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IdAS 1.0 Package
To support a dynamic environment where sources of identity information may change, it is necessary to provide a common means to access identity and attribute information from across multiple identity repositories. The IdAS virtualizes identity sources and provides a unified view of identity information. To do this, it presents natural programming interfaces which expose a data model that represents identities (Digital Subjects) and their Identity Attributes in a Context.
The data model is described in OWL.
The IdAS API allows a consumer to perform access and update operations on elements of the data model. Specifically, the consumer can obtain an object which represents a context, can read and change digital subjects within that context, and can read and change attributes on those digital subjects.
A set of IdAS Common exists, and makes certain tasks easier to perform.
The IdAS SPI is used by parties who wish to write Context Providers for IdAS. The IdAS API is only a set of interfaces which must be implemented by Context Providers. A Context Provider consists of the implementations of IdAS interfaces which allow a consumer to access some specific type of identity store.
The IdAS API, SPI, and Common code will be accessible via Java and other languages. The IdAS API or a variant will be available via WSDL as well.
Details
- Status: Available from M0.5
- Language: Java
- Bindings: Current: Java; Planned: C, C++, WSDL/SOAP
- Packaging: OSGI bundles, JARs, WAR
Plan
Service
- IdAS API
- Overview of the IdAS API
- Javadoc
- CVS repository
- Use cases
- Context Providers
- Definition of the term Context Provider