ID-WSF
Encyclopedia
ID-WSF - Identity Web Services Framework =
Identity Web Services Framework is a protocol stack that profiles WS-Security
, WS-Addressing
, SAML
and
adds new protocol specifications of its own, such as the Discovery Service, for open market per user service
discovery, and the People Service for delegation and social networking.
The ID-WSF stack was developed by the Liberty Alliance
. The first release, ID-WSF 1.0 (and subsequent 1.1 and 1.2) were
released in 2003. ID-WSF1 was interoperability tested among
several vendor implementations, which received certification from the Liberty Alliance.
However, the first version of ID-WSF was not widely adopted. Perhaps the only significant adoption was by France Telecom
and the French government's Mon Service Public. Some adoption happened in Japan as well. Liberty Alliance proceeded
to create an improved version, the ID-WSF 2.0 in 2006, which included harmonization with certain WS-* technologies,
such as WS-Addressing
and WS-Security
. These changes were vigourously, and successfully, lobbied by Conor Cahill
of AOL
(at the time). ID-WSF 2.0 interoperability certification was participated by several major league vendors, as well
as by startups and open source projects .
Since then, ID-WSF 2.0 has become the only widely accepted interoperable profile of WS-* technologies. Its stength
is essentially in narrow focus where tight enough profile for interoperability was specified. ID-WSF 2.0 interoperability
certification by Liberty Alliance was accomplished by several vendors, including some open source.
ID-WSF 2.0 has been adopted as standards base by the finnish e-government project and by the European Commission FP7 project TAS3
.
Identity Web Services Framework is a protocol stack that profiles WS-Security
WS-Security
WS-Security is a flexible and feature-rich extension to SOAP to apply security to web services. It is a member of the WS-* family of web service specifications and was published by OASIS....
, WS-Addressing
WS-Addressing
WS-Addressing or Web Services Addressing is a specification of transport-neutral mechanisms that allow web services to communicate addressing information...
, SAML
SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language is an XML-based open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between security domains, that is, between an identity provider and a service provider...
and
adds new protocol specifications of its own, such as the Discovery Service, for open market per user service
discovery, and the People Service for delegation and social networking.
The ID-WSF stack was developed by the Liberty Alliance
Liberty Alliance
The Liberty Alliance was formed in September 2001 by approximately 30 organizations to establish open standards, guidelines and best practices for identity management...
. The first release, ID-WSF 1.0 (and subsequent 1.1 and 1.2) were
released in 2003. ID-WSF1 was interoperability tested among
several vendor implementations, which received certification from the Liberty Alliance.
However, the first version of ID-WSF was not widely adopted. Perhaps the only significant adoption was by France Telecom
France Télécom
France Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 180,000 people and has 192.7 million customers worldwide . In 2010 the group had revenue of €45.5 billion...
and the French government's Mon Service Public. Some adoption happened in Japan as well. Liberty Alliance proceeded
to create an improved version, the ID-WSF 2.0 in 2006, which included harmonization with certain WS-* technologies,
such as WS-Addressing
WS-Addressing
WS-Addressing or Web Services Addressing is a specification of transport-neutral mechanisms that allow web services to communicate addressing information...
and WS-Security
WS-Security
WS-Security is a flexible and feature-rich extension to SOAP to apply security to web services. It is a member of the WS-* family of web service specifications and was published by OASIS....
. These changes were vigourously, and successfully, lobbied by Conor Cahill
of AOL
AOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
(at the time). ID-WSF 2.0 interoperability certification was participated by several major league vendors, as well
as by startups and open source projects .
Since then, ID-WSF 2.0 has become the only widely accepted interoperable profile of WS-* technologies. Its stength
is essentially in narrow focus where tight enough profile for interoperability was specified. ID-WSF 2.0 interoperability
certification by Liberty Alliance was accomplished by several vendors, including some open source.
ID-WSF 2.0 has been adopted as standards base by the finnish e-government project and by the European Commission FP7 project TAS3
TAS3
TAS3 - Trusted Architecture for Securely Shareable Services, with PrivacyTAS3 Architecture is a result of European Commission FP7 project ofthe same name . It is a holistic, yet concrete,...
.
List of Implementations of ID-WSF
- IBM / Mon Service Public
- Sun Microsystems
- Trustgenix
- NEC
- NTT
- Symlabs SFIS
- ZXID.orgZXIDZXID.org Identity Management toolkit implements standalone SAML 2.0,Liberty ID-WSF 2.0, and XACML 2.0 stacks and aims at implementing all popularfederation, SSO, and ID Web Services protocols. It is a C implementation...
- the reference implementation of TAS3TAS3TAS3 - Trusted Architecture for Securely Shareable Services, with PrivacyTAS3 Architecture is a result of European Commission FP7 project ofthe same name . It is a holistic, yet concrete,...
- Trusted Architecture for Securely Shareable Services, with Privacy