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[Christian Daviau <>]

Hi,

I've forgotten to give you the link to the detailed functionnal 
specifications :
http://pub.giprecia.fr/esco-portail/Grouper/Documentation_ESCO-Grouper/ESCO-Grouper%20-%20Detailed%20Functional%20Specifications%20v3.00.pdf

Best regards,
Christian.

Christian Daviau a écrit :
> Hi Tom,
>
> Tom Barton a écrit :
> > Christian,
> >
> > A *very* nice UI! Naturally, I'm interested to know if it can be made 
> > available to other grouper users. Can it, do you think? And might 
> > there be a way for the community to be able to enhance it or extend it? 
> Yes it's possible.
> We just are creating a public maven repository to be able to 
> distribute ESCO-Grouper UI, and made it avalaible to the community.
> > A question about the dynamic groups: once a dynamic group is 
> > specified in the UI, where is that specification kept, what evaluates 
> > it, and when?
> It's stored in specific tables in or out of the grouper database. We 
> haven't translate the documentation, but you can find it, in french, 
> at http://wiki.esco-portail.org/index.php/Grouper:DG_generalites .
> The logical expression is stored in a grouper attribute (rule), 
> associated to the custum type "dynamic".
>
> In a nutshell here is how it works :
>
> When the "rule" field associated to the dynamic group is created or 
> modified :
> - the definition (logical expression) is analysed, splited and stored 
> in the specific tables;
> - the ldap filter is generated from this definition ;
> - an ldap request is executed to populate the group with initial 
> members ;
>
> In parallel, a process is listening for modifications incoming from 
> the LDAP (works with OpenLdap). The process acts exactly like a 
> LdapSync client. The role of the process is to detect LDAP attributes 
> modifications in relation with the dynamic groups definitions (the 
> monitored attributes list is fully configurable).
>
> > Have you thought about the UI design from the perspective of maybe 
> > extending it to eventually work with audit data, or with roles and 
> > permissions?
> The UI is designed to be extended, but we can't really evaluate the 
> needs of "role and permission" feature in the UI...
>
> Best regards,
> Christian.
> > Thanks!
> > Tom
> >
> > Emily Eisbruch wrote:
> > > Hi Christian,
> > >
> > > Thank you for this excellent information on the ESCO-Grouper UI and 
> > > how it uses Fluid elements. I am forwarding it on to the Grouper 
> > > Developers List.
> > >
> > > - Emily
> > >
> > > Begin forwarded message:
> > >
> > > > *From: *Christian Daviau < 
> > > > <mailto:>>
> > > > *Date: *July 22, 2010 7:40:44 AM EDT
> > > > *To: *Emily Eisbruch < 
> > > > <mailto:>>
> > > > *Cc: *Thomas BIZOUERNE < 
> > > > <mailto:>>, ardem 
> > > > < <mailto:>>
> > > > *Subject: **ESCO-Grouper UI*
> > > >
> > > > Hi Emily !
> > > >
> > > > I send you this message because I don't know for who I can send 
> > > > this information (on a grouper list ?).
> > > >
> > > > I told you, few time ago, that we have a UI for grouper named 
> > > > ESCO-Grouper UI.
> > > > I saw, in the "Grouper Call 7-July-2010", you want to explore Fuild 
> > > > capabilities for UIs. ESCO-Grouper UI uses Fluid and we have good 
> > > > returns of our users.
> > > > ESCO-Grouper UI can be used in servlet or portlet mode (for uPortal 
> > > > by example).
> > > > It's possible to make pluggins to extend the capabilities of the 
> > > > UI. For exemple, we made the "dynamic group" module, but we can 
> > > > imagine a module for
> > > > discussion lists, for samba shares...
> > > > ESCO-Grouper UI uses Grouper WS and Grouper API, actually in 1.5 
> > > > version.
> > > >
> > > > This UI is full configurable :
> > > > - screens (fields, names of the elements, colums of the tables,...)
> > > > - search filters,
> > > > - ...
> > > >
> > > > It was developped with fuild elements for a user friendly interface :
> > > > - contextual menu depends of the rights of the user,
> > > > - drag and drop to move groups,
> > > > - rights displayed when hovering the mouse for all the elements of 
> > > > the tree,
> > > > - subscriptions by a simple click,
> > > > - dynamics groups (whith the dynamic group hook in Grouper),
> > > > -...
> > > >
> > > > It proposes a lot of functionnalities :
> > > > - possibility of differents profiles definition : all 
> > > > fonctionnalities, only the tree of the folders and groups, only the 
> > > > subscription page...
> > > > - Online Help on each page,
> > > > - research of people in groups,
> > > > - ...
> > > >
> > > > To view the possibilities of ESCO-Grouper UI, you can find 
> > > > demonstration movies at 
> > > > http://pub.giprecia.fr/esco-portail/Grouper/presentations/ (ogv and 
> > > > avi formats). "ESCO-Grouper_more" is a complement for 
> > > > "ESCO-Grouper"...
> > > > If you want, we can give you a account to try ESCO-Grouper UI.
> > > >
> > > > I hope you will like this interface that we can put at your 
> > > > disposal if you wish.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Christian.
> > >
> > >
> > > Emily Eisbruch, Technology Transfer Analyst
> > > Internet2
> > >
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