July 2011 - Community - mailman.kantarainitiative.org

Ludovic Francesconi est absent / is out of office
by Ludovic Francesconi 29 Jul '11

29 Jul '11

Je serai de retour le.. 22/08/2011... Back to the office on. 22/08/2011.

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Registration open for Kantara Initiative Meeting Oct. 20-21, 2011 hosted by CA, Redwood City, CA, USA
by Dervla O'Reilly 28 Jul '11

28 Jul '11

Registration is open for the Kantara Initiative meeting Oct 20-21, 2011. Much thanks to CA who will host us at their training office in Redwood City, CA, USA. We invite you to join us at our 2-day event where Kantara’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Leadership Council (LC), Discussion Groups (DGs) and Working Groups (WGs) will convene. Take advantage of the early bird registration which is available until September 23, 2011. With our pricing structure, you can sign up for 1 day or the full event. See the current agenda and specific event logistics in detail at our events wiki space. We look forward to seeing you in the Bay Area. Registration: http://kantararedwoodcitymtg.eventbrite.com Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community

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UMA webinar recording now available
by Dervla O'Reilly 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

User-Managed Access (UMA) lets web application creators easily craft systems that give control of data back to the people. Any web-based data ecosystem can leverage UMA, including eHealth and eGov portals, social networking sites, photo sharing portals, and personal data stores. It offers individuals centralized security, privacy, and control for sharing data with friends and family, business associates, and organizations. And it allows apps to offer sophisticated privacy and sharing options without a lot of software development. One UMA implementation, the SMART system from Newcastle University, leverages Facebook friends for sharing; others could use the new Google+ Circles system, which allows sharing within circles of contacts. The audio and video recording of the UMA webinar from July 13 is available at http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/uma/Home orhttp://bit.ly/UMAWebinar110713 “Like” UMA on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UserManagedAccess. Follow the group on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/umawg and hashtag #UMAWG. ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community

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Back on-line (was) Re: Kantara Initiative site down
by Joni Brennan 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Hello community, ...and we're back! Please accept my apologies for the wiki outage today. Confluence is now up and running again. Best regards, =Joni On Tuesday, July 19, 2011, Dervla O'Reilly <dervlaoreilly(a)me.com> wrote: > Please bear with us while we work to bring the http://kantarainitiative.org/ site back up. > Apologies for any inconvenience. > Cheers,Dervla > > > > ________________________ > Dervla O’Reilly > Program & Event ManagerKantara Initiative+1 415 731 4487 business+1 509 757 4487 faxdervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]orghttp://www.kantarainitiative.orgJoin the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > -- =Joni Joni Brennan IEEE-ISTO Kantara Initiative | Executive Director voice:+1 732-226-4223 email: joni @ ieee-isto.org gtalk: jonibrennan skype: upon request Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community

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Kantara Initiative site down
by Dervla O'Reilly 19 Jul '11

19 Jul '11

Please bear with us while we work to bring the http://kantarainitiative.org/ site back up. Apologies for any inconvenience. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community

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Webinar reminder, Wed. July 13, 9-10am PST
by Dervla O'Reilly 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Per Eve's message below, it's not too late to register for the UMA Webinar, Wednesday, July 13, 9-10am PST. Registration is still open for this session. Let me know if any questions. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community Begin forwarded message: > From: Eve Maler <eve(a)xmlgrrl.com> > Date: July 12, 2011 7:13:33 PM GMT+03:00 > To: UMA WG WG <wg-uma(a)kantarainitiative.org> > Subject: [WG-UMA] Webinar reminder > > It's not too late to get your friends and colleagues to register for the webinar, and remember -- if you want to attend yourself, you'll have to register too! > > You can find registration info at the top of the UMA wiki home page: > > http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/uma/Home > > If you have any questions, just give a yell. And keep those tweets and FB wall comments and blog posts coming (don't forget to use the hashtag #UMAWG). > > Eve > > Eve Maler http://www.xmlgrrl.com/blog > +1 425 345 6756 http://www.twitter.com/xmlgrrl > > _______________________________________________ > WG-UMA mailing list > WG-UMA(a)kantarainitiative.org > http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/wg-uma

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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member Chris Hawkins
by Dervla O'Reilly 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Please join us in welcoming new member Chris Hawkins. We look forward to their participation and involvement. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community

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Announcing User-Managed Access: UMA Gives Data-Sharing Power to the People
by Dervla O'Reilly 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

