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This page provides an overview of what's being developed or has already been developed for Higgins 1.1.  
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This page provides an overview of what's being developed or has already been developed for Higgins 1.1. Many of the items on this page have been pulled from the overall long term wishlist here: [[Higgins Backlog]] and sub-backlog pages linked from it (e.g. [[Website Backlog]], etc.).  
  
Many of the items on this page have been pulled from the overall long term wishlist here: [[Backlog]] and sub-backlog pages linked from it (e.g. [[Website Backlog]], etc.). Our process should be to describe and discuss the tasks here. When we know which milestone they will belong to we create bugzilla items for them appropriately.
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=== Process (revised 7-July-2009) ===
  
==Overview==
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'''Bugzilla (NOT this page NOR the milestone pages) is the authoritative tracking system.'''
* Current release target date is 1-Oct-2009
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* Upcoming milestone: [[Higgins_1.1M7]]
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* [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Higgins Enter a bug]
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==Higgins Selector ==
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Process:
  
This section documents the variants of the Higgins Selector that are under development for Higgins 1.1.  
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*We write up task descriptions on this page and discuss them on the list and on weekly calls. The idea is to comb through this page looking for items to schedule (put into Bugziilla). In some ways this page is really a Higgins 1.1 wish list, because anything that doesn't have a bugzilla item isn't "real" (isn't scheduled).
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*We create bugzilla items for each and copy the descriptions into the bugzilla entry (often embedded links to wiki pages). The bugzilla entry tags them as to milestone
  
===[[AIR Selector 1.1-Win]] ===
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This page and the milestone pages:
For Firefox and IE. Tasks:
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* Azigo to check in all Higgins code updates to Higgins (should be done for 1.1M7)
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* Azigo to check in all non-Higgins 3rd party source code as well as all 3rd party binary code (libraries) to the "Higgins" developer area on azigo.com
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* Create skinnable UI (like what Andy did for DigitalMe)
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===[[AIR Selector 1.1-Mac]]===
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*What remains on this page are just a one-liners with a link to the bugzilla description.  
For Firefox. Tasks:
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*If desired, we can copy this one liner to the dedicated milestone page (e.g. [[Higgins1.1M7]]
* Same as for [[AIR Selector 1.1-Win]]
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===[[GTK Selector 1.1-Win]]===
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== Overview ==
For Firefox and IE (also callable by local apps). This is a native code app. Tasks:
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* Create wiki page: [[GTK Selector 1.1-Win]] [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=276336 276336]
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* [[Selector Architecture Harmonization]] - this page lists a number of tasks specific to adding the synchronizing card store component.
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* Targetted for [[Higgins 1.1M7]]:
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** Use [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Higgins_Browser_Extension HBX]  (1980)
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** Build connector [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=273315 273315] (1889)
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** Merge all connectors (AIR, Cardspace, GTK) into HSS [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=273316 273316] (1890)
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** Use HSS [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=273318 273318] (1891)
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** For future variants: Port HSS to OSX and Linux. [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=273321 273321] (1765)
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===[[Cloud Selector 1.1]]===
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*Current release target date is July 2010
Web-based I-Card Selector for Higgins Server. Speaks OpenID with AX. Tasks:
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*Upcoming milestone: [[Higgins 1.1]]  
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*[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/enter_bug.cgi?product=Higgins Enter a bug]
  
* Need second factor for auth --preferably LOA 3. Examples:
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== Higgins Selector  ==
** OTP (One time password) sent to the user's phone
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** OTP generator app on the phone
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===[[iPhone Selector 1.1]] ===
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=== [[AIR Selector 1.1]] ===
* New for Higgins 1.1
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* Mary and Markus are discussing if this could be listed in Apple App Store under the "Eclipse Higgins" rather than "FreeXRI" name
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* The download link on the new solutions/download will point to the Apple App Store
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===Not Planned ===
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* See [[Higgins 1.1]]
By building on porting work done as part of Higgins 1.0, it would be a fairly small task to create the following additional variants, although these are not planned at this time:
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* Cocoa Selector 1.1-Mac
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* GTK Selector 1.1-Linux
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* GTK Selector 1.1-FreeBSD
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==Identity Services ==
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Done:
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*See [[Higgins 1.1M8]] and earlier
  
