The Identity Web
An Overview of XNS and the OASIS XRI TC

Goals of this presentation

1992: What if…

Evolution of content on the WWW

Enterprise directory services issues

Meta-directory service issues

2002: What if…

The leap to a Web architecture for Identity

The Web Identity Tree

Document linking vs. identity linking

Federating identity servers

Identity linking close up

Contract structure

Permission objects

The negotiation process

The synchronization process

Recap……..

Introduction to eXtensible Name Service

How to build an Identity Web

XNS design requirements

"XNS consists of:"

XNS Public Trust Organization (XNSORG)

The XNS 1.0 Specifications

XNS 1.0: a two-part specification
Part 1 – Identity addressing

XRIs extend the benefits of URIs and URNs

XRIs support many-to-one relationships

The OASIS XRI TC

XNS 1.0: a two-part specification
Part 2 – Identity Services

The XNS WSDL services suite

Treating identities as XML documents

Directory services at the identity layer

XNS, SAML, and PKI

Conclusion