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* Administrative Dashboard app for your personal data.  
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* Provides a dashboard for your personal data.  
* A control panel to manage the permissioning policies that control which of your attributes are shared with whom (including so-called “selector” functionality to approve the release of your info)   
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* A place to manage the permissioning policies that control which of your attributes are shared with whom (including so-called “selector” functionality to approve the release of your info)   
 
* A place to see and manage all of your identity data attributes (including profile data, credentials, friends lists, etc.) whether stored in your own PDS or managed by others  
 
* A place to see and manage all of your identity data attributes (including profile data, credentials, friends lists, etc.) whether stored in your own PDS or managed by others  
 
* A place to directly enter self-asserted attributes  
 
* A place to directly enter self-asserted attributes  

Revision as of 10:55, 5 April 2010

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Introduction

This Windows and Mac active client is written in C++ and uses the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework.

End-User Perspective

Planned Functionality

  • Provides a dashboard for your personal data.
  • A place to manage the permissioning policies that control which of your attributes are shared with whom (including so-called “selector” functionality to approve the release of your info)
  • A place to see and manage all of your identity data attributes (including profile data, credentials, friends lists, etc.) whether stored in your own PDS or managed by others
  • A place to directly enter self-asserted attributes
  • A place to import & manage your i-cards (so-called IMI "selector" functionality) and OpenID OP relationships
    • Import personal and managed IMI cards
    • Allow log in to IMI compatible websites
  • Client optionally be associated with Authentication Service 1.1 and thereby get the access tokens necessary to use the Personal Data Store 2.0
  • Build on the PDS Client 2.0

Compatibility

  • Browsers: Firefox 3.0+, IE7+, *Chrome
  • Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7
  • MacOSX 10.6+
  • Higgins Selector Switch

Card types/protocols:

  • Managed and personal IMI information cards
  • Managed OpenID information cards
  • Managed and personal Higgins relationship cards


Developer Perspective

Architecture

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(Diagram Key)

Components from 1.1:

2.0-only Components:

2.0-only Packages:

Supporting services:

Building

<..how to get the source>

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