Grouper Developers Forum

[Matt Young <>]

Hi Tom -

I'm just now looking into Signet also (and I'm sure Dan will,  
too)...  I think it certainly would be worthwhile to see if we could  
all have an initial discussion to see where we all are and what we  
hope to accomplish.  I think Dan Ellentuck and I would be important  
participants from the uPortal side of things -  Dan, do you think  
Andrew Petro or Eric Dalquist should participate, too?

Once we get a list of who should be involved, we can start to work  
out logistics.

Thanks!
Matt

On Jun 21, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Tom Barton wrote:

> Matt,
>
> I'm very glad that we're connecting and I also look forward to  
> working with you guys to see what grouper might offer for you, and  
> vice versa to learn where grouper may need to grow.
>
> Looking over the GAP wiki, it may be that both grouper and signet,  
> the privilege management system being developed by I2, should be  
> examined to see where and how they each might integrate with the  
> Spinning off GAP project. Signet's at <http:// 
> middleware.internet2.edu/signet>, and Lynn McRae (being CCd) is the  
> project lead.
>
> Should we try to find some synchronous communication time to  
> quickly and collectively get up to speed on these technologies and  
> projects (ie, conf call or f2f somewhere)? I'll also post some  
> comments to the GAP/Grouper wiki in the next couple of days.
>
> Tom
>
> Matt Young wrote:
>
> > Hi Mark (and everyone else)...
> > Dan Ellentuck of Columbia and I are trying to get up to speed on   
> > Grouper in order to see where the work Dan's doing for uPortal  
> > and  Grouper intersect to see how we can make sure that uPortal  
> > conforms  to some meaningful standards.  JA-SIG had a conference  
> > early last  week, and in a Developer meeting one of the topics was  
> > groups and  permissions.  One of the tasks currently underway is  
> > to separate out  the uPortal Groups and Permissions modules into a  
> > standalone  application.
> > So, any input that anyone might have on how Grouper could be used  
> > to  this end would be very welcome.  I'm sure we'll have some  
> > discussion  topics to bring up and Dan and I learn more about the  
> > good work you  all have done so far...
> > We're looking forward to it!  Anything you might want to add to  
> > our  Wiki page would be great, too.
> > Thanks,
> > Matt Young
> > Duke University
> > On Jun 20, 2005, at 3:47 AM, MJ McLaren, Information Systems and   
> > Computing wrote:
> >
> > > I noticed this morning that the Grouper project is mentioned on  
> > > the  JASIG wiki (home of uPortal and CAS authentication).   
> > > Anybody with  a serious interest in uPortal is likely to browse  
> > > this wiki fairly  regularly.
> > >
> > > If anybody would care to make any improvements to the wiki page   
> > > then I believe anybody can register to use the wiki and do so.
> > >
> > > <http://jasigch.princeton.edu:9000/display/GAP/Grouper>
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > ----------------------
> > > MJ McLaren, Information Systems and Computing