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Windows CardSpace

Windows CardSpace (codenamed InfoCard) is a discontinued identity selector app by Microsoft. It stores references to digital identities of the users, presenting them as visual information cards. CardSpace provides a consistent UI designed to help people to easily and securely use these identities in applications and web sites where they are accepted.…

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Developer
Microsoft
Operating system
Microsoft Windows
Successor
U-Prove
Type
Identity management system

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Windows CardSpace

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples80
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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Windows CardSpace

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related to External links · 31
Windows CardSpace → Apple's Safari, Archived, ASP, CardSpace, CardSpaceMicrosoft Information Card Kit, CSS, Developer, Digital Me Archived, Firefox, HTML, Identity Selector, Information Card, Java RP, JavaScript, Kit, Linux, Mac OS XA, NET, NET Framework, NET Relying Party
related to overview · 25
Windows CardSpace → BMC, CardSpace, During, HTML, If, Microsoft, OBJECT, Other, PingIdentity, Security Token Service, Siemens, STS, Sun Microsystems, The, The CardSpace UI, This, To, Web, When, WS-MetadataExchange
related to Release · 14
Windows CardSpace → An, CardSpace, Credential Manager, It, Microsoft, NET Framework, Server, The, Windows, Windows Server, Windows Update, Windows Vista, Windows XP, XP
related to Discontinuation · 3
Windows CardSpace → Microsoft, On February, U-Prove
Developer · 1
Windows CardSpace → Microsoft
Operating system · 1
Windows CardSpace → Microsoft Windows
Service name · 1
Windows CardSpace → Windows CardSpace (.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}idsvc)
Successor · 1
Windows CardSpace → U-Prove
Type · 1
Windows CardSpace → Identity management system

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cardspace identity windows microsoft information cards user framework card web server net identities service ui obtain token use vista xp

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Windows CardSpaceDeveloperMicrosoft1.00infobox
Windows CardSpaceOperating systemMicrosoft Windows1.00infobox
Windows CardSpaceService nameWindows CardSpace (.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}idsvc)1.00infobox
Windows CardSpaceSuccessorU-Prove1.00infobox
Windows CardSpaceTypeIdentity management system1.00infobox
full nameinstance ofwhich can contain one or more of 14 fields of identity information0.80text
addressinstance ofwhich can contain one or more of 14 fields of identity information0.80text
Windows CardSpacerelated to DiscontinuationOn February0.60section
Windows CardSpacerelated to DiscontinuationMicrosoft0.60section
Windows CardSpacerelated to DiscontinuationU-Prove0.60section
Windows CardSpacerelated to External linksNET Framework0.60section
Windows CardSpacerelated to External linksDeveloper0.60section

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