Microsoft Reference Materials

From OSIS Open Source Identity Systems

From Mike Jones:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/reference/infocard/

You can find the InfoCard protocol specs and papers at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/building/infocard/. In particular, look at A Guide to Integrating with InfoCard v1.0 and A Technical Reference for InfoCard v1.0 in Windows for a protocol-centric view of the metasystem. The whitepaper Microsoft's Vision for an Identity Metasystem gives a high-level overview of the whole effort.

InfoCard web integration doc, describing how to use InfoCards in browsers and web applications.

The other thing we'll be ready to do by next week is to give you a Virtual PC image containing a working end-to-end InfoCard scenario.

From Kim Cameron:

InfoCard - Wordpress integration

Added by others:

Identity Metasystem Design Rationale describes the InfoCard system design decisions and the rationale behind those decisions.