Identity Selector
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An Identity Selector is a platform service for user-centric identity management that:
- Provides a consistent user experience for authentication (and in some cases other kinds of interactions) with a Relying Party (also known as a Service Provider).
- Provides a user interface that displays a set of Information Card icons from which the user selects their preferred Information Card when authentication is required by a local application or Relying Party (e.g. a web site's login page).
- Provides a user interface to create and manage personal (also known as self-issued) Information Cards.
- Provides a local Security Token Service that is used to issue the security tokens for personal Information Cards.
- Provides a user interface to import and export Information Cards in standard file formats.
- Is invoked by a browser extension or by a local rich client application.
An Identity Selector may also allow the user to manage (e.g. create, review, update, and delete cards within) their portfolio of Information Cards.
Examples of Identity Selectors include:
- Windows CardSpace - runs on Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
- DigitalMe Identity Selector
- OpenCardSpace and XMLDAP.org
- InfoCard for Safari project
- Higgins project web-based Identity Selector deployment configuration
- Higgins project client-based Identity Selector deployment configuration
- Higgins project eclipse-based Identity Selector deployment configuration
