[provision-comment] (PSTCFAQv01) - Version 1 of PSTC FAQ

All,

 

Thanks to Darran for posting this 
document and Kelly and John for their help in putting the 1st Draft of 
PSTC together.  The document is available in DOC and PDF formats at the 
following hyperlinks below:

 

http://oasis-open.org/committees/provision/PSTCFAQv01.doc

http://oasis-open.org/committees/provision/PSTCFAQv01.PDF

 

-Gavenraj Sodhi

  

Provisioning 
Services Technical Committee (PSTC)

FAQ

Revision 
History

 

  
  

    
      
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Draft 01 – 
      v01

  

    
      
Date

    
      
12 October 
      2001

      
28 October 
      2001

  

    
      
Editor

    
      
Kelly 
      Emo, 
      John 
      Aisien, 
      Gavenraj 
      Sodhi

  

    
      
Comments

    
      
FAQ

      
- 28 October 
      2001 - Modification and addition of question, added hyperlink 
      to Introduction document

 
 
PSTC FAQ

·        
What is provisioning?

o       
Provisioning is the 
automation of all the steps required to manage (setup, amend & revoke) user 
or system access and entitlement rights to electronic services.

·        
Why is a standard for the provisioning of services 
important? 

o       
 Agreement of a 
vendor-neutral syntax for the exchange of provisioning data between systems 
& resources will significantly reduce the cost of integration for all 
members of the provisioning value chain and thus serve as a key accelerator for conducting eBusiness 
within and across enterprises.

·        
What are the core aims & objectives of the PSTC?

o       
The purpose of the OASIS Provisioning Services Technical 
Committee (PSTC) is to define an XML-based framework for exchanging user, 
resource, and service provisioning information.  The Technical Committee will develop an 
end-to-end, open, provisioning specification developed from Provisioning 
specifications.

o       
The goal (subject to revision) is to submit a Committee 
Specification to the OASIS membership for its approval by September 2002.

·        
How would achievement of these aims & objectives 
benefit stakeholders within the provisioning value chain? (vendors, customers, 
partners, etc)

o       
Interoperability between multiple systems

o       
Additional functionality for the system the customer may 
have internally to use a multitude of resources, from a multitude of vendors

o       
Vendors may manufacture, according the proposed standard, 
into customers sites that need access to resources (Electronic Services(s)) 
which may currently not be available.

o       
Partners can develop open-standard communication to 
Resources and system collaboratively by having a standard interface.

·        
What specific problem(s) are we trying to solve?

o       
Two main initial issues:

§         
Interoperability between system to system

·        
System may be meta-directory system, provisioning system, 
web access control system, or other.

§         
Standard interface between the system and resource 
(Electronic Service(s)).

·        
How does this effort relate to XRPM, ADPR, DSML, SAML, 
DMTF/CIM and so on...?

o       
Please refer to the Overview/Introduction Document.

o       
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/provision/Intro-102301.doc

·        
How does this effort complement or compete with 
Liberty, .Net, Passport and so 
on..?

o       
Still being investigated…

·        
What is our timeline?

o       
The goal (subject to revision) is to submit a Committee 
Specification to the OASIS membership for its approval by September 2002.

o       
Meeting times, dates, and other detailed information are 
available at:  

§         
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/provision/

·        
What are our critical success factors?

o       
Successful Use Case development

o       
Prototypes and Implementations by working group members

o       
Test Case Publications

o       
Approval of Proposed Specification (currently stated for 
September 2002)

o       
Specification recognition and implementation

·        
Can you provide some practical use cases?

o       
These will be made available after November 12, when the 
formal PSTC convenes and starts the work on a proper Use Cases working 
document.  Many artifacts may be 
derived from XRPM, ADPr, and ITML proposals.