SERVICES
Middleware
University Directory Services Conceptual Overview
The University Directory Service contains of two main components that work together to gather data from various source systems and present them in a cohesive manner:
- The UDS Registry is an Oracle relational database that gathers information from source systems and creates a single view of a person, collecting information from various sources to capture information relating to that person's roles in the University community.
- The UDS Directory is an LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) accessible directory service that makes a subset of this information available to client applications and services for use in identification, authentication, authorization and contact management.
More background on the University Directory Services Project can be found by reviewing the following materials:
Reports:
- How this all got started...
- Relationship with other projects (including UW System IAA Project)
- Background Report (MS Word 2k format) on the need for directory services
- Proposals (MS Word 2k format) to the DoIT Cabinet for version 2 of the UDS Registry
- Function & Content documentation for the UDS Registry and Directory
- LDAP Server product review and selection
Presentations:
- The UDS Directory Beta Project presented to the UDS Steering Committee on May 24, 2000.
Diagrams:
- UDS Version 2 Components
- Another view of UDS Version 2 Components
Where to go for more:
Contact Tom Jordan (tjordan@doit.wisc.edu) in DoIT Systems Engineering for additional information about the UDS project.