Announcing SourceID InfoCard STS Toolkit for Java

SourceID InfoCard STS Toolkit for Java
Version 0.1 - Work in Progress
August 11, 2005

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OVERVIEW
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The SourceID InfoCard STS Toolkit for Java (available now for  
immediate download from www.sourceid.org) is a library and simple  
framework for writing server-side applications which interact with  
Microsoft's new InfoCard identity system (InfoCard is itself also  
still a work-in-progress as of this writing).

Microsoft InfoCard is an identity system scheduled for inclusion in  
Windows Vista (a.k.a. Longhorn), with a possible release for Windows  
XP to follow.

It allows users to create identity information cards ("InfoCards")-- 
and/or collect signed cards from third-party Identity Providers--and  
use them

to provision accounts and/or instantly sign in to web applications  
(via browser) and web services (via SOAP clients).

The toolkit can be downloaded from:

   http://www.sourceid.org/projects/infocards.html

The best sources for InfoCard information are two web logs maintained  
by members of the Microsoft InfoCard team:

   Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog
   http://www.identityblog.com/

   Andy Harjanto's InfoCard Weblog
   http://blogs.msdn.com/andyhar/