Identity Provider web services:
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=== [[IPhone Selector 1.1]]  ===
* [[STS IdP]] - WS-Trust Identity Provider (webapp and web service)
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** Get it to support WS-Trust 1.3 [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=244073 244073and SOAP 1.2 [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=227044 227044].
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** PPID algorithm support for v1.5 - '''DONE'''
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* [[SAML2 IdP]] - SAML2 Identity Provider (webapp and web service)
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** Enhance so that in addition to authenticating users against a Higgins IdAS Context, it can also authenticate users with an information card. Note that it does not yet issue cards. - '''DONE'''
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Relying Party website or service:
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1.1:
* [[Extensible Protocol RP Website 1.1]] - I-Card-enabled Relying Party site (webapp) - '''DONE'''
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* Update downloads page http://www.eclipse.org/higgins/downloads.php
  
== Attribute Services ==
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Done:
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*See [[Higgins 1.1M8]] and earlier
  
=== Java Frameworks, Libraries & Models ===
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=== [[Android Selector 1.1]]  ===
  
* [[IdAS Solution 1.1]]: A basic configuration of the [[Identity Attribute Service 1.1]] (IdAS). IdAS is a java framework that provides a common interface to identity, profile, and relationship data from external data sources (e.g. websites, databases, directories) and expose them via the IdAS interfaces.
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* See [[Higgins 1.1]]
* [[XDI4j]] - General purpose library for XDI (see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XDI Wikipedia page on XDI])
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=== Web Services ===
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=== Unsupported  ===
New for Higgins 1.1..
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* [[IDS]]: is a new web service called the Identity Data Service. It provides RESTful bindings (using a variety of protocols such as XDI, Plaxo Portable Contacts, etc.) over IdAS
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During the course of Higgins 1.1 development we experimented with the following selector variants, but in each case decided not to make them an official part of Higgins 1.1:
  
=== Context Data Model===
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*[[GTK Selector 1.1-Win]] - basically complete. Work done includes:
* [[Context Data Model 1.1]]  
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**See [[Higgins 1.1M7]]  
** [[Higgins.owl 1.1]]: [[HOWL Update 1.1.106]], [[HOWL Update 1.1.105]], [[HOWL Update 1.1.104]], [[HOWL Update 1.1.103]][[HOWL Update 1.1.102]]
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**[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=282695 282695] Split GTK/Cocoa Selector component into UI vs. LICS
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*[[AIR Selector 1.1-Win]] - early version, relies on hosted I-Card Service
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*Cocoa Selector 1.1 - never started
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*GTK Selector 1.1-Linux - never started
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*GTK Selector 1.1-FreeBSD - never started
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*RCP Selector 1.1 - never started. Required tasks include:
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**[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=273318 273318]: Adapting to use [[Higgins Selector Switch]] (1891)
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**[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=245567 245567]: RCP selector needs to support new PPID algorithm per OASIS IMI
  
== Components ==
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== Selector Supporting Services  ==
===IdAS Component===
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* [[EntityId Requirements#Proposed_Changes_to_IdAS_API_for_Higgins_1.1]]
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* [[Higgins/ModelAPIs]]
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* [[Access Control in IdAS]]
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* IdAS Authentication: With Higgins 1.1, there were some changes to the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Authentication_Materials IdAS Authentication Materials]. The goals of these changes were (1)To have identifiers for Authentication Material types, in order to be able to discover this information via UDI Resolution and (2) To be able to easily (de)serialize Authentication Materials.  The changes made include the following:
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** Introduce a marker interface IAuthnMaterials, which all Authentication Materials classes implement
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** Define string constants for the common kinds of Authentication Materials that we have
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** Reduce Authentication Materials classes to simple Java Beans (i.e. remove business logic, and reference to IContext in constructor)
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* See also [[IdAS Backlog]]
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===IdAS Context Providers ===
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=== [[Cloud Selector 1.1]] ===
* Google Contacts CP - '''DONE'''
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* RDF CP - DONE
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* JNDI/LDAP CP - DONE
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No longer planned for 1.1:
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* Access Control CP? - not started
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* Open Social CP - not started
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* JDBC CP - not started
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=== [[Higgins Browser Extension]] Component ===
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Unscheduled:  
Besides making sure that all H1.1 Selector solutions use the same HBXes, we also need to add support for:
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* un/pw login - '''HIGH'''
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* Microsoft's new CardTile option - '''HIGH'''
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* Work with Axel to integrate his new XRD discovery code - '''HIGH'''
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* Merge IDIB code (if possible), else recode in HBX - '''priority''' -- depends on what we want to show at RSA 2009 interop
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Experimental:
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*Add second factor for auth --preferably LOA 3. Examples:  
* [[Password Cards]] - includes "PWMgr" a proposed enhancement to the [[Higgins Browser Extension]] (initially its own extension)
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**OTP (One time password) sent to the user's phone
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**OTP generator app on the phone
  
