Re: [projectvrm] Data Ownership, VRM & Standards - Suggesting a Directory

[Mark Lizar < >]

Thanks Mike, 

Your take on the multi-faceted use of directories has expanded my view on what a directory could do here.  At first I was approaching a directory as a way of displaying VRM and like standards.  This has led me think of a few more ways a Directory application could be useful and profitable.  

For Instance:

Listing Enterprises with VRM functionality would also be a great way upselling VRM services that we are all so interested in deploying.

Came across this standard recently while re-acquainting with the broader standards bodies, and in particular, OASIS.
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=ciq#overview

This standard is definitely a good place to start.  Does anyone know of any implementations?

Was thinking that in the conversation around making it standard and easy for enterprises, this might be a good thing to consider, since already the "relationships" to me in the enterprise are distinct across organizations and regions, and perhaps (like we might strive in T&C), 

Maybe a T&C focused approach is a great place to transparently show functions of an enterprise that are ripe, and ready for VRM adoption and consulting?   Perhaps a directory to directory service which can evolve to capture more and more of the detail that is so important to rights based issues surrounding trust(able) information use?

I was working on a project last year where we proposed a Trusted Intermediary directory service to audit proper utilization of policy.  The idea with this directory service is that it would lead to certification.   (Yet another possible source of income for the VRM community.)

- Mark