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Open source C# SPMl v2 implementation
Softerra has released an open source C# implementation of SPML V2 (DSML profile). I haven’t had time to play around with it yet, but it looks interesting. Now what would be really great would be some...
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SPML 3.0 in 3D!!!
OK I kid about the 3D, but I am starting to hear from various identity folks that it’s time to start thinking about SPML 3.0. The latest is John Fontana’s post on that here. While I don’t think that...
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SPML SIG at Catalyst
Bob Blakley announces here that the Burton Group identity blog has transitioned to individual Gartner blogs. He also announces an SPML SIG at the next two Catalysts. It’s good to see attention being...
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Federated Provisioning
Nishant Kaushik has a great (and funny) slide deck on federated provisioning on his blog. He discusses some distinctions between two flavors of federated provisioning, the Just-in-time (JIT) and what...
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SPML and DSML search filters not so hard
One issue that has been raised in regards to SPML is search filters. SPML allows searches that optionally specify a starting point (in terms of an SPML container), a subset of data to return, and a...
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It’s easier to push than be pulled
There is a lot of push vs pull provisioning discussion going on recently. Both models have a place but there is hard and fast rule you should consider. If your solution requires your customers to stand...
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A tale of two standards
The new RESTful provisioning standard, SCIM, is being discussed a lot recently in comparison to SPML. Dave Kearns has some interesting thoughts here. While Dave makes some good points I think he is...
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Specs, Patterns, and Provisioning
One of the most puzzling complaints I have heard about SPML is the search filter. The complaint is that it requires the service to support search filters of arbitrary complexity. I have never...
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Open Source IdM platforms
Radovan Semančík has put together an interesting list of open source IdM platforms. There are not as many as I would have expected.
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Thoughts on SCIM
Now that SCIM 1.0 is final and SCIM 2.0 is starting I wanted to share my thoughts. First here is what I like about SCIM: SCIM defined a standard schema in 1.0. I wish SPML had done the same. Not doing...
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