The objective of this document is to describe typical uses of the term "virtual person", as well as to define a generic two-layer model based on virtual persons. This model not only covers current uses of the term, but generalizes its domain of application in order to better describe and understand new forms of identities in the Information Society in relation with rights, duties, obligations and responsibilities. We model in particular the concept of identity in the Information Society.
Some sections in this document are aimed at an audience of non-experts; others are for experts who are interested in applying the model based on virtual persons to represent new forms of identities, as well as to describe identification and authentication processes in the Information Society.