Higgins Project

Higgins Project

Higgins is an open source project dedicated to giving individuals more control over their personal identity, profile and social network data.

The project is organized into three main areas:

1. Active Clients - An active client integrates with a browser and runs on a computer or mobile device.
   • Higgins 1.X: the active client supports the OASIS IMI protocol and performs the functions of an Information Card selector.
   • Higgins 2.0: the plan is to move beyond selector functionality to add support for managing passwords, Higgins relationship cards, as well other protocols such as OpenID. It also becomes a client for the Personal Data Store (see below) and thereby provides a kind of dashboard for personal information and a place to manage "permissioning"—deciding who gets access to what slice of the user's data.
2. Personal Data Store (PDS) is a new work area under development for Higgins 2.0. A PDS stores local personal data, controls access to remotely hosted personal data, synchronizes personal data to other devices and computers, accessed directly or via a PDS client it allows the user to share selected aspects of their information with people and organizations that they trust.
3. Identity Services - Code for (i) an IMI and SAML compatible Identity Provider and (ii) enabling websites to be IMI and OpenID compatible.