diff --git a/src/Identity.cc b/src/Identity.cc
index 7f3f1d8..edc9f14 100644
--- a/src/Identity.cc
+++ b/src/Identity.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace pEp {
                 throw bad_alloc();
         }
 
-        Identity::Identity(Identity& second)
+        Identity::Identity(const Identity& second)
             : _ident(identity_dup(second._ident))
         {
             if (!_ident)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace pEp {
             return _ident;
         }
 
-        void Identity::lang(string value)
+        void Identity::set_lang(string value)
         {
             if (value == "")
                 memset(_ident->lang, 0, 3);
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace pEp {
                 memcpy(_ident->lang, value.data(), 2);
         }
 
-        string Identity::lang()
+        string Identity::get_lang()
         {
             return _ident->lang;
         }
diff --git a/src/Identity.hh b/src/Identity.hh
index 69be7da..9936b44 100644
--- a/src/Identity.hh
+++ b/src/Identity.hh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <boost/python.hpp>
 #include <pEp/pEpEngine.h>
 #include <string>
 #include "str_attr.hh"
@@ -7,39 +8,40 @@
 namespace pEp {
     namespace PythonAdapter {
         using namespace utility;
+        using namespace boost::python;
 
         class Identity {
             pEp_identity *_ident;
 
         public:
             Identity();
-            Identity(Identity& second);
+            Identity(const Identity& second);
             ~Identity();
             operator pEp_identity *();
 
-            void address(string value) { str_attr(_ident->address, value); }
-            string address() { return str_attr(_ident->address); }
+            void set_address(string value) { str_attr(_ident->address, value); }
+            string get_address() { return str_attr(_ident->address); }
 
-            void fpr(string value) { str_attr(_ident->fpr, value); }
-            string fpr() { return str_attr(_ident->fpr); }
+            void set_fpr(string value) { str_attr(_ident->fpr, value); }
+            string get_fpr() { return str_attr(_ident->fpr); }
 
-            void user_id(string value) { str_attr(_ident->user_id, value); }
-            string user_id() { return str_attr(_ident->user_id); }
+            void set_user_id(string value) { str_attr(_ident->user_id, value); }
+            string get_user_id() { return str_attr(_ident->user_id); }
 
-            void username(string value) { str_attr(_ident->username, value); }
-            string username() { return str_attr(_ident->username); }
+            void set_username(string value) { str_attr(_ident->username, value); }
+            string get_username() { return str_attr(_ident->username); }
 
-            void comm_type(PEP_comm_type value) { _ident->comm_type = value; };
-            PEP_comm_type comm_type() { return _ident->comm_type; }
+            void set_comm_type(PEP_comm_type value) { _ident->comm_type = value; };
+            PEP_comm_type get_comm_type() { return _ident->comm_type; }
 
-            void lang(std::string value);
-            std::string lang();
+            void set_lang(std::string value);
+            std::string get_lang();
 
-            void me(bool value) { _ident->me = value; }
-            bool me() { return _ident->me; }
+            void set_me(bool value) { _ident->me = value; }
+            bool get_me() { return _ident->me; }
 
-            void me(identity_flags_t flags) { _ident->flags = flags; }
-            identity_flags_t flags() { return _ident->flags; }
+            void set_flags(identity_flags_t flags) { _ident->flags = flags; }
+            identity_flags_t get_flags() { return _ident->flags; }
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/pEpmodule.cc b/src/pEpmodule.cc
index 5cee265..a516d78 100644
--- a/src/pEpmodule.cc
+++ b/src/pEpmodule.cc
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #include "pEpmodule.hh"
 #include <string>
 #include <pEp/pEpEngine.h>
+#include "Identity.hh"
 
 namespace pEp {
     namespace PythonAdapter {
         using namespace std;
 
-        string about(void)
+        string about()
         {
             string version = string(version_string) + "\np≡p version "
                 + PEP_VERSION + "\n";
@@ -19,6 +20,27 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(pEp)
 {
     using namespace boost::python;
     using namespace pEp::PythonAdapter;
-    def("about", about);
+
+    docstring_options doc_options(true, true, false);
+
+    def("about", about, "delivers the p≡p about string");
+
+    class_<Identity>("Identity", "p≡p identity")
+        .add_property("address", &Identity::get_address,
+                &Identity::set_address, "email address or URI")
+        .add_property("fpr", &Identity::get_fpr,
+                &Identity::set_fpr, "key ID (fingerprint)")
+        .add_property("user_id", &Identity::get_user_id,
+                &Identity::set_user_id, "ID of person associated")
+        .add_property("username", &Identity::get_username,
+                &Identity::set_username, "name of person associated")
+        .add_property("comm_type", &Identity::get_comm_type,
+                &Identity::set_comm_type, "communication type (p≡p internal)")
+        .add_property("lang", &Identity::get_lang,
+                &Identity::set_lang, "ISO 639-1 language code")
+        .add_property("me", &Identity::get_me,
+                &Identity::set_me, "true if own identity, false otherwise")
+        .add_property("flags", &Identity::get_flags,
+                &Identity::set_flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pEpmodule.hh b/src/pEpmodule.hh
index 5e1c59e..8b81b33 100644
--- a/src/pEpmodule.hh
+++ b/src/pEpmodule.hh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace pEp {
     namespace PythonAdapter {
         using namespace std;
         const char *version_string = "p≡p Python adapter version 0.1";
-        string about(void);
+        string about();
     }
 }