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Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:05:59 +0100
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Subject: Re: [Community] Proposals for those interested in participating
From: Stefano Gargiulo <rastrano@gmail.com>
To: users@directory.apache.org
Cc: Alex Karasulu <akarasulu@apache.org>
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Yes i think also that RAP application will be:

1) not so useful: apache directory studio is a MUST to manage LDAP servers,
but a web version of it is not a great added value IMHO  (administrators, a
limited number of person, can easly install it on their OS to do that)

2) too heavy: RAP is one of the many java2webapp frameworks that IMHO will
not rock. This kind of frameworks (see Jaxcent, Echo2 etc.):  the idea
behind is to use the server to compute the rendering and the behaivor of
most of the UI components and this really not scales (you  will need a
superserver to run it) in this is much better GWT or Dojo+DWR (you need to
rewrite the entiere UI but you will achieve a real RPC architecture over th=
e
web)

But having a project like this directly using the LDAP API
> will I think be lighter and might even be embedded as an optional
> application in the Jetty server running inside ApacheDS. The idea is not
> just administration but also to use the application for self service.


Yes i mean this: i wrote a php application to manage things regarding
accounts like:

-User registration to services (a web interface to register a new account
with the authz attributes needed for a service)
-User password change, rescue, and reminders to change password
periodically
-User management (simplified,  not intended to be used by LDAP system
administrators, but by projects and application managers)           - manag=
e
user profiles and authz attributes in a simple way
- approve/reject registration and access request
- invite users by email
ecc.

For now all this is a bit harcoded, but i'm looking for a good java api to
achieve more flexibility (e.g. possibility to dynamically define  user
profile templates, using any schema and attribute, and map the attribute
with some rules (e.g. regexp for UI editing, authZ meaning for applications
ect.)


Best regards,
Stefano


2011/3/1 Alex Karasulu <akarasulu@apache.org>

> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Stefano Gargiulo <rastrano@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Very interesting! Proposal #1 Will rock (world need this kind of webapp=
s)
> > and also the new api is a great thing for who wants to write a custom
> user
> > management interface (i need this, for now i wrote one in php but i wil=
l
> be
> > very happy to switch to your ldap api when mature)
> >
> >
> Hi Stefano,
>
> It would be great to have you involved. Just one point, the API is pretty
> close to being solid at least with M2. There might be another milestone o=
r
> two but the changes will not be that massive so you can start using M2 as
> soon as we release it here in a few days.
>
> The idea is to use as many of the API features as you can in your
> application. Should be fun!
>
> Also Emmanuel posted about a RAP application. Let me address both of you
> here. The RAP application I think will be pretty heavy. Then again it mig=
ht
> not be who knows. But having a project like this directly using the LDAP
> API
> will I think be lighter and might even be embedded as an optional
> application in the Jetty server running inside ApacheDS. The idea is not
> just administration but also to use the application for self service.
>
> Plus a part of this is for you to push us on the LDAP API. If it cannot d=
o
> some things for you you need to complain and force us to rectify it.
>
> Regards,
> Alex
>
>
> > Il giorno 01/mar/2011 15:25, "Emmanuel Lecharny" <elecharny@gmail.com>
> ha
> > scritto:
> >
> > On 3/1/11 3:16 PM, Stefan Seelmann wrote:
> > >
> > > Should we consider to offer those as Google Summer of ...
> > Definitively, yes.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Cordialement,
> > Emmanuel L=E9charny
> > www.iktek.com
> >
>

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