THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY November 24, 2003 SPML ______________________ SPONSORED BY: IBM
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Provisioning, according to the technical group providing support for it, is "the automation of all the steps required to manage (setup, amend, and revoke) user or system access entitlements or data relative to electronically published services." SPML was first demonstrated publicly in 2003 by a technical working group of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). SPML Version 1 is built on the OASIS Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) Version 2, which is an XML representation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). SPML is expected to join a family of standards designed to ease the implementation of Web services, and to establish interoperability among provisioning systems that allow organizations to securely create end-user accounts for Web services and applications from a single point in an organization. A single SPML request message can be used to simultaneously create user accounts in multiple provisioning systems. Deprovisioning, such as when an employee leaves a company, is done by closing access accounts. This eliminates orphaned accounts and prevents ex-employees from gaining access to customer systems. _______________________ RELATED TERMS: XML http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci213404,00.html?track=NL-34 OASIS http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci527425,00.html?track=NL-34 DSML http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid13_gci283969,00.html?track=NL-34 LDAP http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid40_gci214076,00.html?track=NL-34 Web services http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci750567,00.html?track=NL-34 ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: The Cover Pages at OASIS provide more information about SPML. http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-10-16-a.html ______________________ TODAY'S TECH NEWS: IBM TO CALL CENTERS: CALL-FLOW DEVELOPMENT IS YOUR JOB IBM has given the job of developing voice-application code to call center managers. 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He also discusses the advantages. http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci938153,00.html?track=NL-34 >> Catch up on all the latest IT news at http://searchtechtarget.techtarget.com?track=NL-34 _____________________ THANKSGIVING QUIZ | General IT terms This Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States. We've put together a cornucopia of general IT terms to test your knowledge. Feed your brain -- the answers are pretty funny! http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci938152,00.html?track=NL-34 ______________________ SECRET WORD-OF-THE-DAY | What is IT? Baked goods stored in your computer? This is information that a Web site puts on your hard disk so that it can remember something about you at a later time. >> See if you're right! http://searchcrm.techtarget.com/gDefinition/0,294236,sid11_gci211838,00.html?track=NL-34 _____________________ LEARN IT IN 10 EASY STEPS | Web Services Web services are services that are made available from a business's server for Web users or other Web-connected programs. Almost any product can be sold on the Web and many services can actually be performed on the Web, remotely and without human intervention. This Learn IT intends to give you a "quick handle" on what this is all about and what you and your business may want to do about it now. http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci934542,00.html?track=NL-34 ______________________________ RECENT ADDITIONS AND UPDATES [1] development environment http://searchvb.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid8_gci936502,00.html?track=NL-34 [2] agile software development http://searchvb.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid8_gci936457,00.html?track=NL-34 [3] myoelectric signal http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid40_gci936219,00.html?track=NL-34 [4] TCP/IP offload engine http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci935358,00.html?track=NL-34 [5] mail transfer agent http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci876011,00.html?track=NL-34 ____________________________________________________________________ ::::::::::::::::::: WHATIS.COM CONTACTS ::::::::::::::::::: MARGARET ROUSE, Site Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IVY WIGMORE, Consulting Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) LOWELL THING, Consulting Editor and Founder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) GABRIELLE DERUSSY, Advertising ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ::::::::::::::::::::: ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER :::::::::::::::::::::: This newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media. http://www.techtarget.com?track=NL-34 Copyright 2003 TechTarget. 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