I-Card Ecosystem
Parity is a leader in the I-Card (shorthand for Information Card) ecosystem. In addition to issuing one of the first-ever commercial managed I-Cards (See Boston Community Change), Parity has founded and continues to lead several imporant organizations in the I-Card ecosystem.
The Higgins Project |
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Higgins is an open source project focused on building Information Card infrastructure using Java. Five years ago, Parity began the Higgins Project, and continues to lead it today, with Parity's CEO Paul Trevithick serving as project co-lead. Including Paul, Parity employees make up seven of the total 19 committers on the project, the largest number from any organization. |
Information Card Foundation |
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The purpose of the Information Card Foundation is to advance the use of the Information Card metaphor as a key component of an open, interoperable, royalty-free, user-centric identity layer spanning both the enterprise and the Internet. Parity was instrumental in the founding of the ICF, and continues to provide substantial leadership: Parity's Founder and CEO, Paul Trevithick, serves as the Chairman of the Board and Parity's VP of Infrastructure, Drummond Reed, sits on the steering committee. |
Others
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society - Parity has long been associated with Harvard's Berkman Center, which has been a pioneer in online identity research.
- Identity Commons - is a community of people and organizations that support, facilitate, and promote the creation of an open identity layer for the Internet,
- OSIS - Open Source Identity Systems is an Identity Commons working group that brings together many identity-related open-source projects.
- OASIS - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards is a not-for-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. Parity's Drummond Reed is co-chair of the XRI and XDI OASIS Technical Committees