Craig Burton

Jamie Lewis posits that refering Kim Cameron’s Identity Laws as “Universal” is another hair to split. Of course the previous hair was about calling them “laws” at all.
This time I agree with you Jamie. Perhaps it’s ok to call the system Kim is outlining a “metasystem.” Or perhaps a “Metaidentity System.” It’s much better than [...]

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I received this long email from a reader that said my comments function wasn’t working for him. Like I said, it’s long, but worth the read. I still think Kim should stick with the term “Laws.”

My observation on the use of the term “laws” is to the possibilityof confusion when discussing them, between “laws” that [...]

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I fixed my blog so that permalinks now work, comments and trackbacks as well.
As a result, I found out about Chris Ceppi who is my first commenter. Thanks Chris.

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Chris Ceppi suggests that we refer to Kim’s Identity Laws as a “Rule Set.”
Chris says his suggestion results in reading Thomas P.M. Burnett (subscribed) and Shelly Powers. (Very funny lady…subscribed.).
Not bad. I think it is weaker than laws though.
The naming of these things is crucial. I can’t emphasize the importance of the use of words and [...]

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In a recent post, Jamie Lewis began his much anticipated commentary on Kim’s “Laws of Identity.” Jamie thoughtfully suggests that what Kim is not really discussion laws but rather architecture principles:

“Still, I see what Kim calls ìlawsî as a set of proposed architecture principles.”
He then goes on to refer to The Burton Group’s own Reference [...]

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The Law of Human Identity–Dual Channel Architecture
If you have been following the discussion here, you know that in his blog, Kim Cameron has been putting forth the much discussed Seven Laws of Identity. Last week he defined the sixth law:

“The Law of Human Integration
The universal identity system MUST define the human user to be a component of the [...]

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