Kantara Initiative has announced the release of a Draft Recommendation for the User-Managed Access (UMA) protocol. UMA heralds a new era of user-centric access control for web-based applications such as social networking sites, content-sharing portals, and personal clouds. PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA – July 7, 2011 – As we spend more time online, our data becomes more prolific and widely dispersed across sites. Data privacy and security have become onerous issues. Kantara Initiative’s User-Managed Access Work Group (UMA WG) has published a Draft Recommendation for a user-managed data access protocol and contributed it to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards body to solve these problems. UMA lets web application creators easily craft systems that give control of data back to the people. Any web-based data ecosystem can leverage UMA, including eHealth and eGov portals, social networking sites, photo sharing portals, and personal data stores. It offers individuals centralized security, privacy, and control for sharing data with friends and family, business associates, and organizations. And it allows apps to offer sophisticated privacy and sharing options without a lot of software development. One UMA implementation, the SMART system from Newcastle University, leverages Facebook friends for sharing; others could use the new Google+ Circles system, which allows sharing within circles of contacts. Aad van Moorsel, Director of the Newcastle University Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security, says: “The UK government will increasingly offer Internet-based services. The data shared in such services can be sensitive since it may include employment history, exam results or health information. UMA provides the technology to share such data safely, putting the citizen in control. We strongly believe UMA will be a cornerstone for future eGov services, and are working to publish our SMART software as an Open Source UMA implementation.” Mario Hoffmann, Head of Secure Services & Quality Testing of Fraunhofer AISEC, remarks: “User empowerment serves as a key enabler for trustworthy and trusted service usage on the Internet. UMA supports developers through a security -and privacy-by-design approach. The user-centric concept of UMA is the basis for managing access policies to personal, data, claims, and attributes in a unified, balanced and comfortable way.” Drummond Reed, Founder and Chairman of Connect.Me, comments: “This milestone for UMA could not come at a better time – interest in user-managed data sharing is exploding. Social networks have made people more comfortable with online sharing, and now UMA brings us a standard way for users to share data across many different sites and services without losing control of that information. Connect.Me looks forward to bringing the power of UMA to our users.” Iain Henderson, Co-Founder of the Mydex Community Interest Company, says: “The publication of the draft specs for UMA is a great step forward in enabling the individual to better realise the value of their personal information. The Mydex team sees this release as of direct relevance to a number of existing initiatives in both public and private sectors, and we look forward to deploying it later in 2011.” The WG will demonstrate UMA’s benefits in a public webinar on Wednesday, July 13, at 9am Pacific time. All are welcome to attend. Register and find out more at http://tinyurl.com/umawg. “Like” UMA on Facebook athttp://www.facebook.com/UserManagedAccess. Follow the group on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/umawg and hashtag #UMAWG. About Kantara Initiative http://kantarainitiative.org/ About the UMA WG http://tinyurl.com/umawg ### Media Contact Dervla O’Reilly +1-415-731-4487 dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community

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Kantara Initiative welcomes new member United ID
by Dervla O'Reilly 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Please join us in welcoming new member United ID. We look forward to their participation and involvement. Cheers, Dervla ________________________ Dervla O’Reilly Program & Event Manager Kantara Initiative +1 415 731 4487 business +1 509 757 4487 fax dervla[at]kantarainitiative[dot]org http://www.kantarainitiative.org Join the conversation on the community@ list - http://kantarainitiative.org/mailman/listinfo/community

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ITAC Supports OECD Multistakeholder Approach
by J. Trent Adams 01 Jul '11

01 Jul '11

All - You may have heard this via other lists, but I wanted to close the loop with Kantara about our involvement with the Internet Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC) to the OECD. Specifically, as it relates to the communique published this week. As a reminder, ITAC was formed in 2009 as a mechanism to provide neutral technical advice to the OECD. We joined the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC), Civil Society Information Society Advisory Committee (CSISAC), and Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) around the table of OECD member states. As part of the "OECD High Level Meeting On The Internet Economy" held in Paris this week, we were asked (for the first time) to directly participate in the drafting of, and become a direct signatory to, a "Communiqué on Principles for Internet Policy-Making". Working on this was a fascinating illustration of the multistakeholder process in action. Up until this point, these communiques and similar declarations have been made entirely by the OECD member states (often with input from the advisory committees, but without requiring their buy-in). This time, however, we were full participants in the discussions, negotiations, and ultimate decision-making. What sets this one apart is that the previous declarations required buy-in by members who follow a more traditional model of hierarchical decision-making. The inclusion of the advisory councils introduced a more dynamic, loose coalition representing more consensus-oriented entities across a broad spectrum of interests. The result was both more inclusive, as well as having the potential to be more contentious. During the process, it became clear that some interests required more careful balancing in light of the expanded set of participants. As the deadline for the approval of the document at the high level meeting loomed, engaged participants worked long, hard hours together to maximize agreement and minimize disagreement. While a vast majority of the statements in the document were entirely non-contentious (as was the primary goal), a few points remained outside the realm of full consensus. Fortunately, the majority of participants, including ITAC, were ultimately comfortable with the final version and signed on. The OECD announcement is here: http://www.oecd.org/document/48/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_48289776_1_1_1_… The full communique is here: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/21/48289796.pdf ITAC's announcement of support is here: http://www.internetac.org/?p=798 The lone dissent came from CSIAC, and their official statement on the communique is here: http://csisac.org/CSISAC_PR_06292011.pdf In related news, ITAC held its first face-to-face meeting in conjunction with the high level meeting (where Kantara presented it's Trust Framework model to the committee). The attending members all worked closely together on this communique, and it clearly represents a collaborative effort to build and represent consensus that helped improve the final document. Also, you'll notice that the only two comments showcased on the OECD announcement page are members of ITAC: Vint Cerf (representing NRO) and Tim Berners-Lee (W3C). That speaks volumes about how highly they value our participation. I will try to attend the P3WG call next Thursday to report out on the meeting and answer any questions (on the communique, the process, or our report to the committee). Finally, many (many) thanks to all of the ITAC members who worked hard on this communique both prior to and during the meeting. I'm not kidding when I say it took loooong hours to get done. The last thing that participants wanted to do was give up evenings in Paris to sit in conference rooms hammering out a compromise... but they did. Cheers, Trent -- J. Trent Adams =jtrentadams Outreach Specialist, Trust & Identity Internet Society http://www.isoc.org e) adams(a)isoc.org o) +1-703-439-2149

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