JaBbA's Hut

As long as I'm nitpicking, I had to put this in.

Kim Cameron's very interesting whitepaper The Laws of Identity gives those of us dealing with Identity Management a great place to start the conversations. An excellent read, and some good points (although as "Architect of Identity" for Microsoft Corporation, I keep seeing Kim in a Sith cloak

But there is one ironic word mistake. Talking about how Enterprises use identity:

The differing contexts of discreet enterprises lead to a requirement

Now as much as I like to think that Enterprises have my privacy in mind:

dis·creet Pronunciation Key (d-skrt)
adj.

1. Marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect.
2. Free from ostentation or pretension; modest.

[Middle English, from Old French discret, from Medieval Latin discrtus, from Latin, past participle of discernere, separate, to discern. See discreet.]

I think Kim meant that the enterprises were distinct, not circumspect:

dis·crete Pronunciation Key (d-skrt)
adj.

1. Constituting a separate thing. See Synonyms at distinct.
2. Consisting of unconnected distinct parts.
3. Mathematics. Defined for a finite or countable set of values; not continuous.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin discrtus, past participle of discernere, to separate. See discreet.]