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This list represents items needed to be done which are architectural in nature, or have to do with the IdAS API/SPI interfaces.
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* Support for "building block" context providers (e.g. that do certain kinds of attribute transformation).
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**Each building block context will expect to be told the rest of the chain of contextRefs.
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** Perhaps a Factory takes a list of ContextRefs instead of a sole ContextRefs
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** When the consumer of IdAS finally gets the Context instance, that instance might be the head of a chain of Context instances. Perhaps the registry only sees the top one.
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* Metadata:
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** Metadata access: Allow subsets of metadata to be fetched. (IHasMetadata.java)
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** Does IHasMetadata.createMetadata also effectively call addMetadata?
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* Schema: Add method(s) which return the schema as a stream, DOM document, or other iterable object. (IContext.java)
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* Digital Subjects
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** Interrogation
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*** Attribute Restriction List: Some methods need to be able to allow the user to specify which attributes to be returned when accessing Digital Subjects. This will aid in performance and scalability. (IContext.java)
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**** We may need the same for metadata.
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*** Filter
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**** Format: Define the filter format for getSubjects. (IContext.java)
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**** Allow filters In other methods: (removeSubject, etc.) (IContext.java)
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*** verifySubjectAttributes doesn't leave a way to verify that a DS representing a group contains a specific member in its member value. (IContext.java)
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*** Should getSubject(cuid) throw an exception if cuid is not found, or just return null?
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*** IContext::getSubjectSchema(), IContext::setSubjectSchema()
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**** Do we need to add these methods? If so, what would be returned?
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** Updates
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*** Transaction Semantics: Are updates guaranteed to fully succeed or fully fail? (IContext.java)
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*** Updates to IDigitalSubject instances: discuss whether modifications to a returned IDigitalSubject affect the stored subject. (IContext.java)
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*** Can't remove an attribute using updateSubject. (IContext.java)
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*** Can't update components of an attribute's value (IContext.java)
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*** Can't update single (of many) attribute values or properties.
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*** Collisions: Determine what to do when importing data and collisions occur. Does import override, add to , or error when a DS exists? (IContext.java)
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** Data Model
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*** Document the special "uniqueIdentifier" attribute
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*** Is there a special "digitalSubjectType" attribute? (IDigitalSubject.java)
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* Context Factory
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** Policy Format: Describe format in more detail. Give examples. (IContextFactory.java)
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** How are factories registered? (IContextFactory.java)
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* Context
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** Policy methods for IContext.
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*** I think Tom requested the ability to pass policy/config when creating a context.
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*** Can possibly be passed in IContextFactory.createContext URI (contextRef), but is that reasonable?
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** Does export/import only export/import Digital Subjects, or the entire Context (Metadata, Schema, DS, Relationships)? (IContext.java)
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** Export/Import Filter Format: Define the format (IContext.java)
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** Export/Import data representation format. Document what this would look like and how, given the string one could understand what the format is. Is there a registry? (IContext.java)
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** How does IContext.importData handle data collisions?
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* Relationships
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** How are two relationships compared for equality? (IHasRelationships.java)
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** Does IHasRelationships.createRelationship also add? (IHasRelationships.java)
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