MidPoint in Higher Education: Orgs, Roles and Relations

MidPoint in Higher Education: Orgs, Roles and Relations

Disclaimer: This particular blog post contains advanced configuration options for midPoint. It might be difficult to understand all the details for those without experience with midPoint. The first MidPoint in Higher Education blog post gave us a brief overview of the possible complexity of identity management in the higher education environment. Therefore today we can Read more about MidPoint in Higher Education: Orgs, Roles and Relations[…]

MidPoint in Higher Education: Archetypes

MidPoint in Higher Education: Archetypes

In the introductory blog about midPoint in higher education I promised that the next blog post would be about relations and organizational units. It is taking a bit longer to finalize, but hopefully it will be worth it. In the meantime, let us examine the possible uses of archetypes in midPoint. Primary purpose of archetypes Read more about MidPoint in Higher Education: Archetypes[…]

Collections And Views

There are many new features in midPoint 4.0, code-named “Gutenberg”. Archetype functionality is one of the big new things. Archetypes allow to divide objects to a very fine types with customized look and behavior. However, there is almost infinite ways how to sort and present objects. Archetypes would not be enough on their own. Therefore there is a companion feature that is focused on customized grouping and presentation of objects: collections and view.

Archetypes in Gutenberg

MidPoint 4.0 “Gutenberg” is really a revolutionary midPoint release. It is a long-term support (LTS) release. But it also brings groundbreaking features. The support for archetypes is certainly one of those features that can be a real game-changer in the future. First part of this post told the story how the idea of archetypes evolved during the course of midPoint development. This part will describe how archetypes work and how they can be used. […]

Road To Archetypes

MidPoint is developed in evolutionary fashion. When we have started midPoint, many things were considered during the design. But we were not able to implement everything during early years of midPoint development. Therefore some ideas matured in the heads of midPoint developers until their time came. That is also the case of archetypes. The archetype functionality is one of the highlights of midPoint 4.0 “Gutenberg”. And this is the story how the idea of archetypes evolved during the course of midPoint development. […]

MidPoint 4.0 “Gutenberg”

MidPoint 4.0 was released. Code-named Gutenberg, it is twenty-eighth midPoint release. MidPoint 4.0 is a major milestone in midPoint development. Similarly to the Gutenberg’s printing system, midPoint 4.0 provides a set of elements whose, when combined together, can create revolutionary solutions. Gutenberg was a long-waited release. It took some time to finish all the changes Read more about MidPoint 4.0 “Gutenberg”[…]