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IdAS 1.0 Package
The Identity Attribute Service (IdAS) component provides a virtualized, unified view and a common means of access to identity information from multiple heterogeneous data sources. IdAS is an extensible framework based on the Higgins Data Model that represents identities (Digital Subjects) and their Identity Attributes in a Context. Data sources are adapted to the IdAS framework via plug-ins called Context Providers.
The IdAS framework is comprised of three sub-projects (see Components page for more details):
- IdAS API
- Allows a consumer to perform access and update operations (as allowed) on elements of the Higgins 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 subjects. See IdAS API for details.
- 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 SPI interfaces which allow a consumer to access some specific type of identity store. See IdAS SPI for details.
- IdAS Registry
- <to be written>. See IdAS Registry for details.
- IdAS Common
- A set of common, useful utility methods. See IdAS Common for details.
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.
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Plan
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See Also
- Context Provider --definition of the term
- Components page --overview of the IdAS Component and a list of available Context Providers