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Information card: History, Overview & Types of i-cards

An information card (or i-card) is a personal digital identity that people can use online, and the key component of an identity metasystem. Visually, each i-card has a card-shaped picture and a card name associated with it that enable people to organize their digital identities and to easily select one they want to use for any given interaction. The…

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Information card topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Overview and Types of i-cards as prominent areas in the source structure around Information card.

Related topics
35
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
42
Extracted relationships
135
Concept neighborhoods
15
Bridge connections
42

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 18 topics
Types of i-cards · 7 topics
Software implementations · 4 topics
Sign-in capabilities · 3 topics
Claims · 1 topics
History of the terminology · 1 topics
Interoperability and licensing · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Sign-in capabilities

Types of i-cards

Claims

Interoperability and licensing

History of the terminology

Software implementations

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Information card connects Entity context

The extracted context around Information card shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Information card → April, Arun Nanda, August, Bill Barnes, Browsers, Committee DraftAn Implementer's Guide, Design Rationale, Garrett Serack, Guide, IBM Interoperability Specifications Pledge, ID Card Over Passwords, Identity Metasystem Architecture, Identity Selector Interoperability Profile, IMI, Information Card FoundationIdentity Selector, Interoperability Profile, James Causey, January, Jones, July Another extracted example is Information card → Committee Draft, IBM, Identity Metasystem, Identity Selector Interoperability Profile, Information Cards, Interoperable, Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft, OASIS IMI, Patent, The, The Information Cards, Together, Web, Web Services, Windows. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Information card

Top relations

related to Additional resources · 38
Information card → April, Arun Nanda, August, Bill Barnes, Browsers, Committee DraftAn Implementer's Guide, Design Rationale, Garrett Serack, Guide, IBM Interoperability Specifications Pledge, ID Card Over Passwords, Identity Metasystem Architecture, Identity Selector Interoperability Profile, IMI, Information Card FoundationIdentity Selector, Interoperability Profile, James Causey, January, Jones, July
related to Interoperability and licensing · 17
Information card → Committee Draft, IBM, Identity Metasystem, Identity Selector Interoperability Profile, Information Cards, Interoperable, Linux, Mac OS, Microsoft, OASIS IMI, Patent, The, The Information Cards, Together, Web, Web Services, Windows
related to Claims · 13
Information card → Another, Beyond, Claims, Identity Provider, Identity Providers, Information Cards, One, Relying Parties, Relying Party, Role, RPs, The, The Information Card
related to history · 12
Information card → At, Berkman/MIT Identity Mashup, InfoCard, IP, June, May, Microsoft, Open Specification Promise, The, TM, Until, Windows CardSpace
related to External links · 10
Information card → Announcement, Archived, February, Information Card Foundation Archived, June, May, Open Source Identity Systems, OSIS, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineInformation Card Icon
related to Software implementations · 9
Information card → CardSpace, CHiggins, DACS, Identity Selector, Information Card STS, RP, Windows Server, Windows Vista, Windows XP
related to Types of i-cards · 9
Information card → Also, Committee Draft, Managed Information Cards, OASIS IMI, Personal Information Cards, Profile, RP, The Identity Selector Interoperability, These
related to overview · 8
Information card → For, Identity, Online, Relying, RPs, Subject, The, There
related to Personal cards · 7
Information card → Information, Microsoft-defined, Microsoft’s Windows CardSpace, November, Summary, The, Their
related to Sign-in capabilities · 3
Information card → Each, The, Using

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

identity information card cards claims selector used data use managed metasystem i-cards claim issuer digital personal interoperability identities user set

Information card relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 135 structured relationships around Information card. Examples in this analysis include age → instance of → online services could provide verified data and Windows CardSpace representing digital identities owned by users as visual i-cards.Generic qualitiesI-cards are created by an entity known as a issuer.I-cards display the name of the issuer → instance of → This is achieved via identity selector client software. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ageinstance ofonline services could provide verified data0.80text
and individuals might use self-issued identities to log onto websites.Relying partiesinstance ofonline services could provide verified data0.80text
Windows CardSpace representing digital identities owned by users as visual i-cards.Generic qualitiesI-cards are created by an entity known as a issuer.I-cards display the name of the issuerinstance ofThis is achieved via identity selector client software0.80text
Windows CardSpace representing digital identities owned by users as visual i-cardsinstance ofThis is achieved via identity selector client software0.80text
the Identity Selector Interoperability Profile v 1.5instance offile format and interoperability characteristics of these kinds of managed cards are defined by Microsoft documents0.80text
a SmartCard or it can be a software certificateinstance ofwhich can either be from a hardware device0.80text
online wine salesinstance ofand RPs accepting them for purposes0.80text
Information cardrelated to Additional resourcesTechnology Leaders Favor Online0.60section
Information cardrelated to Additional resourcesID Card Over Passwords0.60section
Information cardrelated to Additional resourcesNew York Times0.60section
Information cardrelated to Additional resourcesJun-080.60section
Information cardrelated to Additional resourcesInformation Card FoundationIdentity Selector0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Information card bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Information, Cards and Identity. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Information card
    • Information
    • Cards
    • Identity
    • Sites
    • Also
    • Personal
    • Use
    • Set
    • Digital
    • Used
    • I-card
    • Microsoft
  • information card
    • Information
    • Cards
    • Identity
    • Sites
    • Name
    • Also
    • Personal
    • Use
    • Set
    • Digital
    • Used
    • Managed
  • higgins identity selector
    • Selector
    • Interoperability
    • Metasystem
    • Windows
    • Information
    • Cards
    • Using
    • Managed
    • Sts
    • Used
    • Claims
    • Defined
  • digital identity
    • Identities
    • Selector
    • Use
    • Metasystem
    • Information
    • Cards
    • Interoperability
    • Using
    • Identity
    • Used
    • Claims
    • Higgins
  • identity selector
    • Selector
    • Interoperability
    • Metasystem
    • Information
    • Cards
    • Using
    • Managed
    • Sts
    • Used
    • Claims
    • Windows
    • Defined
  • information card foundation
    • Information
    • Cards
    • Identity
    • Sites
    • Name
    • Also
    • Personal
    • Use
    • Set
    • Digital
    • Used
    • Managed
  • types of i-cards
    • Issuer
    • May
    • Personal
    • User
    • Cards
    • Used
    • Also
    • Claims
    • Identities
    • Using
    • Interoperability
    • Set
  • claims
    • Data
    • Security
    • Token
    • Using
    • Set
    • Claim
    • Issuer
    • Identity
    • Managed
    • Attributes
    • Used
    • Defined

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Information card, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Information card with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Information card — Overview · splits 24 ⟂ 19
Information card — Types of i-cards · splits 35 ⟂ 8
Information card — Software implementations · splits 38 ⟂ 5
Information card — Sign-in capabilities · splits 39 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Information card

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples135
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Information card to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Overview & Types of i-cards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Information card · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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