=== [[Higgins Selector Switch]] Component ===
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=== [[I-Card Service 1.1]] ===
* Versions for
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** Windows
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** Linux
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** MacOSX - '''HIGH'''
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* Merge connectors into the HSS - '''HIGH''' - [Jeesmon]
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* Windows selector connector for CardSpace and AIR - '''DONE'''
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* DigitalMe selector connectors (need MacOSX, Windows and Linux) - '''HIGH''' [Andy]
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Unscheduled:
  
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*Adapt to use [[Authentication Service 1.1]]
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*Check in code related to AIR Selector
  
==Infrastructure & Cross-cutting Improvements==
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=== [[CardSync Service 1.1]] ===
  
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Unscheduled:
  
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*Adapt to use [[Authentication Service 1.1]]
  
===Selector 1.0 wiki doc===
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== Identity Services  ==
  
[[GTK_and_Cocoa_Selector_1.0]]:
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=== [[STS IdP]] ===
* split above page into two [[GTK Selector 1.0]] and [[Cocoa Selector 1.1]] being careful to move common content to common pages to eliminate duplication of content in these three new pages
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* replace [[GTK Selector 1.0]] page with three separate pages [[GTK Selector 1.0-Win]], [[GTK Selector 1.0-FreeBSD]], and [[GTK Selector 1.0-Linux]] being careful to move common content to common pages to eliminate duplication of content in these three new pages
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* update http://wiki.eclipse.org/Selector_Overview#Higgins_1.0_Selector replacing the one link to [[GTK and Cocoa Selector 1.0]] with these four:
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** [[Cocoa Selector 1.0]] - client-based native code selector for Firefox or other local apps
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** [[GTK Selector 1.0-Win]] - as above
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** [[GTK Selector 1.0-Linux]] - as above
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** [[GTK Selector 1.0-FreeBSD]] - as above
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===Website: New Components Page(s)===
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Done:  
* Instead of all components for Higgins 1.0 and Higgins 1.1 mixed together on a single page, we create two separate pages: Components 1.0 and Components 1.1
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* The appearance of each of the two Components pages would be the same as today's single Components page with these exceptions:
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** The "H1.0" and "H1.1" columns (with LEDs) are no longer needed
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** We create the two replacement pages as .PHP web pages NOT wiki pages. This has two advantages (i) the current Components page is the only wiki page on the site to which the new style sheet can't be used (rather than debug the problem with the wiki templates and the .css we just eliminate the problem) (ii) we can ADD BACK a "Nightly" column with RED/GREEN indicators to see what components are building nightly.
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** We will have to create PHP functions that are the equivalent of the wiki templates used on this page
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* The current components page is linked from the left-hand menu. The two new pages are linked from the new downloads page (see below) when that page is ready.
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===Website: New Downloads Page ===
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*See [[Higgins 1.1M7]]  
* [https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=218923 218923]
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*PPID algorithm support for v1.5
Here is the basic content of the new download page:
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Higgins 1.0
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=== [[SAML2 IdP]] ===
* table as below
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Higgins 1.1
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Done:
* demo VirtualBox Linux image of a selector, and IdP, and some RP (and all source code) [ideally this would be updated every milestone]
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* 1.1M7 Table: Solutions
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*Enhance so that in addition to authenticating users against a Higgins IdAS Context, it can also authenticate users with an information card. Note that it does not yet issue cards.
** Section: Higgins Selector
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*** Row: [[AIR Selector 1.1-Win]] PSF <auto-built-download-page> MAN-BLD-LED INT-LED MAN-REG-TEST-LED <owner>
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*** Row: [[AIR Selector 1.1-Mac]] PSF <auto-built-download-page> MAN-BLD-LED INT-LED MAN-REG-TEST-LED <owner>
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** Section: Identity Services
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*** Row: etc.
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** Section: Attribute Services
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*** Row: etc.
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* [[Sandbox Components 1.0 | Components 1.0]] - link to a .php page (not a wiki page): only components that are part of one of the above solutions (not old 1.0 components)
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=== Identity Services: RP  ===
  
