Re: [higgins-dev] Technical Community and Industry Leaders announce form

[Anthony Nadalin <drsecure@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Argg, yet another foundation, its a shame we have to have so many that have overlapping goals, reminds me of the Identity protocols. I'm also not sure that ICF will benefit Higgins as ICF is not an SDO and Information cards are a small part of Higgins.

Anthony Nadalin | Work 512.838.0085 | Cell 512.289.4122

"Mary Ruddy" ---06/24/2008 09:07:26 AM---Today Technical Community and Industry Leaders announced the formation of the Information Card Foundation.

From:	"Mary Ruddy" <mary@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:	"'Higgins \(Trust Framework\) Project developer discussions'" <higgins-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	06/24/2008 09:07 AM
Subject:	[higgins-dev] Technical Community and Industry Leaders announce formation of Information Card Foundation to Simplify Secure On-line Digital Identity

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Today Technical Community and Industry Leaders announced the formation of the Information Card Foundation.
 
Since the mission of the Information Card Foundation is to Advance the use of the Information Card metaphor as a key component of an open, interoperable, royalty-free, user-centric identity layer spanning both the enterprise and the Internet. It's activities will greatly benefit the Higgins project by

• Providing guidance and support for projects advancing Information Card infrastructure on the widest possible range of platforms, including freely available open source implementations.
• Promoting the adoption of information cards
• Promoting interoperability via recommendations, technical interoperability events, and working group reports for Information Card technology, policy, and user experience.
• etc.

You can find the press release at http://informationcard.net/files/ICFPressRelease6-24-08.pdf and the FAQ at http://informationcard.net/files/ICF%20_FAQ.pdf _______________________________________________
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