Resources
- Identity Use Cases & Scenarios.
- FIDIS Deliverables.
- Identity of Identity.
- Interoperability.
- D4.1: Structured account of approaches on interoperability.
- D4.2: Set of requirements for interoperability of Identity Management Systems.
- D4.4: Survey on Citizen's trust in ID systems and authorities.
- D4.5: A Survey on Citizen’s trust in ID systems and authorities.
- D4.6: Draft best practice guidelines.
- D4.7: Review and classification for a FIDIS identity management model.
- D4.8: Creating the method to incorporate FIDIS research for generic application.
- D4.9: An application of the management method to interoperability within e-Health.
- D4.10: Specification of a portal for interoperability of identity management systems.
- D4.11: eHealth identity management in several types of welfare states in Europe.
- Profiling.
- Forensic Implications.
- HighTechID.
- Privacy and legal-social content.
- Mobility and Identity.
- Other.
- IDIS Journal.
- FIDIS Interactive.
- Press & Events.
- In-House Journal.
- Booklets
- Identity in a Networked World.
- Identity R/Evolution.
Interoperability of Identities and Identity Management Systems
D4.1: Structured account of approaches on interoperability
The question of interoperability in respect of identity and identity management systems is one of growing concern. On the one hand there are many situations where being able to cross-match identity information about citizens and consumers would be of enormous benefit to them. On the other hand, without the appropriate control in the hands of the data subjects, interoperability could be another weapon in the hands of the surveillance society, unwelcome in a world where privacy is still valued. This report prepares the ground for a continuing study into interoperability in this area. It proposes a three-level framework for assessment and study bringing together perspectives as diverse as technical, legal and socio-cultural. A review of current and recent projects and literature on the topic is presented, with ratings for papers for their concerns in respect of the three different perspectives. The work has produced a bibliographic database of the most relevant literature available on the FIDIS web site. There follows a number of case-study type contributions on different applications of identity management systems including credentials systems, driving licences, European passports and government to consumer applications. A review of the interoperability issues in identity management in Ambient Intelligence contexts concludes that this matter will be an important one for determining how this technology will be shaped in the information society that is emerging.
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D4.2: Set of requirements for interoperability of Identity Management Systems
This report highlights the spread of opinion amongst a group of European experts in application areas of identity management on the issue of interoperability of such systems. It builds from an earlier report that presented a literature review and an account of research in interoperability. It uses the three-part conceptual framework of technical, formal and informal dimensions through which to frame the questions posed and interpret the answers given. The 23 interviewees from 5 different European countries, while differing in detail, display a remarkable consensus on much of the issues. Application areas from which the experts are drawn cover egovernment, ehealth and ecommerce, and while, given their specific nature, there may be many points on which such areas diverge, the likelihood of interoperability is deemed to turn on a small number of key questions, mostly non-technical. Importance is given to building trust in the citizen and end-user through good communication, usability, compliance with data protection and privacy principles.
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D4.4: Survey on Citizen’s trust in ID systems and authorities
This report from the FIDIS project has been created from within the Work Package 4 on Interoperability of Identity and Identity Management Systems. It emerges as the third in a series of investigations into the broadly social aspects concerned with sharing data, especially personal information, in respect of plans for interoperable European electronic ID systems. This survey was designed to investigate attitudes towards a number of issues involved in making eIDs interoperable that were drawn from an underlying theoretical framework of
institutional trust. The survey questionnaire used 17 constructs, grouped into three broad categories of (1) sources of trust; (2) levels of trust; and (3) consequences of trust.
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D4.5: A Survey on Citizen’s trust in ID systems and authorities
This Deliverable is a journal paper submitted to the FIDIS Journal issue to be published in June 2007.
The paper is based on FIDIS Deliverable 4.4 - see report for full details on contributors and reviewers.
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D4.6: Draft best practice guidelines
This deliverable is concerned with the recommendations for best practice guidelines and the need for an effective development method and framework, which can be widely used for managing all aspects of identity resulting from the FIDIS research. The emphasis is on the delivery of a practical approach, which incorporates sound tools and techniques, which can be applied in the project and other settings.
