As part of its plan to promote identity management across multiple platforms, Microsoft Corp. is funding several new projects to develop open-source versions of its digital-identity technology for information cards.
The company also Wednesday released another specification for building a Web-based architecture to support centralized digital identity, called the Identity Metasystem, under its Open Specification Promise (OSP) program. OSP, launched last September, gives developer access to Web services protocols Microsoft has developed over the years without the need for a license or fear of legal action from the vendor.
