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This page describes the Higgins Card Selectors. For an introduction, see the the [http://informationcard.net Information Card Foundation's] [http://informationcard.net/quick-overview quick overview of cards and selectors].
 
 
 
[[Image:Higgins site card1.png|right]]
 
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A card selector is a piece of software that runs on a computer or mobile device. The user can get cards from card issuing websites and can store them in this selector in much the same way a person puts business, library, loyalty and payment cards in their wallet.
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A selector is an active client that manages your personal identity information. Information about you is represented as a set of electronic "information cards" (aka infoCards or i-cards). You can use these cards to login to i-card-compatible websites as well as to present other information about you. These cards contain a set of data fields (called "claims") about you, your preferences, interests. These cards can be created by you in the selector or downloaded from i-card provider sites. The selector client is integrated with your browser and runs on a computer or mobile device.  
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You can get information cards from card issuing websites and store them in this selector in much the same way you put business, library, loyalty and payment cards in your wallet.
  
 
* By clicking on a card you can log into sites. No more passwords.
 
* By clicking on a card you can log into sites. No more passwords.
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* Some cards create permanent connections to your friends, communities and businesses.
 
* Some cards create permanent connections to your friends, communities and businesses.
  
[[Image:Selector-overview-v5.png|center]]
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The Higgins 1.0 and 1.1 support the i-card protocol (aka OASIS IMI). See [http://informationcard.net Information Card] for details.
  
== Selector ==
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===Selector 1.0 ===
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''Released as part of [[Higgins 1.0]] on June 2008.''
  
Higgins Selector 1.0:
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Platforms:
 
* [[GTK and Cocoa Selector 1.0]] - for Firefox (or other applications) on Linux, FreeBSD and OSX (runs standalone)
 
* [[GTK and Cocoa Selector 1.0]] - for Firefox (or other applications) on Linux, FreeBSD and OSX (runs standalone)
 
* [[RCP Selector 1.0]] - an Eclipse RCP Application (Java app; requires JRE 1.4 or higher, runs standalone)
 
* [[RCP Selector 1.0]] - an Eclipse RCP Application (Java app; requires JRE 1.4 or higher, runs standalone)
* [[Firefox-Embedded Selector 1.0]] - for Firefox on Windows, Linux, and OSX (Requires a hosted [[I-Card Service]])
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* [[Firefox-Embedded Selector 1.0]] - for Firefox on Windows, Linux, and OSX (Requires a hosted [[I-Card Service 1.0]])
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===Selector 1.1 ===
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The following variants of the Higgins selector are being developed for [[Higgins 1.1]]. All of the following require a hosted [[I-Card Service 1.1]]:
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* [[AIR Selector 1.1]] - Mac and Windows selector
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* [[iPhone Selector 1.1]] - for iPhone
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* [[Android Selector 1.1]] - for Google Android
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===Supporting Web Services for Selector 1.0/1.1 ===
  
Higgins Selector 1.1 planned:
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====Higgins 1.0====
* [[Qt Selector 1.1-Win]] - for Firefox and IE on Windows (runs standalone or uses [[CardSync Service]])
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;[[I-Card Manager 1.0]]: Thin client selectors use this Google GWT-based app to provide a web interface to view, update and manage your cards hosted on the I-Card Service.
* [[Qt Selector 1.1-Mac]] - for Firefox on Mac OSX (runs standalone or uses [[CardSync Service]])
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* [[iPhone Selector 1.1]] - for iPhone (requires hosted [[I-Card Service]])
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* [[Android Selector 1.1]] - for Google Android (requires hosted [[I-Card Service]])
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* See the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Higgins_1.1_Plan#Higgins_Selector Higgins 1.1 Selector section of the Higgins 1.1 Plan] for more details.
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== Selector-Supporting Services ==
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====Higgins 1.1====
Some selector clients take advantage of these web services:
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;[[I-Card Service 1.1]]: Some selectors are designed as "thin clients" that only implement the user interface portion and rely on a this hosted service for core functionality.
;Cloud Selector: The [[Cloud Selector 1.1]] makes your cards available as OpenIDs. Reads card data from an I-Card Service, so no client software is required. ''(Higgins 1.1 only)''
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;[[CardSync Service 1.1]]: A specialized bi-directional, synchronizing XML endpoint for synchronizing i-card data stored on a co-resident [[I-Card Service 1.1]]. ''Experimental: this service is not used by [[Selector 1.1]]
;I-Card Service: Some selectors are designed as "thin clients" that only implement the user interface portion and rely on a hosted [[I-Card Service]] for core functionality. ''(Higgins 1.0 & 1.1)''.  
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;[[Cloud Selector 1.1]]: Makes i-cards available as OpenIDs. It reads card data from the [[I-Card Service]], so no client software is required.
;I-Card Manager: Thin client selectors use the [[I-Card Manager]] Google GWT-based app to provide a web interface to view, update and manage your cards hosted on the I-Card Service. ''(Higgins 1.0 only)''
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;CardSync Service: The [[CardSync Service]] makes sure that all of your cards are available across all of your computers and mobile devices. ''(Higgins 1.1)''
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;Attribute Service: The [[Attribute Service 1.1]] stores self asserted identity data and makes it available for data sharing with others. It also provides data gateway services to connect the client selector with a variety of back end data stores. ''(Higgins 1.1 only)''
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;Authentication Service: For 1.1 we are working to make the [[CardSync Service]] and the [[Attribute Service]] rely on an external [[Authentication Service 1.1]]. Eventually the [[I-Card Service]] will also rely on it.''(Higgins 1.1 only)''
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Latest revision as of 13:27, 20 August 2014

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A selector is an active client that manages your personal identity information. Information about you is represented as a set of electronic "information cards" (aka infoCards or i-cards). You can use these cards to login to i-card-compatible websites as well as to present other information about you. These cards contain a set of data fields (called "claims") about you, your preferences, interests. These cards can be created by you in the selector or downloaded from i-card provider sites. The selector client is integrated with your browser and runs on a computer or mobile device.

You can get information cards from card issuing websites and store them in this selector in much the same way you put business, library, loyalty and payment cards in your wallet.

  • By clicking on a card you can log into sites. No more passwords.
  • By clicking on a card you express yourself. No more filling in forms.
  • You can share cards with friends and businesses you trust.
  • Some cards create permanent connections to your friends, communities and businesses.

The Higgins 1.0 and 1.1 support the i-card protocol (aka OASIS IMI). See Information Card for details.

Selector 1.0

Released as part of Higgins 1.0 on June 2008.

Platforms:

Selector 1.1

The following variants of the Higgins selector are being developed for Higgins 1.1. All of the following require a hosted I-Card Service 1.1:

Supporting Web Services for Selector 1.0/1.1

Higgins 1.0

I-Card Manager 1.0
Thin client selectors use this Google GWT-based app to provide a web interface to view, update and manage your cards hosted on the I-Card Service.

Higgins 1.1

I-Card Service 1.1
Some selectors are designed as "thin clients" that only implement the user interface portion and rely on a this hosted service for core functionality.
CardSync Service 1.1
A specialized bi-directional, synchronizing XML endpoint for synchronizing i-card data stored on a co-resident I-Card Service 1.1. Experimental: this service is not used by Selector 1.1
Cloud Selector 1.1
Makes i-cards available as OpenIDs. It reads card data from the I-Card Service, so no client software is required.

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