Where:
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Done:  
* PSF - a link to a PSF with every eclipse project needed to build and run the solution
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* MAN-BLD-LED - a RED/GRN LED that indicates if this solution can be manually built from scratch from instructions on the wiki page for this solution (using the PSF)
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* MAN-REG-TEST-LED - pass/fail LED on manual regression test (listed on solutions wiki page)
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* INT-LED - is this solution internationalized
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Mock up: A wiki based mock-up of what the new page would look like:
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*[[Extensible Protocol RP Website 1.1]] - I-Card-enable the site (webapp)
[[New Higgins 1.1 Mock-Up]]
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===Split Dependencies===
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=== [[Authentication Service 1.1]] ===
* Breaking every jar into its own Eclipse project (relationship to Orbit) (Mary to ask for volunteer on the list.)
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===Internationalization===
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Unscheduled:
* Internationalization of certain CPs - done
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* Evaluate how could internationalization the clients so that can outsource creating localized versions.
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===Components Page===
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*Implement it
* Comb through [[Components]] page and correct all missing wiki pages, etc.
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** Improve [[Components]] page by showing
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*** Make it easy to see which component is used in 1.0, 1.1 or both - [DONE]
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*** Make it easy to see which components are building properly in the nightly build
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=== Galileo ===
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== Attribute Services  ==
* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Galileo Galileo] - need to create a prioritized list of "to do"s even though we will not be part of Galileo so that we'll be in better shape for next year
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=== [[IdAS Solution 1.1]] ===
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Unscheduled:
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*Dust off 1.0 code and wiki; make sure it builds and runs
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=== [[XDI4j 1.1]] ===
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Done.
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== Components  ==
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=== [[Higgins Browser Extension]] Component  ===
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Deferred:
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*un/pw login
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*Microsoft's new CardTile option
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*Work with Axel to integrate his new XRD discovery code
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*Merge IDIB code (if possible), else recode in HBX -- depends on what we want to show at RSA 2009 interop
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*Experimental: [[Password Cards]] - includes "PWMgr" a proposed enhancement to the [[Higgins Browser Extension]] (initially its own extension)
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=== [[Higgins Selector Switch]] Component  ===
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Questions:
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*Have we checked in this work from Corisecio?
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**Windows platform: option to use DLL instead of TCP socket/server method of connecting the HBX (for IE &amp; FF) to use a DLL connection instead
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*Need to review [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Components_1.1#Higgins_Selector_Switch_.28HSS.29 this table] on the components 1.1 page. Does it correctly captures the number of separate implementations of HSS that have been developed. That is, are there really only two implementation project/folders? Windows and Mac?
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Done:
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*See [[Higgins 1.1M7]]
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=== [[Org.eclipse.higgins.ontology]]  ===
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This component holds the schemas/ontologies used by Higgins. Done:
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*Updates to [[Higgins.owl 1.1]]
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*New: [[Persona.owl 1.1]] - [[Persona Data Model 1.1]]
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=== STS  ===
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Done:
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*See [[Higgins 1.1M7#STS]]
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=== Configuration  ===
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Scheduled:
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*See [[Higgins 1.1M8]]
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=== IdAS Component  ===
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[[Higgins 1.1M8]]:
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*[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=284641 284641]: [[EntityId Requirements#Proposed_Changes_to_IdAS_API_for_Higgins_1.1]]
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Unscheduled:
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#[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=284644 284644]: [[Higgins/ModelAPIs]]
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#[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=284645 284645]: [[Access Control in IdAS]]
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#[https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=238374 238374]: IdASRegistry: Support for dynamic updates - Greg/IBM
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#IdAS Authentication: With Higgins 1.1, there were some changes to the [http://wiki.eclipse.org/Authentication_Materials IdAS Authentication Materials]. The goals of these changes were (1)To have identifiers for Authentication Material types, in order to be able to discover this information via UDI Resolution and (2) To be able to easily (de)serialize Authentication Materials. The changes made include the following:
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#*Introduce a marker interface IAuthnMaterials, which all Authentication Materials classes implement
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#*Define string constants for the common kinds of Authentication Materials that we have
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#*Reduce Authentication Materials classes to simple Java Beans (i.e. remove business logic, and reference to IContext in constructor)
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Done:
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*Eliminating Metadata
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*[[IdAS API Extensibility]]
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=== IdAS Context Providers  ===
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Unscheduled:
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*Add Google Context CP to the components page [[Components 1.1]]
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Done:
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*Google Contacts CP&nbsp;
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*RDF CP
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*JNDI/LDAP CP
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== Documentation ==
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This section describes planned improvements to the Higgins website &amp; wiki.
  
