Product Information

The Penn State Central Person Registry is a intelligent identity store for person information. From a data store perspective it can store the following information:

• Biographic Information (with history).
  • Names, Addresses, Email Addresses, Telephone Numbers, Gender, Date of Birth
• ID Card Information to include a photograph.
• Person and Account Linkages.
• Directory Confidentiality Preferences
• Digital Credential Information (support exists for multiple credentials per person). The credentials are generated using an algorithm that pulls an available credential from an identity pool.
• Identity Assurance Information to include the event history.
• Internal and External Affiliation Support.

The registry is composed of the following components:

• The registry itself, which is a relational database.
• A collection of Web Services that are SOAP-based.
• A rules engine that is used for affiliation transitions that uses JBoss's DROOLS. The rules engine separates the business logic from the application code.
• A messaging component for notification of events and

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