Online Information Conference

ONLINE IDENTITY 2.0-ARE WE THERE YET?

Publishers and information providers are in danger of developing a blind spot to one of the key issues currently inhibiting the growth of online information services: identity management. In this paper I will examine the authentication and identity management environment which exists within the information industry, and will highlight issues which affect the use of online services. I'll be looking at how this affects personalisation, usage metrics and usability. I will examine how critical identity issues are within the software as a service model, how this affects the semantic web and is related to issues of provenance, trust and authenticity. Identity management plays a key role in the Web 2.0 world, and I will highlight how web 2.0 tools need to step up to the privacy and security challenges raised by the new software models of the API driven web. On the technical side, I will review the range of identity management and authentication techniques and technologies, highlight some new initiatives, and show the strengths and weakness of current approaches. I will also take the opportunity to look at lessons that can be learned from other markets and other sectors.

Speaker

• Richard Padley, Managing Director, Semantico, UK