VRM Development Work

Here is a partial list of VRM development efforts, most or all of which move in the direction of Life Management Platforms (see About VRM). Some are organizations, some are commercial entities, some are standing open source code development efforts:

Project Description	Dev project	FOSS	PDS	Standard(s)	Fourth Party	Communications	Service	Open API
INFRASTRUCTURE
Concepts
EmanciPay - dev project for customer-driven payment choices	✓	✓		✓				✓
GRM: Government Relationship Management - subcategory of VRM	✓						✓
ListenLog - personal data logging	✓	✓	✓
Personal RFP - crowdsourcing, standards	✓			✓			✓
R-button - UI elements for relationship members	✓			✓
Hardware
Freedom Box personal server on free software and hardware	✓	✓				✓
Precipitat, WebBox - new architecture for decentralizing the Web, little server	✓
Standards, Frameworks, and Protocols
Evented APIs - new standard for live web interactivity	✓	✓		✓ AB				✓
KRL (Kinetic Rules Language) - personal event networks, personal rulesets, programming Live Web interactions	✓	✓
Kynetx † - personal event networks, personal rulesets	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓	✓
TAS3.eu — Trusted Architecture for Securely Shared Services - R&D toward a trusted architecture and set of adaptive security services for individuals	✓	✓		✓
Telehash - standards, personal data protocols	✓			✓
The Mine! Project - personal data, personal agent	✓		✓
UMA - standards	✓	✓		✓		✓
webfinger - personal Web discovery, finger over HTTP	✓	✓		✓		✓
XDI - OASIS semantic data interchange standard	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓	✓
PEOPLE
Analysts and Consultants
Ctrl-SHIFT † - analysts							✓
Synergetics † - VRM for job markets					✓		✓
VRM Labs Research	✓
Consortia, Workgroups
Fing.org - VRM fostering organization	✓
Information Sharing Workgroup at Kantara - legal agreements, trust frameworks	✓
Pegasus eID smart cards	✓
Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium (PDEC) - industry collaborative	✓	✓	✓	✓
Meetups, Conferences, and Events
IIW: Internet Identity Workshop Twice-yearly unconference in Mountain View	✓
VRM Hub Group meeting in London	✓
SERVICE PROVIDERS OR PROJECTS BUILT ON VRM PRINCIPLES
First Retail Inc. † commodity infrastructure for bi-directional marketplaces to enable the Personal RFP	✓						✓
dotui.com † intelligent media solutions for retail and hospitality customers	✓						✓
Hover.com Customer-driven domain management†							✓
Hypothes.is - open source, peer review	✓	✓
MyInfo.cl (Transitioning from VRM.cl †	✓				✓		✓
NewGov.us - GRM	✓						✓	✓
Spotflux † malware, tracking, unwanted ad filtration through an encrypted tunnel					✓		✓
SwitchBook † - personal search	✓
Tangled Web † - mobile, P2P & PDS			✓			✓	✓
The Banyan Project- community news co-ops owned by reader/members	✓	✓					✓
TiddlyWiki - a reusable non-linear personal Web notebook	✓	✓	✓
Ting † - customer-driven mobile virtual network operator (MVNO - a cell phone company)						✓	✓
Tucows †						✓	✓
VirtualZero - Open food platform, supply chain transparency	✓					✓	✓
SOFTWARE and SERVICES
Browser Extensions
Abine † DNT+, deleteme, PrivacyWath: privacy-protecting browser extentions					✓		✓
Disconnect.me † browser extentions to stop unwanted tracking, control data sharing					✓		✓
Ghostery † browser extension for tracking the trackers					✓		✓
PrivacyScore † browser extensions and services to users and site builders for keeping track of trackers					✓		✓
Databases
InfoGrid - graph database for personal networking applications	✓	✓	✓	B		✓	✓	✓
ProjectDanube - open source software for identity and personal data services	✓	✓	✓				✓
Messaging Services and Brokers
Gliph †- private, secure identity management and messaging for smartphones	✓				✓	✓	✓
Insidr † - customer service Q&A site connecting to people who have worked in big companies and are willing to help when the company can’t or won\'t	✓				✓		✓
PingUp (was Getabl) †- chat utility for customers to engage with merchants the instant customers are looking for something	✓				✓		✓
TrustFabric † - service for managing relationships with sellers	✓	✓			✓		✓
Personal Data Management
Azigo.com † - personal data, personal agent	✓		✓	B	✓		✓
Connect.Me † - peer-to-peer reputation, personal agent	✓				✓		✓	✓
Higgins - open source, personal data	✓	✓	✓	B		✓
The Locker Project - open source container for personal data	✓	✓	✓					✓
MyDex †- personal data stores and other services	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓
Paoga † - personal data, personal agent	✓		✓				✓
Personal.com † - personal data storage, personal agent	✓		✓		✓		✓
Personal Clouds - personal cloud wiki	✓		✓
Privowny † - privacy company for protecting personal identities and for tracking use and abuse of those identities, building relationships					✓		✓
QIY † - independent infrastructure for managing personal data and relationships			✓				✓
Singly † - personal data storage and platform for development, with an API, affiliated with The Locker Project	✓		✓		✓		✓
Recommendations and Personal RFPs (Intentcasting)
AskForIt † - individual demand aggregation and advocacy					✓		✓
Have to Have † - "A single destination to store and share everything you want online"					✓		✓
OffersByMe † - personal rfp service					✓		✓
Prizzm †- social CRM platform rewarding customers for telling businesses what they want, what they like, and what they have problems with	✓				✓
RedBeacon † - personal rfp service					✓		✓
Thumbtack † - service for finding trustworthy local service providers					✓		✓
Übokia personal RFP†					✓		✓
Zaarly † personal RFP							✓
Transaction Management
Dashlane † - simplified login and checkout					✓		✓
Trust-Based or -Providing Systems and Services
id3 - trust frameworks	✓	✓	✓	B			✓	✓
Respect Network - VRM network based on KRL & XDI, affiliated with Connect.Me	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Trust.cc Personal social graph based fraud prevention, affiliated with Social Islands					✓		✓

NOTES:
† Indicates companies. Others are organizations, development projects or both. Some development projects are affiliated with companies. (e.g. Telehash and The Locker Project with Singly, and KRL with Kynetx.)
A - creating standard
B - Using other standards
1 - EventedAPI