Resource Digital Identity

The difference between digital identity, identification, and ID

This style guide from Caribou Digital outlines how to talk about identity in a digital age.

Organization: Caribou Digital
Author: Jonathan Donner
Published Year: 2018

The article explains the distinctions between digital identity, identification, and ID, emphasizing that these terms are often used interchangeably but have different meanings.

Digital identity refers to the set of attributes related to an entity in a digital context, identification is the process of verifying those attributes, and ID is the tool or credential used in that process.