URLS were for connecting web pages. Now get the addresses for connecting people and businesses in rich, long - lasting relationships: i -names.

What's in an i-name?

Whether you are an individual looking for a safe, lifetime personal address or a business seeking long –term, opt-in customer relationships, there’s an i-name for you.

Personal i-name

A Personal i-name (=name) not only lets you automatically login to any OpenID-enabled website, but gives you a spam-free contact address you always own and control.

Business i-name

URLs indicate that you own a website. A Business i-name (@name) means you offer customers a safe way to connect and maintain relationships, while enjoying low-friction, one-click transactions.

I-names are a new digital identifier created expressly for strong, safe Internet identity and relationship management. Based on the OASIS XRI open standard and managed by the XDI.org global non-profit, the two i-namespaces are highly recognizable by their simple syntax: personal names start with = (e.g., =jane.doe), and business i-names start with @ (e.g., @yourbusiness).

Fully internationalized, i-names are already supported in the OpenID 2.0 standard, the Higgins digital identity framework, the OASIS XDI data sharing protocol, and other emerging digital identity technologies. I-names are the next step beyond email addresses and URLs because each one comes with a paired persistent i-number that is never reassigned, so it can permanently protect the underlying personal or business identity. Register your personal or business i-name today from any XDI.org-Accredited I-Broker by visiting inames.net.