It’s not a bad start to the new year (and decade) when a journal like Global Finance sees value in the work you’re doing. Their cover story on “A Wide Open World” just hit the stands and I’m pleased that some of my contributions made their way into the article. Specifically:
The ISOC’s Adams believes access to information will be a key driver of change. “Whereas today users generally manage data within the silo of single institutions—for example, individual bank, brokerage, or credit card companies—new capabilities will allow them to delegate access to and control authority over their data as it is shared across institutions,” he says.
While it wasn’t mentioned by name, I was referencing work being done by Eve Maler, Iain Henderson, Joe Andrieu and others in various Kantara Initiative working groups. Specifically in the User-Managed Access (UMA) and Information-Sharing groups. Too bad they weren’t included by name, but I hope this helps give them the recognition they (and their long list of collaborators) deserve.
They also reference my comments about “open trust frameworks” and the Kantara Identity Assurance Program, but reduced it to generalities. There’re a lot of amazingly dedicated folks working hard on open specifications in this area to help standardize a trusted model for information exchange. Even though they’re not named, this is a great example of their work starting to permeate the broader market.
Great job, folks. Keep it up!
(PS Many thanks to Greg and the ISOC communications team for facilitating my contribution to the article.)
January 6th, 2010 | 
Great post on Global Finance Article.You’ve helped me a lot.