Welcome to XDI.ORG
XDI.ORG is an international non-profit organization governing public services based on the XRI abstract identifier and XDI data interchange protocols under development at OASIS. This new layer of infrastructure enables individuals and organizations to establish persistent Internet identities and form long-term, trusted peer-to-peer data sharing relationships.
XRI V2.0 Specifications Now OASIS Committee Draft Status
On March 14 2005, the OASIS XRI (Extensible Resource Identifier) Technical Committee voted unanimously to advance the XRI 2.0 specifications to Committee Draft status. It also voted to begin the OASIS 30-day public review period required before specifications can proceed to a full OASIS member vote.
The XRI 2.0 suite includes three specifications:
Together these define a complete architecture for a uniform abstract identification layer - a layer that will do for location-independent persistent identifiers what URIs have done for today's Web.
The XRI 2.0 Committee Draft specifications are all available via the XRI TC home page. Also available is Introduction to XRIs, a guide to XRIs and the problems they solve. Comments on all these documents may be submitted via the Comments link on the XRI TC home page.
I-Broker Project - from Identity Commons
Identity Commons has announced the first, free, open source i-broker project.
Building on the code base that currently supports the EGS registration program, the i-broker project offers:
- global and community XRI registration/resolution,
- identity account management,
- contact service,
- i-name single sign-on (ISSO) service, and
- XDI data sharing.
Public Review of the Global Services Specifications Extended
Due the pending vote on the XRI 2.0 specifications by the OASIS XRI Technical Committee, XDI.ORG is extending the public review period of the draft Global Services Specifications (GSS) until March 28th 2005.
These specifications for the first public Global Services to be offered by XDI.ORG are availabe on the GSS wiki, and public comments and discussion can be made via the GSS Comment mailing list. Thank you for your feedback!
Important Information About I-Name Registration
The Early Global Services (EGS) Program - XDI.ORG and Identity Commons are cooperating on the development of XDI infrastructure through an i-name early registration program. See the announcement press release. The complete details of the EGS Program are available here. To register, please go to Identity Commons registration page.
XNS Name Renewal Program - The EGS program also enables registrants of XNS personal names to convert them into global personal i-names at no cost. The complete details of this program are available here. To start your XNS Name conversion, click here.
