On 24/10/2012 14:23, Jordi Clement ha wrote: > Hi, > we're looking at virtual attributes, a concept support by Apache > Syncope. I've stumbled upon an email thread from 2011 about these > virtual attributes. I've copied the relevant part below, because I > can't find it in the new archives.
Here you go at Nabble [1], the only archive for pre-ASF and new mailing list messages. There is some (very concise, though) introduction about virtual attributes at [2]. >> Hi Dino, >> >> Virtual attributes are user attributes that are not stored on the >> Syncope db. If you enter a virtual attribute in the user schema you >> can change its value through the form. >> >> When you save an user, Syncope assign the value of each virtual >> attribute to all resource accounts that define the virtual attribute >> name in their schema map. >> >> In conclusion, virtual attributes value reside only on external >> resources. >> >> Marco > > I understand that virtual attributes are not stored in Syncope, but > only exist in connected systems and that they can be viewed and > modified because of the virtue of being defined in the schema map. So > basically they're referenced and retrieved and displayed or modified > and provisioned only when needed (for instance because of an admin > viewing the users details in Syncope)? Similar to the way Sun Identity > Manager used to deal with references? Correct. Regards. [1] http://syncope-user.1051894.n5.nabble.com/syncope-users-Virtual-Attributes-td5061678.html [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SYNCOPE/Schema%2C+attributes+and+mapping -- Francesco Chicchiriccò ASF Member, Apache Cocoon PMC and Apache Syncope PPMC Member http://people.apache.org/~ilgrosso/
