The manner in which to use CardSpace depends on a number of
factors, and these should be considered carefully before embarking
upon widescale changes to a website.
Once a website has decided that it wants to use Information
Cards and has an idea of how that impacts its business, incorporating
the changes required to add the support is fairly straightforward.
With minor changes to the database and hosting
environment, and the enhancement of a few key pages in the
site, the transformation is quickly achieved. This chapter examines
the impacts of adopting Information Cards for an RP and
provides practical guidance for applying the requisite changes to
the website.
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An Information
Card represents a
digital identity
270 Guidance for a Relying Party
Deciding to Be a Relying Party
With the release of the ?¬?rst version of CardSpace in the fall of
2006, the era of stronger, safer, and more ?¬‚exible identity technologies
is just beginning. Technology adoption in a marketplace
generally happens in several phases and can be divided
by the characteristics of the consumers in each phase:
Innovators are those with their ?¬?nger on the pulse of the
market, who venture forth in new technologies and markets,
accepting the risks of proving new ground.
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