One might assume that the Infocard (a.k.a. Cardspace) technology incorporates the seven laws. But does it? I really don’t know the answer. Kim ends his paper as follows:
“Those of us who work on or with identity systems need to obey the Laws of Identity. Otherwise we create a wake of reinforcing side-effects that eventually undermine all resulting technology … By following them we can build a unifying identity metasystem that is universally accepted and enduring.”
Does Microsoft’s Infocard/Cardspace fit the bill? Is it the “universal identity metasystem” that Kim Cameron posits as the ultimate solution? Will it take the world by storm or be relegated to identity history? I would be very interested in the answers to these questions. I don’t have the answers … perhaps you do.
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