What we mean when we say “digital identity and attributes”

A “digital identity”, then, is just a way to prove who you are, things about you and things you might be eligible for. Individual pieces of information about you, that together make up your identity, are what we call “attributes”.

As part of the announcement of the new Office for Digital Identities and Attributes “Enabling digital identity” blog on GOV.UK, I’ve written one of our introductory posts, explaining what we mean, in OfDIA, when we talk about “digital identity and attributes”.

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