Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Tom Barton <>]

blair christensen wrote:
> On 2005.01.20 22:07, Walter Hoehn wrote:
>
> > Has SPML been considered as a possible base connector format for 
> > provisioning targets?  
>
>
> I hadn't considered SPML yet but then I wasn't aware of it until
> your message.  And, as I haven't managed to read through all of the
> SPML docs yet, if someone more familiar with it has an opinion I'd
> be interested in hearing it.
>
> blair.

A transaction log or change log capability was deliberately omitted from 
the specs for the Grouper API at least through v1.0 (I strongly desired 
it to be in, but the weight of the working group at the time went the 
other way). As a consequence, provisioning conectors are left with the 
task of logical diff'ing to determine what incremental changes to make 
to their targets. Does this fact overly complicate the design for an 
SPML based connector format? To do the diff'ing it might already have to 
reach through to target-specific communication protocols and data 
representations...

Tom