Posts with keyword: metasystem

8 entries

Life is a Metasystem

Wed Feb 23 09:38:00 2022

Rather than being a DAO, the world is a gigantic metasystem that provides numerous tacit capabilities for action and interaction. So, while “Life is a DAO” makes a better t-shirt, I prefer “Life is a Metasystem.” Take the red pill.
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Leveraging the Identity Metasystem

Wed Dec 15 11:20:00 2021

Metasystems promote network effects because they provide leverage: one infrastructure that not only serves many purposes, but also engenders consistent behavior.
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In Memory of Kim Cameron

Sun Dec 5 17:23:00 2021

Kim Cameron's Laws of Identity are a foundational work in online identity. He used his technical knowledge and position to advance the state of online identity in countless ways over multiple decades. We will miss him.
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Building Identity Systems on the Sovrin Network

Mon Feb 24 10:20:00 2020

An identity metasystem like the Sovrin Network provides the foundation for creating tens of millions of interoperable identity systems for every conceivable context and use. This post discusses how These identity systems are built, illustrative use cases, and the potential marketplace for credentials.
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Fidelity, Provenance, and Trust

Tue Oct 15 18:08:00 2019

In this post, I look at the words we use to describe verifiable credential exchange with an eye to being more specific about the part different components of the SSI stack play in providing trustworthy data exchange.
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Life-Like Identity: Why the Internet Needs an Identity Metasystem

Tue Aug 20 16:24:00 2019

Sovrin is an identity metasystem that provides the Internet's missing identity layer. By creating a general-purpose system for constructing context-specific identity systems, the metasystem represents a universal trust framework. A universal trust framework is the foundation for supporting life-like identity in our digital lives.
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Capability Discovery for Identity Protocols

Mon Dec 5 12:50:00 2005

While is possible that a single identity system will emerge for the Internet, it's not likely. Hence the claim by Microsoft's InfoCard to be a "meatasystem" for identity. That is, an infrastructure that other identities can ride on. Alternately, others are building such a metasystem from the bottom up. Right now, that effort goes by the unfortunate moniker of YADIS. YADIS is a way of discovering the capabilites of various identity systems. Drummond Reed just announced that YADIS will also include i-names in addition to OpenID and LID.
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IIW2005: Mike Jones on Identity Metasystems

Wed Oct 26 11:47:00 2005

We're trying to get to a world where there is a ubiquitous, user-centric identity solution for the Internet. The result should be a safer, more trustworthy Internet. Mike is showing a user experience for InfoCards, Microsoft's proposed identity solution. First time I've seen it. The solution, of course, is very thick client oriented since InfoCards is built into the OS. The vision is nice because there's a common experience for using InfoCards across every Web site. A ubiquitous identity solution must accommodate mutually contradictory requirements based on context. For example, most of the time we don't want people to
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