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All...
I am working - off and on - on a rewrite with the following in mind....
So far I have rewritten the introduction with the above in mind. I think it works well enough.
I am currently drafting a new section on "The origins of digital identity" which will describe:
I plan to then break the article into three more sections...
Ric
Ric Phillips (talk) 22:52, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
All..
Additional note on the theoretical underpinning of the article.
The article dives straight into the problem of trust and the authentication function. This is not the most basic - or primary problem - that digital identity functions to resolve. It is the most common use case - but that is not the same thing.
The first and definitive problem digital identity exists to solve is simply identification. The information in a digital identity - at a minimum - needs to be sufficient to either: allow an algorithm to select an item from a collection, or satisfy a rule that establishes membership of a class.
The issue of trust comes after this, and much of the complexity and diversity of identity technology arises from the trust problem. Trust is independent of identification, or a proxy of identification (tokens, etc). Identification can be achieved without trust, and often is.
Identification is more definitive and descriptive. And sufficiently informative and worthy of discussion to be the primary topic of the technical part of the article.
Ric
Ric Phillips (talk) 23:32, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
Jaco,
Regarding "having a digital identity": surely an entity's *possession* of a digital identity without that identity being *attributed* to the entity is in effect meaningless? In this sense, identity is an entirely subjective, multiplicitous set of properties, not a unitary "thing" that can be possessed...
Scott Lemon is interesting on this stuff: http://www.freeid.org/2005/04/01.html#a570
"I believe that identity is given to us by communities that we belong to."
Luke
Luke,
Agree with your *attributed* idea.
And it goes well with Scott remarks because, for example, if needed people who receive funds & resources, can have as a fundamental right, that the community of *givers* can include them in "their community",(*) then this people will receive much more funds and resources.
Details in www.vitualrights.org/justicia social.pdf (spanish) and the big idea is also represented here: http://www.virtualrights.org/project_overview_latest.pdf (english)
The main idea behind the mentioned fundamental right(**) is that society is being managed by ICT, and a Virtual Entity can offer more abilities to every individual person who wants it.
(*) And receive the help directly to their Virtual Entity, which includes, or is able to manage an internet accesible Bank account, and Trust Fund. (**) www.virtualrights.org
Jaco
What might an identity entity be?
If someone has a clear, clean, and concise idea, they might edit the section, Networked identity, of the Wikipedia page, Digitial identity, rewriting it so that it does not use the term, 'identity entity,' but instead uses a short phrase with the same meaning.
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I think the author meant something like 'combine' or 'conflate', but certainly not 'elide'. Could someone discern the correct fix? Shenme 17:53, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
I believe that this article needs serious editing. For example, the first section "digital subject" places at the same levels human beings and things... There is a certainly a huge difference between "being identifiable" and "having an identity" or even "constructing one's identity." The identity of a person can't be subsumed in a set of attributes.
IMO an article on "digital identity" should construct on the underpinning foundations of "identity" and not start from a reified version of individuals being described in terms of attributes. The concept of "digital identity" should be critically looked in the perspective of what philosophers, linguists, educators, logicians etc. have said on this issue. For example, if we are to follow Locke that "personal identity consists: not in the identity of substance, but... in the identity of consciousness", then we should definitively review this article ("attributes" are about the "identity of the substance", not the identity of the consciousness).
The next section "Identity through relationship" looks at identity as something external to the owner of the identity, the result of an observation by an external entity ("An observer's perception of the digital identity") and do not take into account the most important observer: oneself, as reflective self, constructing his/her identity.
My suggestion for a full rewrite of the article would be:
1) treat independently artifacts (that can be identified) with those creating artifacts (that have a proper identity)
2) start from what has been said on identity by recognised authorities such as philosophers, linguists, psychologists, educators (learning is about the construction of one's identity), etc.
3) find authoritative sources linking the construction & exploitation of identity with digital technologies looking at what are the challenges and opportunities. How digital technology does alter / expand / transform the construction and exploitation of one's identity.
I might not be the most qualified person for doing the job, but I would be willing to join in this task.
- Serge 11:46, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
There are plenty of references on the subject. For instance CALT Encyclopedia: digital identity, collected as part of the FIDIS project, identifies many of them. Note: I do not publish this link in the main page in order not to be accused of contributing to Farm Linking!. --Nabeth (talk) 16:30, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Feel free to add back this reference (that had remained on this page for several years):
I just added it back but someone evidently feels it should not appear... Crosbie Fitch (talk) 21:44, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
"finite but unlimited" - Need to decide which! ;-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.194.238.31 (talk) 09:35, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
I am starting on a complete rewrite of this article here User:Chrislk02/sandbox5 Chrislk02 Chris Kreider 15:14, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
I will attempt to rewrite some sections to make it less technical and more comprehensive around the subject. Any help or feedback would be greatly appreciated. Bettinusz (talk) 15:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Instead of responding on your talkpage or mine, here are some of my suggestions:
— I guess a decision as to accuracy vs level of detail is needed.
Relationship of an [Identity_(social_science)] to Digital Identity I see not see any relation to the [Subject's "real" identity|Identity_(social_science)] and the Digital Identity. The Digital Identity is merely a a set of Claims made by one Party about itself or another person, group, thing or concept. There relationship is one of a Level of Assurance that they are indeed the same entity. Hopefully, a bank wants a higher " Level of Assurance" than is used at a social site or free gaming site.
Context of Digital Identity There should also be a reference to the [Context|Operational_context] of the Digital Identity. Are we ALWAYS talking about the Internet or within an organization? The line "..and contains information about the subject's relationships to other entities" is not always the case as the person may not always be the case. There maybe no relationships provided, but only an identifier. Likewise, the line "... Attributes are acquired and contain information about a subject, such as medical history, purchasing behavior,.." is not always the case and implies a mixing of the provided attributes form one assertion to another.
MANY Digital Identities The reality is a "entity" has MANY digital Identities as they have many "paper" identities. (Work Identity Cards, Drivers License, Loyalty cards, SSN, Credit cards, Medical Cards.. etc) The medical card would not be utilized (in most cases) int he context of a bank and Loyalty cards would probably not work well when presented to a bank. This is where the concept of reference to the [Context|Operational_context] needs to be present.
Within a work environment, the Digital Identity is typically owned and gathered by the Organization. When on a social site, the digital identity is created by the person. When an Third Party, like an advertising agency builds an digital identity, the data is gathered by the Third Party and their associated sites. -jim 10:53, 29 March 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwilleke (talk • contribs)
I'm declining this CSD. As far as I can tell, the copyvio detector matches are false positives - the text in question was on this page first.
No where in the article explains what the difference is between a digital id and an analog id. It is making an assumption that all identifiers stored on a computer are digital when that isn't the case. Is it still a digital id when stored on an analog computer or other analog storage medium? 120.21.177.213 (talk) 04:17, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
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