A Network Approach to E-identification

Contents
Preface 4
1 Management Summary 5
2 Introduction 9
2.1 Objective of this document 9
2.2 ‘e-Recognition’: Beyond identification and authentication 9
2.3 Outline of this document 10
3 Importance and Urgency 11
3.1 The need for electronic identification 11
3.2 Lessons learned so far 13
3.3 The way forward: A network approach 14
4 A Network Approach: ‘E-ID as a Scheme’ 17
4.1 Two-sided networks 17
4.2 A scheme: Allowing both competition and cooperation 18
4.3 Benefits of the 4-party model 24
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