Quality of Identity

= an application to be used in open source p2p exchanges (such as Abundant Exchange), that allows individuals and other entities to have fined grained control of access to information as well as very strong anonymity AND Very strong assurances of identity

URL = http://qualityofid.com/

Description

1.

'An Agent is an application that allows individuals and other entities to have:

   * Fined grained control of access to information
   * Very strong anonymity AND Very strong assurances of identity

This is a deep and rich technology and the information on this site is only an overview and is a work in progress. We make some seemingly outrageous claims and the final proof of those claims is in the code." (http://qualityofid.com/#home)

2.

" Agents represent the next major step of evolution of the network that Van Jacobson envisioned as “Dissemination (focus on the data)”. This next step allows for a quality-based network that is no more complex than TCP/IP was when it was introduced and changed the definition of the network from path-based telephony making the Internet possible.

The qualities that the code of this new network of Agents enforce include strong authentication, granular control of data, verification of claims, strong anonymity, reliable distributed transactions, and communications that can be significantly more secure than what is feasible on the current Internet.

Our goal is to provide an alternative to existing cyber communication that can support information quality as part of the code, which is in turn based upon a mathematical model. The technology we developed is an application that can be implemented on any connected computer. The technology operates on the existing Internet, but is not be limited to it.

Specifically, an Agent will provide:

• The ability to easily create persistent, mutual, secure, and verifiable Connections that are independent of any identity meta-system or central authority, including network addressing.

• The ability to easily and reliably control access to information.

• The ability to execute highly reliable peer-to-peer transactions."

(http://qualityofid.com/#overview)

Discussion

Introduction to Quality of Identity

"The quality of information on the Internet is declining rapidly. The loudest voices get heard and too often believed as true. If we are to innovate and collaborate, we have to improve the quality of information we receive and use.

To improve the quality of information on the Internet two things must change: quality not quantity must be rewarded and evidence of quality easily curated and accessed.

This may be obvious and we are not the first to realize this, but this realization is only the lever of change. We think we have found the fulcrum that will allow us to apply a small change in technology to have a big effect socially.

The fulcrum is creating a means to support qualities of identity. All evidence of truth eventually comes from an individual or entity and the extent to which that evidence is accepted and acted upon is dependent upon the relationship between the receiver and the provider of the evidence. That relationship is the identity the provider has for the receiver and that identity is different for every receiver.

This reality is taken for granted in every day person-to-person interaction, but is poorly supported on the Internet.

If every claim we make that we want people to act upon is supportable by leveraging the web of identities, then we increase our influence. If we can easily verify claims others make, we can make better decisions.

An approach by those who have made this realization in the past have concluded that “information wants to be free” and only by allowing everyone to have access to every thing can we make better decisions. This may be theoretically true, but in today’s world such an approach does not reward the creative only the compilers." (http://qualityofid.com/#quality_of_id)

An Open Innovation Licensing Approach

"All code developed from the crowdfunding effort will be open source. Agent to Agent messaging is licensed by Agent Technology Inc., which has no licensing requirement for individuals, non-profit businesses, and non-G20 governments.

Agent Technology Inc introduces a novel licensing model, which we call “forward innovation”. We believe that those that invest in developing an idea should have the right to be rewarded for taking the risk and putting in the effort, but not at the cost of preventing others from innovating further.

Agent Technology Inc. recognizes that it has built on a huge body of others’ innovation, so any fee charged for-profit and G-20 uses of this technology is meant to represent the incremental contribution of Agent Technology’s innovation and will be nominal. License fees will be easy to calculate and have little material effect on the bottom line of companies and governments that use this technology.

Anyone who builds on this technology is free to make money from further innovation, as long as it does not inhibit further innovation and profit only represents the incremental contribution. Specifically, use of this technology cannot inhibit further innovation, by price, copyright, or patents. We call this forward innovation, since any attempt to use price, copyright, or patents to prevent further innovation or competition will allow the party accused of infringement to use this license as protection." (http://qualityofid.com/#overview)

More Information

• The Abundant Exchange, open source p2p exchange platform