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A common question amongst TIER Participants has been the relationship between COmanage and midPoint. There is no one exact answer to this question, as with many integration problems the best answer for a given deployment will depend on the circumstances of that deployment. For example, a deployment with complicated enrollment and lifecycle policies may benefit more from COmanage, while a deployment with sophisticated provisioning requirements may benefit more from midPoint. (And of course these are not mutually incompatible requirements.) However, there are a few basic patterns that can be used as a reference point in understanding the possibilities.Integration Approach II
Canonical Person Record
To best understand these patterns, it is helpful to introduce the concept of a canonical person record. In a typical higher education identity management system, one or more systems of record serves as an authoritative source of attributes about a person's specific affiliation with the institution. For example, the student system asserts the person's student role, but in general cannot say anything about any employment role the same person might have.
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This approach is most suitable for smaller organizations, including virtual organizations, that do not require the complexity of additional components.
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COmanage Primary, midPoint Downstream
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