quickly in the area(s) they're interested in.

* Promote the participation aspect of the workshops and the expectation to be productive.

* How do we preserve the stuff that has value, now? (ex. productivity, "rock stars" of an area of the identity world, participation)

* The name of the Web page is [[Starting Points]].

* The name of the workshop activities is [[Welcome Wagon]] (although I'm pretty sure we'll have to change that, due to trademark issues).