http://www.netsquared.org/tags/standards share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/kaliya <img src="http://www.marshallk.com/kaliyapic2.jpg" alt="From Kaliya&#39;s Flickr account" title="From Kaliya&#39;s Flickr account, CC licensed" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="250" height="133" align="right" />Late last month the MIT Media Lab hosted a party for the launch of the <a href="http://www.inames.net/">Global iNames Registry</a>. The system is one of several aiming to create a long-term way of identifying individuals and organizations across different contexts. <p> Curious about what it all meant, I knew of no one better to ask than Identity Woman, Kaliya Hamlin. She told me that the identity standards landscape is forming quickly, with the participation of organizations large and small, and that it&#39;s important for nonprofits to engage in the process now instead of struggling to change policies and technologies later. <p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/kaliya">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/kaliya#comments ID interoperability interviews OpenID Planning standards Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:46:20 -0400 marshallkirkpatrick 1836 at http://www.netsquared.org