Identity Selector

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

Examples of Identity Selectors include:
* Windows CardSpace - runs on Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
* [http://www.bandit-project.org/index.php/DigitalMe DigitalMe Identity Selector]
* [http://code.google.com/p/openinfocard/OpenCardSpace OpenCardSpace] and [http://xmldap.org/ XMLDAP.org]
* [http://www.hccp.org/safari-plug-in.html 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

ee also

* Information Card
* Identity Metasystem
* Windows CardSpace
* Higgins Project
* Digital Identity