2idi i-broker weblog

Today marked a milestone in our code development as 2idi released (beta) 0.7.1 of the Identity Commons Core I-Broker open source software, and in addition, moved our live site onto this base. Big thanks to Identity Commons for making this possible, as well as to Victor Grey and Mike Mell for all their hard work. While there are not many visible changes (and we need them - the UI and text copy need loads of updating) the cool stuff is under the hood:

• I-name single sign-on (ISSO) is fully functional and ready to be integrated into other service providers. Watch this space for news of sites that go live with ISSO.
• Community registries are enabled and ready to go. This means free i-names for communities! The UI to administer these still needs some work, but we can authenticate community i-names wherever global i-names can be used.
• More modular code base. The resolver, service provider interface toolkit, and various services modules have been separated from the main branch. And install script has been written and the code has even been known to run on Windows 2000 Server and IIS (not always sure that is a good thing, but hey - we’re into inter-operability).
• And many more code tweaks and features aimed towards portability and general usage. (We still have some UI areas then need to be factored into e.g. MVC hint hint )

The code is all still beta, but i-names created now will be usable for as long as you wish to keep them. With this release we start down the path towards being a fully decentralized platform with no required central points of control - other than local authorities that you and your communities may agree upon.

Where are we going with this? Our goal - first and foremost - is to create a system that gives people total control over their identity related transactions. Beyond that, check out our open source vision. Let us know if you’d like to help!

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