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{{#eclipseproject:technology.higgins|eclipse_custom_style.css}} [[Image:Higgins logo 76Wx100H.jpg|right]] A new variant of the Higgins selector being developed for Higgins 1.1. We're just getting started on this page, so it is mostly just a template at present.
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{{#eclipseproject:technology.higgins|eclipse_custom_style.css}} [[Image:Higgins logo 76Wx100H.jpg|right]]  
  
== Introduction ==
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The 2.0 active client is being designed entirely as a browser extension--a new version of the venerable Higgins browser extension (HBX).  
  
This selector is a C++ client that uses the Qt GUI environment and is designed to run on Windows.
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The new HBX acts as a client of the [[Personal Data Service Overview]]. This new HBX is highlighted below:
  
== End-User Perspective  ==
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[[Image:Pds 2.0.112.png|center]]
  
For an introduction to Information Cards and Selectors visit http://informationcard.net
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=== Attic ===
  
=== Planned Functionality  ===
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Here are the older notes: [[Higgins/Attic/Active Client 2.0]]
 
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*Traditional IMI selector functionality
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**Import personal and managed IMI cards
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**Allow log in to IMI compatible websites
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*Selector may optionally be associated with [[Authentication Service 1.1]] and thereby get the access tokens necessary to use other selector-related web services including:  
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**[[Attribute Service 1.1]]
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**[[CardSync Service 1.1]]
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=== Compatibility  ===
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Card types/protocols:
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*Supports managed and personal IMI information cards
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*Supports managed OpenID information cards
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*Supports managed and personal Higgins relationship cards
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Browsers:
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*Firefox 3.0+
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*IE 6+
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Operating systems (and what should be in the OS!):
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*Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7
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*Higgins Selector Switch
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=== Setup  ===
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<how do you install it?>
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== Deployer Perspective  ==
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<This section exists only if the solution can be deployed independently, e.g. STS. In the event that the solution consists of executables that run in more than one process, then these "sub-systems" should link to separate pages that adhere to the following structure (for example, see [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Web-based_Selector_Solution#Deployer_Perspective here]>
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<links to one or more pages to describe...>
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<..prerequisites>
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=== Download  ===
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<..how to obtain the .WAR, .jar, etc.>
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=== Deploying  ===
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<..how to deploy a complete working solution>
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=== Configuration  ===
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<..configuration files, options, etc.>
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== Developer Perspective<br> ==
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=== Architecture  ===
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[[Image:Qt-selector 1.1.100.png|center]] ([[Diagram Key]])
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Packages and Components:
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*[[Components_1.1#HSS_Manager]]: <code>org.eclipse.higgins.hss.manager/win </code>
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*[[Components_1.1#HSS_Launcher]]: <code>org.eclipse.higgins.hss.launcher/win </code>
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*[[Components_1.1#Higgins_Selector_Switch]]: <code>org.eclipse.higgins.hss </code>
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*[[Components_1.1#Selector_UI]]: TBD
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*[[Local I-Card Service Package]]
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Services:
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*[[IdAS Proxy Service 1.1]]
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*[[Attribute Service 1.1]]
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*[[CardSynce Service 1.1]]
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*[[Authentication Service 1.1]]
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=== Areas under development ===
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* [[Qt Selector 1.1 UI]]
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=== Building  ===
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&lt;..how to get the source&gt;
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&lt;..how to build executables (jars, wars, exes, etc)&gt;
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== See Also  ==
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* [[Selector Overview]]
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[[Category:Higgins_Developer_Info]]
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Latest revision as of 13:53, 9 March 2011

{{#eclipseproject:technology.higgins|eclipse_custom_style.css}}
Higgins logo 76Wx100H.jpg

The 2.0 active client is being designed entirely as a browser extension--a new version of the venerable Higgins browser extension (HBX).

The new HBX acts as a client of the Personal Data Service Overview. This new HBX is highlighted below:

Pds 2.0.112.png

Attic

Here are the older notes: Higgins/Attic/Active Client 2.0

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