Title: DATABASE DESIGN AND CATEGORISATION

In cooperation with deliverable 3.1 of WP3 of FIDIS and using definitions established in the FIDIS Network of excellence (deliverable 2.1), the proposed structure for the IMS database reflects the following three types of IMS:

1. Type 1: IMS for account management, implementing authentication, authorisation, and accounting,

2. Type 2: IMS for profiling of user data by an organisation,e.g. detailed log files or data warehouses which support e.g., personalised services or the analysis of customer behaviour,

3. Type 3: IMS for user-controlled context-dependent role and pseudonym management. 

Within each type of IMS there are three classes of solutions:

1. Pure IMS which main objective is to support or implement identity management functionality 

2. Systems/applications with another core functionality, but basing on and thereby supporting at least some identity management functionality 

3. Systems/applications which are independent from identity management functionality, but nevertheless offer at least some identity management functionality as add-on 

The IMS database is thus structured as follows. On the top level are the general data that pertain to all IMS (section 3.1); these include information on the evaluators, general identifiers, costs, platform and environment. The next level is section 3.2 which categorises the IMS according to type (Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3 as set out above) and according to class.