Systemic Elements

This was drawn from a slide posted to the ITU-T IdM Focus Group by Abbie explaining the different elements of a global framework.

Discovery

 * Root of Roots


 * Well-known algorithms


 * Search


 * Legal-regulatory mandate

Entities

 * persons (real and legal eg. organizations)


 * Objects (real and virtual eg terminals, RFIDs, sensors, network elements, spacial, software)

Identifiers

 * Identity assertion


 * Access


 * Resolvers (eg routing)


 * Pseudonyms/nyms (including anonmyity)


 * Geospacial


 * Radio Freequency

Information Attributes

 * profiles and directories


 * Permissions


 * Offerings


 * Presence and availability


 * IPR


 * Accounting

Derivative Identity

 * Protected discovery (eg logfile patterns, retained data, fraud management)


 * Public discovery (eg www or spectrum searches)

Authentication and Trust

 * Physical (biometric, tokens, objects)


 * Virtual (passwords, digital certificates)


 * Registration


 * Trusted Third Party


 * Federations and Circles of Trust


 * User-centric architectures


 * Trust metrics


 * Privacy (eg. user preferences and audits)


 * Life-cycle (eg. timestamps and timeframes)


 * Repudiation.