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Architecture
Revision as of 17:05, 7 November 2006 by Paul.socialphysics.org (Talk | contribs) (→Core Components)
This page describes the architecture of the core components planned for Higgins 1.0
Core Components
Note: In this diagram "PI" means a plug-in.
Core Components Changes --changes to the above diagram
Core Components
- RP Enablement
- I-Card Manager
- HBX Support
- ISS Web UI
- ISS Client UI
- I-Card Selector Service (ISS)
- I-Card Registry
- I-Card Provider
- Token Service
- Token Provider
- Identity Attribute Service (IdAS)
- Context Provider
Client Components
Client apps and services that use these core components are expected to include:
- Higgins Browser Extension
- "Relying Party" websites that will consume identity data provided by Higgins-based services. These would use at least the "RP Enablement" component mentioned below
- Eclipse RCP apps can leverage the ISS Client UI app for authentication
- Enterprise apps that could potentially rely on one or more of: I-Card Selector Service, ISS Web UI, ISS Client UI, and Identity Attribute Service