Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Martin van Es <>]

Hi Chris,

On Saturday 12 September 2009 06:07:14 Chris Hyzer wrote:

> I want to make sure all of your requirements are covered in 1.5.
> 
> 1. You will use the API and not WS, right?  Any UI requirements?

No! That was a slip of the mind... what I meant to say is WS. I am going to 
write the GUI in PHP.
 
> 2. Will you setup all the values as attributeValue objects in grouper (so
>  you could have a pick list), or will it be a multi-valued freeform field?

I really don't get what you mean by this. What I envision is this: I would 
define a new grouptype in grouper with a new attribute called "label". This 
attribute would be a multi-valued string and be filled with 0 or multiple pre-
set values (pre-set by the GUI) or maybe even free to choose values by end-
users.

>  I recommend setting up the values if it will work for you.  If there are
>  too many values, or too hard to manage, or other reason, then free-form.

This is still a subject of discussion.

> 3. Then you would like to find all groups that have a certain value in the
>  multi-valued attribute, right?

Correct.

> You know Grouper groups can handle hierarchies, right?

I'm not sure what you mean, but I know groups can contain groups as members. 
I 
have thought of this as an alternative, but that would be a work-around for 
something that could be solved more 'elegantly'.

> The label is going on a group, and not a person, right?

Correct.

> In grouper a group
>  could have many parents (e.g. be in many other groups), which might be
>  different than folders.

I know, and if multi-valued attributes were not around the corner I would 
have 
investigated this aproach, still all depending on the outcoming of the stem 
vs. labeling discussions here.

Cheers,
Martin 
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