XDI.org
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| Type: | Non-Profit |
| Industry: | Internet Identities |
| Founded: | July, 2000 |
| Founder(s): | Cordance |
| Ownership: | Public |
| Website: | XDI.org |
| Key People | |
| Drummond Reed, Secretary Dr. Bill Washburn, Chairman | |
XDI.org is a public organization for governance of Extensible Resource Identifiers (XRI), and XRI Data Interchange (XDI) infrastructure.[1] XRI and XDI structures provide individuals and companies protected Internet identities i.e i-names and i-numbers to create a trusted data sharing environment.[2] The organization manages intellectual property rights for XDI protocol and offers global services that help individuals and companies make use of the protocol.[3]
The XRI proxy resolution network is operated by NeuStar on the behalf of XDI.org.[4]
History
In June 2000 an organization named XNSORG was formed by Cordance to manage Extensible Name Services which were a predecessor to i-names. It worked to create a level of trust between people and new data sharing networks provided by the internet. Working actively, XNS published XNS 1.0 specifications in June 2002 which contributed in the formation of XRI with the help of OASIS. XRI was formed in February 2004, therefore, giving a new direction to XNSORG.[5] On 6 June 2004, XNSORG was replaced by its successor XDI.org. This name conversion was a part of Early Global Services program which gave opportunity to a limited number of individuals and organizations to re-register themselves with a global i-name.[6] XDI.org started providing registrations for i-names and i-numbers on 20 June 2006. i-names and i-numbers can be the digital identities for companies, individuals or even products. This system creates a secure environment where sharing of email addresses and telephone numbers is no longer needed.[7]