Microsoft Focuses on Interoperability for the Identity Metasystem

REDMOND, Wash., May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp. today announced a series of offerings that foster improved interoperability for online identity management. Microsoft has been a leading industry voice in the creation of an identity metasystem, an ecosystem designed to enable the exchange of personal identity information on the Internet so all parties may understand whom they are working with online. Three core elements make up the identity metasystem: the people who are presenting their identity, the Web site or online service requesting proof of identity, and the identity providers who assert some information about those people. The projects announced today improve interoperability for each of the three identity metasystem components and represent the next step in Microsoft's commitment to deliver interoperability by design.