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Coté, software industry analyst with RedMonk, posted in detail on what he calls "Identity 2.0, Trustless Redirects, OpenID, LID, and Friends…or, Learning to Spell ‘Centralized’". He investigates, in some detail: OpenID, LID, Sxip and also mentions Livejournal, ClaimID, Yadis, MicroID, and our MyLID.net (linked correctly, but misspelled as MyLID.com). I’m going to cherry-pick a bit…

From a Higgins talk at EclipseCon. Higgins is a software framework that integrates identity data profile data relationship data within and across multiple systems. This quote, and the accompanying 6 slides are the best summary of what Higgins is all about that I have seen so far. Recommended. Download PowerPoint slides.

He says: A lot of attention and money is being poured into Health care by US Department Of health and Human Services, who are promoting standards for Electronic Health Records systems, and a National Health Information network. The belief being that standards will promote interoperability and create a frictional-less flow of health care information between…

I recall her reporting from China for CNN. She’s now a fellow at Harvard, and she participated in the same workshop I went to last week with some very tough (but very important) questions. Rebecaa blogged the event in quite some detail from her unique background. The most important parts of her comments are her…

Somewhat surprisingly, a whole series of speakers have been talking about the importance of identity today at the O’Reilly Etel conference. From the telcos (France Telecom in the morning), to several softphone providers, myself and now Microsoft. I’ve also had numerous side conversations with people who recognize the problem, don’t want to contribute to more…