Configuring Liberty Web Services - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP1 - IDENTITY SERVER Manual

Configuring Liberty Web Services

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A Web service uses Internet protocols to provide a service. It is an XML-based protocol transported
over SOAP, or a service whose instances and data objects are addressable via URIs.
Access Manager consists of several elements that comprise Web services:
Web Service Framework: Manages all Web services. The framework defines SOAP header
blocks and processing rules that enable identity services to be invoked via SOAP requests and
responses.
Web Service Provider: An entity that provides data via a Web service. In Access Manager,
Web service providers host Web service profiles, such as the Employee Profile, Credential
Profile, Personal Profile, and so on.
Web Service Consumer: An entity that uses a Web service to access data. Web service
consumers discover resources at the Web service provider, and then retrieve or update
information about a user, or on behalf of a user. Resource discovery among trusted partners is
necessary because a user might have many kinds of identities (employee, spouse, parent,
member of a group), as well as several identity providers (employers or other commercial Web
sites).
Discovery Service: The service assigned to an identity provider that enables a Web Service
Consumer to determine which Web service provider provides the required resource.
LDAP Attribute Mapping: Access Manager's solution for mapping Liberty attributes with
established LDAP attributes.
This section describes the following topics:
Section 10.1, "Configuring the Web Services Framework," on page 224
Section 10.2, "Enabling Web Services and Profiles," on page 224
Section 10.3, "Editing Web Service Descriptions," on page 225
Section 10.4, "Configuring Credential Profile Security and Display Settings," on page 226
Section 10.5, "Configuring Service and Profile Details," on page 228
Section 10.6, "Customizing Attribute Names," on page 231
Section 10.7, "Editing Web Service Policies," on page 231
Section 10.8, "Configuring the Web Service Consumer," on page 234
Section 10.9, "Mapping LDAP and Liberty Attributes," on page 235
For additional resources about the Liberty Alliance specifications, visit the
Specification (http://www.projectliberty.org/resources/specifications.php)
Liberty Alliance
page.
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