Websphere Member Manager (Wmm) - IBM BS029ML - WebSphere Portal Server Self Help Manual

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Figure 4-1 The general view of a WebSphere Portal deployment

4.1.2 WebSphere Member Manager (WMM)

WebSphere Member Manager for WebSphere Application Server handles member data and
profiles. In the context of WMM, four types of members are supported: Person, Group,
Organizational unit, and Organization. Each member has a member profile that describes its
characteristics within the system, and differentiates one member from another.
The Member Manager provides the following:
A common mechanism to access member profiles that are made of attributes regardless
of where and how the data of the member profile is stored. These attributes can be
single-valued, multi-valued, or composite.
A set of services to act upon and manage profiles, such as create, read, update, remove,
and search members in the profile repository.
These services also support managing groups, including assigning members to and
unassigning members from groups and querying group membership.
A hierarchical structuring of members.
A database profile repository adapter to interact with a database profile repository.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) profile repository adapters to interact with a
set of supported LDAP servers.
In the context of WebSphere Member Manager documentation, the database profile
repository adapter is called wmmDB, and the LDAP profile repository is referred to as
wmmLDAP, and each adapter is referred to as the wmmLDAP adapter.
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