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Why is XDI.ORG's more trustworthy than other trust scheme?
What is the relationship between XDI.ORG and XNS ORG?
XDI.ORG is the successor to XNS ORG. It has been chartered to take over the affairs previously under the governance of XNS ORG by the Trustees. The reason for the change was driven by the submission of the technical protocols to OASIS and the subsequent migration of the technical standards from XNS to XRI (identifiers) and XDI (data interchange).
Who are the sponsors of XDI.ORG?
What are XDI.ORG's Organizing Principles? The organizing principles for XDI.ORG are simple: Openness. Be open to membership by any federation of individuals or organizations of any type anywhere in the world subscribing to the Purpose and Principles in conducting XDI.ORG activities.

Self-Organization. Provide members the right to self-organize at any time, on any scale, in any form or around any activity consistent with the
Purpose and Principles.
Fair Representation. Conduct deliberations and make decisions by bodies and methods that reasonably represent all relevant and affected parties and are dominated by none.

Distributed Authority. Vest authority, perform functions, and use resources in the smallest or most local part that includes all relevant and affected parties. Minimal Governance. Educe rather than compel behavior to the maximum possible degree.

How is XDI.ORG planning to grow its community?

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There are three types of e-names, each of which begin with a single symbol:

      Personal  =Mary.Smith
      Business/Organizational   @Smith.and.Company
      General   +flowers {nid 6A}

E-numbers start with the same symbols as e-names followed by a colon (note that they are not strictly numbers, since they may also contain letters and some punctuation): {nid 6B}

      Personal  =:1234.5678.ABCD
      Business and Organizational       @:1001
      General   +:506/:39.87

An i-number maps to the registrant's account at an XDI service provider, called a e-broker.

These and many other services that depend on persistent identity and trusted data interchange are described in [The Social Web] white paper.

Before these services can be launched, XDI.ORG will be publishing the first XDI.ORG Global Services specifications for open public review. These specifications should be ready by late summer. To contribute to these specifications, please see the [XDI.ORG wiki]. To be notified about each step in the process, please subscribe to the [XDI.ORG Announce mail list.]

(Note if real-world name changes, a person or organization may choose to change their i-name(s), but their i-number(s) can remain persistent.

While this is similar to wireless number portability, a wireless phone number is only portable with country in which it originates.

XDI.ORG has the [exclusive global license for dataweb technology] and has contributed this intellectual property to OASIS for incorporation into the open, public, royalty-free XRI and XDI specifications. Learn more about how to comment or contribute using the XDI.ORG Wiki.