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Data Models 1.X

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The Data Model provides a common representation for identity, profile and relationship data to enable interoperability and data portability across heterogeneous sites and systems. The model is described in these sections:

The I-Card Metaphor
End-user concept of I-Cards and an Identity Selector to manage them
Identity Services Concepts
Involves the concepts of Claim, Digital Identity, Security Token and other objects used by Identity Providers, Relying Parties, Service Providers and Identity Selectors
Higgins Global Graph
Describes graph-based data model that overlays, makes portable and makes interoperable identity data from heterogeneous data sources such as enterprise directories, databases, communications networks, and social networks

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