Note: this blog is a mirror of my HP Labs Blog, on the same topic, accessible at: http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Research-on-Security-and/bg-p/163

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The “Information Card Foundation” (ICF) has been launched

The Information Card Foundation has been launched on Monday, as reported by this article published by news.com:

“A group including Equifax, Google, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, and PayPal, plus nine leaders in the technology community announced on Monday the creation of the Information Card Foundation (ICF) with the goal of increasing awareness of the use of electronic ID cards on the Internet, and encouraging interoperability in business around new standards. …”

The ICF foundation web site should be live on Tuesday i.e. today.

I think this is a great opportunity for improving interoperability in the identity federation space, including interoperability with other initiatives, such as Liberty Alliance’s.

--- NOTE: my original HP blog can be found here ---

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