All Higgins solutions including the various flavors of the Higgins Selector are (or are supposed to be): * branded Higgins * downloadable as a set of components and deployable
In addition for some of these there may be packaged/rebranded versions available (e.g. From Novell as ³DigitalMe²). These versions are often better packaged and easier to install than the equivalent Higgins versions. But you¹re right we need to lay this out more clearly. --Paul On 3/18/09 1:29 AM, "Drummond Reed" <[email protected]> wrote: > One point: If it stays singular (³Higgins Selector²), the reader is going to > expect to be able to download and install and use something branded as the > ³Higgins Selector². However if the Higgins Selector is only available as a set > of components that are packaged and rebranded for distribution by others > (e.g., Azigo, DigitalMe), then the underlying pages should explain that > clearly, and provide links to where the branded packages can be downloaded. > > =Drummond > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paul Trevithick > Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 12:13 PM > To: higgins-dev > Subject: Re: [higgins-dev] Reorganizing Higgins site/content (another tweak) > > It was a conscious choice in the interest of simplicity. All of the separate > selectors we have could be thought of as just different flavors for different > platforms. But there¹s really only one thing, the Higgins Selector. By > contrast, behind the other 2 doors are mixtures of different kinds of things. > > Could be wrong. What do others think? > > --Paul > > On 3/17/09 2:19 PM, "Mary Ruddy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Should door number 1 be called Higgins Selectors (plural) since all three > doors point to multiple things? > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Paul Trevithick > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:58 PM > To: higgins-dev > Subject: Re: [higgins-dev] Reorganizing Higgins site/content (another tweak) > > Oops. That was a typo. IDS was supposed to be ³Identity Data Service² (see red > correction below). > > BTW, I¹ve implemented tonight these changes in the home page and the top three > ³overview²/door pages (now as wiki pages) in the staging area here: > http://www.eclipse.org/higgins/ver2/index.php > > --Paul > > > On 3/16/09 10:39 PM, "Mary Ruddy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Cleaning this up will be great. It would be nice if we could get even more > differentiation between IDS and IdAS. Both have long names of Identity > Attribute Service. What about IDWS (Identity Attribute Web Service)? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Trevithick > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 6:23 PM > To: higgins-dev > Subject: [higgins-dev] Reorganizing Higgins site/content (another tweak) > > Folks, > > I¹m just back from three days of Higgins meetings in France with the FC2 > consortium. The experience prompt the following proposed changes to the > site/wiki content: > > TODAY --> PROPOSED > ===== ======== > > Clients Selectors > ------- --------- > AIR Client & Server AIR Selector (including ICS) > Web Selector (including ICS) > ICM[missing!] merged into the above > RCP no change > GTK/Cocoa no change > FF-embedded no change > > Identity Services Identity Services > ----------------- ----------------- > WS-Trust IdP no change > SAML IdP no change > RP no change > Web Selector moved up above > XDI4J moved down below > > Identity Att. Svcs Attribute Services > ------------------ ------------------ > IDS - multiprotocol web service > XDI4J - now moved here > IdAS - today's Java framework > > Where IDS is short for "Identity Data Service," a multiprotocol > attribute data service (web service) based on IdAS framework. > > Advantages/Disadvantages > ------------------------ > + All three "doors" are now doors to multiple things (consistency) > + We differentiate between the IdAS Java interfaces and the IDS > + We use "selector" instead of "client" > + so we can include the "web selector" under "selectors" > + now all selectors are grouped together under "Selectors" > + XDI4J has a better home > + The missing WEB (GWT) I-Card Manager now has a home > + Now IDS can support Plaxo Portable Contacts, XDI, etc. without > being confused with the name of the underlying framework (IdAS) > - The client word was a less bias-proclaiming word than selector. > We switched to client when we thought contributions from > IDIB and/or Liberty (ECP, etc.) folks might be forthcoming. > Now we should just go back to making a "multi-protocol" selector > and be welcoming by our actions (true multi-protocol-ness). > > --Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > higgins-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/higgins-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > higgins-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/higgins-dev > >
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