Open source identity management, social tools

by David Evans on March 8, 2005

in Software, Technology

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SocialPhysics is a new program affiliated with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at the Harvard Law School to “Develop a reusable, open source software framework that provides core services including: identity management, social network data models, authentication management, encryption, and privacy controls.”

This is much more compelling framework on which next-generation introduction sites could be built than SocialGrid. Stowe Boyd has more over at Get Real.

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