# Analysis

The following topics cover disparate areas and perspectives, but they are all results of detailed analysis of the modern identity \[systems] industry. The hope is that this will result in clean separation of specific concepts for the purposes of having more precise language in conversations.

* [**Architecture**](/analysis/architecture.md) - Covers the high level architecture of solution built on top of the internet since web 2.0
* [**Economics**](/analysis/economics.md) - Covers the microeconomics of activities involving identity systems.
* [**Tools and artifacts**](/analysis/tools.md) - Covers the tools used with legacy and digital identity systems
* Power dynamics - To do
* Mental models - To do
* Identity and money - To do
* Security - To do
* Privacy - To do
* [**Efforts**](/analysis/efforts.md) - Enumerate major efforts, their viewpoint and future direction - To do


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