Center for Advanced Studies: Identity and Identification Research: Identity Commons Review Page

CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY (www.advancedstudies.org)
Identity and Identification Research: Identity Commons Review Page (Ongoing Project - to be developed)
URL: <http://identity-commons.info/> (v.052505a)

Developing persistant, private, and portable pseudonymous identifiers for use under diverse conditions within technology mediated information environments is an emergent social problem. [1] Identity Commons [2] is attempting to develop the framework for an open global trust network in which individuals and organizations own and have control over their identifiers and data profiles, and in which identity information can be exchanged and used in a secure trusted environment. The Identity Commons approach uses OASIS XRI/XDI architecture [3] to provide user controlled identifiers ("i-names") linked to identification or other profile data; mediated through trusted information brokers ("i-brokers"); and subject to link contracts defining the rights and permissions of any data sharing relationship (compare the Center's Policy Appliance Reference Model) [4]. More information about Identity Commons is available at http://identitycommons.net/.

The purpose of this page is to follow, review and comment on the Identity Commons project within the framework of the Center for Advanced Studies ongoing research efforts on identity, identification, and related issues and the Center's Global Information Societry Project.

For more information about the Center's research on identity and identification issues, see the references below or contact the Center.

DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE: This page will be developed from time to time as circumstances warrant.

To register an i-name, go to <http://2idi.com/grs/index.php?referral_code=advancedstudies>. (Disclosure: The Center recieves a modest referral fee and referral credit for each registration referred from this link. This arrangement was a requirement for the Center to participate in the project and to register the @advancedstudies i-name.)

* Kim Taipale, BA, JD (New York University), MA, EdM, LLM (Columbia University), is the executive director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy. Mr. Taipale is also a Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute where he directs the Program on Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age and the Global Information Society Project.

[1] See Center for Advanced Studies IDENTITY and IDENTIFICATION related references, including:

K. A. Taipale, ARTICLE: "Technology, Security and Privacy: The Fear of Frankenstein, the Mythology of Privacy and the Lessons of King Ludd," 7 Yale J. L. & Tech. 123; 9 Intl. J. Comm. L. & Pol'y 8 (Dec. 2004), see pp. 154-161 ("Technologies of Identitification") and 183-186 ("Pseudonymity").

K. A. Taipale, PRESENTATION: "Biometrics and Information Sharing" presented at the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board conference on Technology, Policy, and Cultural Dimensions of Biometric Systems, The National Academies, Washington, DC, Mar. 15-16, 2005. [presentation materials]

K. A. Taipale, PRESENTATION: "Technology, Security, and Anonymity: Redefining the Problem Statement," presented at the WWICS/AAAS/ABA Roundtable "Can Anonymity Survive in Post-9/11 Society," Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC (May 4, 2004) [presentation material]

K. A. Taipale, PRESENTATION: "Identification Systems and Domestic Security: Who's Who in Whoville" presented at "The Politics and Law of Identity and Identification in the Context of the War on Terror," The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies and The Heritage Foundation, Arlington, VA (Jan. 28, 2004) [presentation materials]

K. A. Taipale, PAPER: "Identity Resolution and Domestic Security: Who's Who in Whoville," Center for Advanced Studies, Working Paper 03:12:B (Dec. 2003)

PRESS RELEASE: "Government Should Not Rush to Massive ID Surveillance System," CAS Executive Director Kim Taipale said in a statement released at a conference in New York as part of the Global Information Society Project's Program on Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age, Oct. 29, 2004. [more]

Other Center for Advanced Studies publications are available at http://publications.advancedstudies.org/.

[2] Identity Commons is a registered trade and service mark of Identity Commons, Inc. ("Identity Commons"). For more information about the Identity Commons project, see http://identitycommons.net/).

[3] OASIS is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards, see http://www.oasis-open.org/. On March 15, 2005 the OASIS XRI (Extensible Resource Identifier) Technical Committee released the XRI 2.0 specifications for public comment, see http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=xri.

[4] The Policy Appliance Reference Model is described at http://policy-appliances.info/overview/. Policy appliances are described in K. A. Taipale, Designing Technical Systems to Support Policy: Enterprise Architecture, Policy Appliances, and Civil Liberties, in Emergent Information Technologies and Enabling Policies for Counter Terrorism (Robert Popp and John Yen, eds., IEEE Press, forthcoming 2005).

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