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Kantara Initiative is an independent non-profit organization formed as a Program of IEEE-ISTO (www.ieee-isto.org) for secretariat and legal support.  Kantara Initiative is governed by a volunteer Leadership Council made up of the Chairs of all IDTBD Work Groups.  It is funded by the support of Members, especially Trustee level Members.  Anyone who wishes to make the financial investment in Kantara Initiative can be a Trustee. The heart of Kantara Initiative is its Work Groups and Discussion Groups. Membership is encouraged but not required for being a full voting Participant in any Work Group or Discussion Group (and non-Members can serve on the Leadership Council).

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Kantara Initiative has been co-formed by the DataPortability Project, the Concordia Project, Liberty Alliance, the Internet Society (ISOC), the Information Card Foundation (ICF), OpenLiberty.org and XDI.org. All of these organizations are now members of Kantara Initiative. The name of the organization was announced during the April 20 Identity Workshop at RSA Conference 2009, at which time the co-founders introduced key goals, benefits to the industry, and issued a formal call for participation.  Kantara Initiative is unique in that it has been organized to ensure that there are zero barriers to participation, which means all individuals and organizations are able to participate in the development of Kantara Initiative output.  Kantara Initiative membership fees have been established to keep the organization financially stable over the short and long-term and to ensure the widest possible participation - at all levels - among the vendor, deployer, developer, open source, legal and privacy communities.  A full membership kit, information and fees is available in the Membership section.

Membership Level*

*All Membership Fees are Annual. All amounts are in US Dollars. Membership Levels are dependent on the size of the organization joining, defined as follows:

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The formation of Kantara Initiative marks the first time so many stakeholders representing varying initiatives have come together to address common challenges collaboratively.  Kantara Initiative founders, members and participants recognize the success individual organizations and initiatives have in the market today, but they also recognize that the industry is at a crossroad, and without collaboration deployment of interoperable identity systems will continue to be delayed.  Kantara Initiative participants and members are leveraging the experience and successes of each other to collaboratively advance interoperable identity solutions as well as incubate new and emerging ideas.

How can so many organizations work together effectively?

The organizations, participants and members coming together within Kantara Initiative understand the urgency involved in eliminating market fragmentation among multiple identity specifications and fostering interoperability between enterprise and Web 2.0 applications and services.  The Kantara Initiative membership model will provide the flexibility and organizational support required to ensure maximum collaboration among experts and projects leads that will lead to speeding deliverables to the marketplace. Additionally, since different IPR models are available for the projects to choose from as they charter, this model supports the different ways that members might want to operate depending on the type of work they are doing.

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