Introduction
I first introduced myself to the concept of personal digital identity through some work I was doing in the context of the so-called Global Directory Forum, a collaboration between eema and The Open Group, in 2001. For the purposes of a paper entitled 'Directories on the Internet', it became clear as I proceeded through the history of what had been done up until that time, to establish public/private interconnected directories from X.500 to UDDI, that it wasn't working convincingly. It also dawned on me that the vital missing ingredient came from the perspective of the individual who would be referred to in directory terms as the object or the entry. When you enumerate all the different scenarios and players involved in creating the vast array of directory systems that exist in the world, it's really not surprising it's a mess or that anyone or any group should wish to avoid tackling it.
What makes identity a hot topic today is that all the problems that have been brewing for the last twenty years are finally getting their head of steam. The noise you can hear is the sound of the kettle lid rattling.
- Posted by davidg on 03/03/2006.
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