DirectoryandPersonRegistryImplementationDetails.ppt

Directory and Person RegistryImplementation Details Art Vandenberg Director, Advanced Campus Services Information Systems Technology Georgia State University Avandenberg@ “Doing of New Things” “What is science? … a special method of finding things out… the body of knowledge… It may also mean the new things you can do when you have found something out, or the actual doing of new things. This last field is usually called technology––…” Richard P. Feynman, The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen Scientist, 1998. In the Abstract Directory architecture includes a “person registry” Person registry “synchronizes” records Input from administrative applications Supports LDAP, student email, WebCT, OneCard, Rec Center access, etc… Overview Introducing… the real “killer app” Defining Enterprise Directory Architecture WebCT Provisioning – Part one Student Email Provisioning Next! – Student Rec Center WebCT Provisioning – Part two Future Provisioning Introducing – Killer App Benefits of LDAP enterprise directory well articulated Looking for killer app? “We often say that the overall integration and unification a general-purpose directory infrastructure enables is the real ‘killer app’” The Burton Group, The Enterprise Directory Value Proposition Defining the Architecture Directory: name, title, dept, address, phone LDAP compliant interface Logical join: HR, student, alumni, affiliate Person Registry is the join mechanism Core “person” attributes- data stewards help Incremental approach NB: Enhance, don’t replace, existing apps Defining the ArchitectureResources /middleware : Identifiers, Authentication, and Directories: Best Practices for Higher Education The Burton Group: Developing a Directory Architecture, 3 tier model Directory Project Cookbook, cross-functional management, high-level sponsor, iterative approach Bob Morgan: Person Reg Phase I Tasks, checklist Defining the ArchitectureResult GSU Person Registry: Initial person registry design Entity relationship d