 
=== Website ===
 
=== Website ===
* [[Website Improvements Done for 1.1]]
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Unsheduled:
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*[[Build Result Page]] - improvements to the format of pages like this one [http://download.eclipse.org/technology/higgins/downloads/sync.meta/builds/S-S20090822-200908220210/index.html]
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Done:
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*Convert [[Components]] pages to the new Higgins stylesheet
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*See [[Higgins 1.1M7]]
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*[[Website Improvements Done for 1.1]]
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=== Wiki: Selector 1.0  ===
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Unscheduled:
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*[[GTK and Cocoa Selector 1.0]]: split above page into two [[GTK Selector 1.0]] and [[Cocoa Selector 1.1]] being careful to move common content to common pages to eliminate duplication of content in these three new pages
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*replace [[GTK Selector 1.0]] page with three separate pages [[GTK Selector 1.0-Win]], [[GTK Selector 1.0-FreeBSD]], and [[GTK Selector 1.0-Linux]] being careful to move common content to common pages to eliminate duplication of content in these three new pages
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*update http://wiki.eclipse.org/Selector_Overview#Higgins_1.0_Selector replacing the one link to [[GTK and Cocoa Selector 1.0]] with these four:
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**[[Cocoa Selector 1.0]] - client-based native code selector for Firefox or other local apps
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**[[GTK Selector 1.0-Win]] - as above
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**[[GTK Selector 1.0-Linux]] - as above
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**[[GTK Selector 1.0-FreeBSD]] - as above
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== Infrastructure &amp; Cross-cutting Improvements ==
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[[Higgins 1.1M8]]:
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*[[Automated Solution-Level Builds]] - autobuild [[GTK Selector 1.1-Win]]
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Unscheduled:
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*Breaking every jar into its own Eclipse project (relationship to Orbit)
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*Internationalization of certain CPs - done
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*Evaluate how could internationalization the clients so that can outsource creating localized versions.
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*[http://wiki.eclipse.org/Galileo Galileo] - need to create a prioritized list of "to do"s even though we will not be part of Galileo so that we'll be in better shape for next year.

Latest revision as of 10:07, 14 June 2010

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This page provides an overview of what's being developed or has already been developed for Higgins 1.1. Many of the items on this page have been pulled from the overall long term wishlist here: Higgins Backlog and sub-backlog pages linked from it (e.g. Website Backlog, etc.).

Process (revised 7-July-2009)

Bugzilla (NOT this page NOR the milestone pages) is the authoritative tracking system.

