WS-MetadataExchange updated: it’s all about the resource, baby!

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Oh joy!The WS-MetadaExchange specification has been updated. You can find the new spec here: http://specs.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/09/mex/WS-MetadataExchange.pdf. Notable differences: The use of specifications from the WS-Management suite, namely WS-Transfer. Now the first method of retrieving metadata is treating them as WS-Transfer resources The chance of embedding metadata directly in endpoint references The request-response protocol for…

CardSpace: cascading managed cards, or chains or trust

CardSpace: cascading managed cards, or chains or trust

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The product is not out yet, and I already think of the stuff I’d like in vNext.. 🙂 Today’s wishful thinking is about chains of trust. Imagine that your department of driving licences (DDL) issues you a managed card which represents the digital counterpart of your phisical license card. Your bank will presumably…

CardSpace: frequent flyer programs, or Federation for the Masses

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The idea of federation usually conjures images of enterprise partnerships, people in blue suites (and short hair!) shaking hands, corporate portals of unmistakable extranet taste, and so on… the famous federnet I was mentioning some posts ago. Some months ago I was discussing with my good friend Garrett about an example of federation…

CardSpace Sandbox!

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You asked for it, we made it 🙂 I’m just back from vacation, and on the first day or work 1) we released the July CTP of the .NET Framework 3.0, in which CardSpace bits work beautifully and 2) the NetFx3 community website opened a sandbox where you can experiment with your selfissued information…