Overview¶
This identity and access management (IAM) software performs the following for the University of Arizona’s Research Data Repository (ReDATA):
It conducts EDS queries to retrieve classification information (e.g., student, staff, and/or faculty) and association with organization codes (i.e., departments/colleges)
Based on classification information and primary organization association, it sets
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Grouper membership
The Grouper memberships are as follow:
The allowed user quota for upload (in bytes), determined by the user’s classification, is set by Grouper
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groupThe “research theme/portal”, determined by the user’s organizational affiliation, is set by Grouper
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group
For the latter, these portals and their association with University organization code(s) are defined within this CSV file.
Note that access is granted to the service through membership in a Grouper
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group. These memberships are done indirectly based on
other Grouper membership set forth by University Library privileges.
This software is based on the existing patron software developed for the University of Arizona Libraries.
An illustration of the service architecture workflow is provided below.