The proposed method is a generic one that may be applied to any type of research project, business operation or delivery service to ensure it will fit effectively into a given environment. The method is flexible and customisable and incorporates clearly defined events and procedures throughout the information lifecycle. A holistic and systematic approach is adopted.
The method is first described and then an outline is provided, as to how it may be applied to interoperability, within the e-health sector.
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D4.7: Review and classification for a FIDIS identity management model
This deliverable is concerned with recommendations for establishing an identity classification system which can be incorporated into the best practice guidelines and the FIDIS identity management model, proposed in FIDIS Deliverable D4.6. It is paramount that the classification system may be readily applied in all areas of government, commerce and industry.
A review was made of the identity issues, being studied by FIDIS and otherexternal bodies, which need to be represented in the classification system. Thereview concentrated on the work published in FIDIS Deliverable D2.1 "Inventory of topics and clusters", and in proposed standards by ISO and the U.S. Department of Commerce. It is hoped that this report may provide a basis for developing a global identity classification system, which can be shared by practitioners involved with identity management. The system will be continually enhanced throughout the duration of the FIDIS project.
It is recommended that the proposed inventory defined in FIDIS Deliverable D2.1, which categorises and defines the different terms used in the identity domain, should provide the core of the identity classification system.
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D4.8: Creating the method to incorporate FIDIS research for generic application
This deliverable is concerned with the generic application of the best practice guidelines concerning interoperability, which incorporate an effective development method and framework. The guidelines presented in "D4.6: Draft best practice guidelines" have been applied, in broad terms, to four areas of interest relating to identity, namely the FIDIS research project and the sectors of e-Government, e-Health and e-Commerce.
The identity classification system, which was outlined in "D4.7: Review and classification for a FIDIS identity management model", has been applied in the report for each of the areas of interest.
It is envisaged that the proposed FIDIS interoperability framework will be suitable for performing the applications discussed in the EC reports:
- "European Interoperability Framework for Pan-European eGovernment Services"
- "Connected Health – Quality and safety for European Citizens"
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D4.9: An application of the management method to interoperability within e-Health
This deliverable is concerned with developing interoperable identity
management systems, within the e-Health sector, throughout and between EU
states. To achieve comprehensive, practical, and cost effective systems that
work together throughout the EU there are many challenges which need to be
addressed including:
- A need for a common policy on interoperability throughout the EU
- Development and maintenance of an integrated e-Health network that brings together patients, professionals, providers, regions, and nations
- A need to incorporate identity management, including FIDIS research, into existing and proposed information systems
- The increased movement of EU citizens around the Union for purposes of travel, study, work and retirement
- Establishment of standard data sets for all aspects of health records
- Full cooperation between Member states, the many stakeholders involved and personnel performing a wide range of disciplines
It is envisaged that the work being performed in WP4 will assist practitioners in
meeting these challenges in a methodical and comprehensive way.
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D4.11: eHealth identity management in several types of welfare states in Europe
This FIDIS deliverable relates to the field of eHealth in general and to the use
of health and medical data for various purposes in specific. The use of eHealth
tools, such as electronic health records and cards, not only enables the flow of
medical data in the ‘European Health Information Space’; it also addresses
important choices that have to be made by (welfare) states.
The deliverable constitutes of a descriptive part and a discussion section. For
the descriptive part, a question list was send to the partners of this deliverable to
gather information about European practices in the field.
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D4.12: A qualitative comparative analysis of citizens’ perception of eIDs and interoperability
This report investigates citizens’ perceptions towards the adoption of
interoperable electronic identity systems in the EU context. It focuses on
empirical data collected from UK and German citizens during the course of the
FIDIS project and analyses it in order to obtain a deeper understanding of the
way that citizens perceive the risks being incurred by the move towards
eGovernment systems in particular. Using qualitative, grounded theory
methods the analysis derived five discrete risk areas that are felt to pertain in
this regard: systems and technology, competence of authorities, integrity of
authorities, the control of personal data, and the power balance between citizen
and state. There follows an analysis and discussion of the findings developing
the themes of social risks and some implications for state policy in this area.
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