1. It Is All about Identity (Whatever the Sphere)

2. Identity transfer protocols are just vehicles for data transfer
Just Identity
Identity transfer protocols are just vehicles for data transfer
Must not determine the nature of an individual identity
Digital identities are more valuable as they are more widely assertable
Inter-{change|operability|connection} is unavoidable
Practical
Legal
Market
The sooner we react the better

3. A Few Use Cases (From just those with SAML in common)
InfoCard
The obvious usability cases
IdP/AA resolver
OpenID
Attribute query bootstrapping
Aggregating user control
OAuth
Access to non-web resources
Initial enrollment
RADIUS
Authentication in non-web environments
Leveraged authorization
X.509
Derived personal certificates
PKI-based attribute authorities

4. EMC2/Mobility/GN3…
Discussions ongoing on back-channels for network access in TF-Mobility
Interconnecting InfoCard and eduroam
The identity hubs in SIR, WAYF.DK,…
The Beyond WebSSO work-item in TF-EMC2
Kerberos
Dynamic LDAP
SAML ECP
DAMe and its successor(s)
Specific tasks inside GN3 JRA3T2
Originally, on “user centric identity”
Play with the technology and explore the policies

5. A global initiative to drive interoperability among identity protocols
…Concordia…
A global initiative to drive interoperability among identity protocols
Originated inside Liberty
Looking far beyond
Driven by use cases
Several collected
Some demonstrated
Proposal of an Identity Metasystem

6. Collaboration models and requirements Identifier assessment Trust LoAs
…And REFEDS?
Collaboration models and requirements
Hubs, gateways, credential services,…
Identifier assessment
Cross-border cases
Trust
Does PMA style make sense here?
LoAs
Protocols and transitivity
Procedures and common semantics
External (big) providers
Reciprocity