Process:

  • We write up task descriptions on this page and discuss them on the list and on weekly calls. The idea is to comb through this page looking for items to schedule (put into Bugziilla). In some ways this page is really a Higgins 1.1 wish list, because anything that doesn't have a bugzilla item isn't "real" (isn't scheduled).
  • We create bugzilla items for each and copy the descriptions into the bugzilla entry (often embedded links to wiki pages). The bugzilla entry tags them as to milestone

This page and the milestone pages:

  • What remains on this page are just a one-liners with a link to the bugzilla description.
  • If desired, we can copy this one liner to the dedicated milestone page (e.g. Higgins1.1M7

Overview

Higgins Selector

AIR Selector 1.1

Done:

IPhone Selector 1.1

1.1:

Done:

Android Selector 1.1

Unsupported

During the course of Higgins 1.1 development we experimented with the following selector variants, but in each case decided not to make them an official part of Higgins 1.1:

  • GTK Selector 1.1-Win - basically complete. Work done includes:
  • AIR Selector 1.1-Win - early version, relies on hosted I-Card Service
  • Cocoa Selector 1.1 - never started
  • GTK Selector 1.1-Linux - never started
  • GTK Selector 1.1-FreeBSD - never started
  • RCP Selector 1.1 - never started. Required tasks include:

Selector Supporting Services

Cloud Selector 1.1

Unscheduled:

  • Add second factor for auth --preferably LOA 3. Examples:
    • OTP (One time password) sent to the user's phone
    • OTP generator app on the phone

I-Card Service 1.1

Unscheduled:

CardSync Service 1.1

Unscheduled:

Identity Services

STS IdP

Done:

SAML2 IdP

Done:

  • Enhance so that in addition to authenticating users against a Higgins IdAS Context, it can also authenticate users with an information card. Note that it does not yet issue cards.

Identity Services: RP

Done:

Authentication Service 1.1

Unscheduled:

  • Implement it

Attribute Services

IdAS Solution 1.1

Unscheduled:

  • Dust off 1.0 code and wiki; make sure it builds and runs

XDI4j 1.1

Done.

Components

Higgins Browser Extension Component

Deferred:

  • un/pw login
  • Microsoft's new CardTile option
  • Work with Axel to integrate his new XRD discovery code
  • Merge IDIB code (if possible), else recode in HBX -- depends on what we want to show at RSA 2009 interop
  • Experimental: Password Cards - includes "PWMgr" a proposed enhancement to the Higgins Browser Extension (initially its own extension)

Higgins Selector Switch Component

Questions:

  • Have we checked in this work from Corisecio?
    • Windows platform: option to use DLL instead of TCP socket/server method of connecting the HBX (for IE & FF) to use a DLL connection instead
  • Need to review this table on the components 1.1 page. Does it correctly captures the number of separate implementations of HSS that have been developed. That is, are there really only two implementation project/folders? Windows and Mac?

Done:

Org.eclipse.higgins.ontology

This component holds the schemas/ontologies used by Higgins. Done:

STS

Done:

Configuration

Scheduled:

IdAS Component

Higgins 1.1M8:

Unscheduled:

  1. 284644: Higgins/ModelAPIs
  2. 284645: Access Control in IdAS
  3. 238374: IdASRegistry: Support for dynamic updates - Greg/IBM
  4. IdAS Authentication: With Higgins 1.1, there were some changes to the IdAS Authentication Materials. The goals of these changes were (1)To have identifiers for Authentication Material types, in order to be able to discover this information via UDI Resolution and (2) To be able to easily (de)serialize Authentication Materials. The changes made include the following:
    • Introduce a marker interface IAuthnMaterials, which all Authentication Materials classes implement
    • Define string constants for the common kinds of Authentication Materials that we have
    • Reduce Authentication Materials classes to simple Java Beans (i.e. remove business logic, and reference to IContext in constructor)

Done:

IdAS Context Providers

Unscheduled:

Done:

  • Google Contacts CP 
  • RDF CP
  • JNDI/LDAP CP

Documentation

This section describes planned improvements to the Higgins website & wiki.

Website

Unsheduled:

Done:

Wiki: Selector 1.0

Unscheduled:

Infrastructure & Cross-cutting Improvements

Higgins 1.1M8:

Unscheduled:

  • Breaking every jar into its own Eclipse project (relationship to Orbit)
  • Internationalization of certain CPs - done
  • Evaluate how could internationalization the clients so that can outsource creating localized versions.
  • Galileo - need to create a prioritized list of "to do"s even though we will not be part of Galileo so that we'll be in better shape for next year.

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