Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Tom Barton <>]

The Internet2 Middleware Initiative announces the release of Grouper 
version 1.5.0.  The Grouper Groups Management Toolkit is designed to 
function as the core element of a common infrastructure for managing 
group information across integrated applications and repositories. It 
enables project managers, departments, institutions, and end-users to 
create and manage institutional and personal groups.

Grouper v1.5.0 includes many fixes and improvements over v1.4.2. See the 
full list in the release notes, along with the software links and 
documentation, available from the Grouper website:

        http://www.internet2.edu/grouper/software.html

New Features

* Lite UI - An AJAX-based widget simplifies some end user interactions. 
Available in two ways: free-standing, or integrated within the 
Administrative UI.

* Audit - Who took which management actions when is recorded and made 
available for viewing and reporting.

* Move and Copy - Move or copy groups and folders to other folders, with 
the option to preserve old group names so that applications may continue 
to refer to the old name.

* Notification - Real-time notification of group, folder, membership, 
and privilege changes are available through the Grouper API.
Attribute framework - Assign custom attributes to groups, memberships, 
folders, and other attributes.

* Roles and Permissions - Support for Roles and Role hierarchies. 
Permissions can be attached to Roles or to Memberships in Roles.

* Shibboleth integration - The integration of Shibboleth's Attribute 
Resolver within LDAPPC provides substantial attribute calculation 
capabilities. Also, memberships and group attributes can be accessed 
directly by a Shibboleth IdP.

Enjoy!

Tom Barton, U. Chicago, Grouper Project Lead
on behalf of the Grouper Developers