Fifty-seven member open source identity group to test and demonstrate
interoperability between user-centric identity protocols and providers
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- (RSA Conference 2008) --
Open Source Identity Systems (OSIS) will conduct the largest user-centric
identity interoperability test and demonstration at the 2008 RSA
Conference, April 7-11 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The 33
member organizations and 24 projects of OSIS will showcase network
interoperability between identity providers, card selectors, browsers and
Web sites, demonstrating practical uses for user-centric identity
technology, including how users can "click-in" to Web sites via self-issued
and managed Information Cards and OpenIDs. The user-centric identity model
gives consumers greater control and security over their identity
information, allowing them to determine how sensitive identity information
should be shared at each visited Web site.
During the demonstration, OSIS members will illustrate interoperability
between Information Card and OpenID software, the technologies behind
user-centric identity. Features being demonstrated include:
-- Enabling people to control what identity information is disclosed
about them
-- Portability of digital identities across software and platforms
-- Management and use of Information Cards and OpenIDs
-- Information Cards used with OpenIDs to enable phishing-resistant
sign-in to Web sites
WHO: OSIS, a working group of Identity Commons (please see below for a
list of companies and projects). Members of the group are
committed to a goal of Internet identity interoperability across
projects, protocols, companies and platforms.
WHAT: OSIS User-Centric Identity Interoperability Demonstration at
RSA 2008
WHERE: RSA Conference, Moscone Center South, San Francisco,
Mezzanine Level, Purple Room 220
WHEN: Tuesday, April 8 and Wednesday, April 9; public working sessions
11 am to 4 pm, demonstrations 4 pm to 6 pm
About OSIS
Open Source Identity Systems, a working group of Identity Commons,
brings together many identity-related open-source and commercial projects,
and synchronizes and harmonizes the construction of an interoperable
identity layer for the Internet from open-source parts and software that
interoperates with them. For more information on OSIS, visit
http://wiki.idcommons.net/index.php/OsisCharter.
OSIS participating companies:
AOL Google Nulli Secundus
ATE Software IBM ooTao
CA JanRain Oracle
Cordance LinkSafe Orange
Fraunhofer FOKUS Microsoft Parity
FuGen Solutions NetMesh Ping Identity
Fun Communications Novell Plaxo
Siemens Thinktecture Vidoop
SixApart ThoughtWorks WSO2
Sun Microsystems TrustBearer Labs Yahoo!
Sxip Identity VeriSign Zend
Projects and Organizations:
Bandit Project Information Cards SignOn.com
Codeplex LID SourceID
DiSO Project OpenID Shibboleth
Dominck Baier OpenInfocard Verisign Personal
Drupal OpenSSO Identity Provider
Francis Shanahan Open XRI Xmldap
Higgins Project Pamela Project Yadis
I-names Rob Richards
Identity Commons Sharp STS
All company/project names and service marks may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective companies/organizations.
OSIS Participants Contact Information:
http://osis.idcommons.net/wiki/Category:Participant
SOURCE Open Source Identity Systems
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Related links:
http://wiki.idcommons.net/index.php/OsisCharter
CONTACT:
Charlotte Betterley of Novell,
+1-781-464-8253, cbetterley@novell.com, for Open Source Identity
Systems
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