Identity Link

Own Your Identities without merging

Identity Link defines the governed relationships between Human Anchors, Organization Anchors, and Origin Identities. It makes authority explicit: who owns, represents, administers, inherits, delegates, approves, or connects an identity across applications.

Link State

Authority Link Active

Enforced

Linked authority

Human Anchors, Organization Anchors, Origin Identities, roles, representatives, agents, estates, and teams.

Relationship types

Owner, administrator, guardian, representative, estate trustee, brand manager, delegated operator, and application connector.

Evidence layer

Every link can preserve proof of authority, permission scope, approval chain, policy decisions, and revocation history.

The relationship problem

Digital identity breaks when authority is implied instead of defined.

A person may have multiple identities. An organization may manage identities for many people. A guardian, agency, estate, team, or application may need limited authority without owning the identity itself. Identity Link makes those relationships explicit, governed, auditable, and revocable.

Authority boundaries

Define who has authority over an identity, what kind of authority they hold, and where that authority begins and ends.

Delegated control

Allow an agency, parent, guardian, trustee, employee, or application to act within a specific permission scope without becoming the identity owner.

Revocable relationships

Suspend, narrow, expire, or revoke a link when authority changes, a relationship ends, or an application no longer requires access.

How Identity Link works

Authority is mapped before access is granted.

Origin does not assume that every account, organization, app, or representative should receive the same power. Identity Link defines the relationship first, then allows Identity Bridge and Palladium to enforce what that relationship permits.

Anchor layer

Who holds authority?

Start with a verified Human Anchor or Organization Anchor as the trusted root of control.

Identity layer

Which identity is linked?

Connect authority to a specific Origin Identity rather than collapsing every role, persona, or account into one profile.

Permission layer

What can the link do?

Scope the link to administration, approval, guardianship, licensing, application connection, data access, or delegated operation.

Evidence layer

Can we prove it later?

Preserve the record of who created the link, why it exists, what it permits, and when it changed or ended.

Linked control surfaces

Identity relationships need structure before they become permissions.

Relationship types

• Owner
• Administrator
• Guardian
• Representative
• Trustee or estate manager
• Application connector

Permission scopes

• Manage identity profile
• Approve application access
• Delegate authority
• License commercial use
• Connect data or memory
• Revoke or suspend links

Evidence trails

• Link creation history
• Authority source
• Approval chain
• Permission changes
• Revocation history
• Forensic replay support

Revocation matters

Relationships change. Authority must be reversible.

Identity Link is designed around the principle that ownership remains above any representative, application, agent, license, or delegated relationship. If authority changes, the link can be narrowed, suspended, expired, or revoked without destroying the underlying identity.

Expire authority automatically

Links can define time windows, renewal requirements, and expiration rules for delegated authority.

Suspend a relationship

A questionable relationship can trigger review, escalation, or temporary suspension before additional access is granted.

Revoke delegated control

If a role, contract, guardianship, employment relationship, or application connection changes, delegated control can be withdrawn.

Identity Link turns relationships into governed evidence.

Trust boundaries

Separate the identity owner from delegated operators, applications, representatives, and external platforms.

Control surfaces

Apply policy at the points where authority is created, delegated, connected, exercised, changed, or revoked.

Policy decisions

Evaluate link requests against authority source, relationship type, permission scope, approval chain, and usage context.

Forensic audit

Preserve the evidence needed to understand who linked what, under whose authority, for which purpose, and when it changed.

From anchor to bridge

Identity Link is how authority becomes usable without becoming reckless.

Once a Human Anchor or Organization Anchor exists, Identity Link defines the relationships that allow Origin Identities to be managed, delegated, licensed, connected, and governed without surrendering ownership.

The first step is establishing the Anchor. The second is linking authority clearly so every identity relationship can be understood, governed, audited, and revoked.

Set Your Anchor

Create a free account for yourself or your organization.