Higgins Overview 2008 [Compatibility Mode]

This document provides an overview of Higgins, an open source identity framework being developed at the Eclipse Foundation. It summarizes the key components of Higgins 1.0 which was released in February 2008 including Identity Selectors, Identity Providers, Relying Party websites, and Identity Services. It then outlines the planned developments for Higgins 1.1 scheduled for June 2009, which includes a new AIR-based Identity Selector, enhancements to the Identity Attribute Service including access control and new context providers, support for relationship and additional card types, and integrating the selector as an OpenID service. The document concludes by discussing potential future directions for Higgins beyond version 1.1 such as mobile and ID-WSF support.