This Business Scenario was developed by the Core Identifier Work Group: a joint initiative of The Open Group, the Network Applications Consortium (NAC), and the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) in order to develop an understanding of the requirements for core identifiers. This Business Scenario builds on an earlier draft Business Scenario developed by the Identity Management Work Area of The Open Group in order to ascertain the requirements for identity management products to support a standard representation of core identity.