The original Call For Participation for this TC may be
found at <link>.
The charter was revised at the a meeting of the TC on
<date> as minuted at <link>.
The charter for this TC is as follows.
Name
The official name is the Provisioning Services Technical
Committee (PSTC). The PSTC is sometimes unofficially called the "SPML
TC" or the "PSTC/SPML committee".
Statement of Purpose
Inter- and intra-enterprise application architectures
require interoperable provisioning services that transcend the
boundaries of single security domains. The interoperable exchange of
identity information between domains, including the ability to manage
identities across such domains, is crucial to developing solutions
for provisioning across arbitrary systems and topologies.
The purpose of the TC is to define, enhance, and maintain
a standard, XML-based framework for creating and managing information
that represents user identities and related entities.
Scope of Work
The TC is engaged in evolving the suite of SPML
specifications and in applying those specifications to use-cases that
are of interest to its members. The Statement of Purpose above will
guide the scope of this effort, which continues after the release of
SPML 2.0.
This effort will deliver on the following goals:
•
Address issues and enhancement requests that have arisen from
experience with real-world implementations of SPML and from experience
with other enterprise architectures that use SPML.
•
Add support for features that were deferred from previous versions of
SPML.
•
Develop an approach for unifying various identity-provisioning models
found in real-world implementations of SPML and in SPML-based
provisioning services.
List of Deliverables
The TC released the V2.0 specifications on <date>.
Work products may include updates to the following specifications
published by the TC for V2.0:
•
SPML Protocol
•
SPML DSML Profile
•
SPML XSD Profile
•
Glossary
•
Conformance Program
The Committee may also produce additional documents, such
as specifications of new SPML profiles.
Audience
The primary audience for the final output of this TC are
the architects and implementers of provisioning services.
Language of the TC
All business of the TC will be conducted in English.