Glossary

CRUD

Is an acronym that describes the four basic operations of persistent storage. It stands for create, read, update, and delete. In discussions of RESTful APIs each letter maps to HTTP methods. For more information, see Create, read, update and delete - Wikipedia.

Enterprise User Schema Extension

An extension to the SCIM core user schema that provides additional attributes commonly used in enterprise environments, such as employee number, organization, department, and manager information. For more information, see RFC7643 Section 4.3.

IAM

stands for identity and access management and is a framework of policies and technologies to ensure that the right users have the appropriate access to technology resources. For more information, see Identity Management - Wikipedia

LDAP

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an open, vendor-neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. For more information, see LDAP - Wikipedia

OIDC

OpenID Connect

stands for OpenID Connect and is an open standard by the OpenID Foundation. It’s an authentication layer on top of the OAuth 2.0 authorization framework. For more information, see OpenID Connect (OIDC) - Wikipedia

PATCH Operation

A type of HTTP request used to make partial updates to a resource. In SCIM, PATCH operations use a specific format defined in RFC7644 that allows for adding, removing, or replacing specific attributes. For more information, see RFC7644 Section 3.5.2.

REST

stands for Representational State Transfer and is a software architectural style created to guide the design and development of the architecture for the world wide web. For more information, see Fielding [8].

RFC

Request for Comments. A formal document from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that describes the methods, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the Internet. SCIM specifications are defined in RFCs 7642, 7643, and 7644.

SCIM

System for Cross-domain Identity Management

An open standard for automating the exchange of user identity information between identity domains or IT systems. SCIM provides a standardized REST API for managing users and groups across different systems. For more information, see SCIM - Wikipedia.

Service Provider

In SCIM terminology, a service provider is an HTTP web application that provides identity information via the SCIM protocol. The SCIM service in Nubus acts as a service provider.

UDM

stands for Univention Directory Manager. In Nubus for Kubernetes, the Directory Manager includes UDM in the form of the UDM Library. For the internal functions of the Directory Manager, see Internal functions.

UUID

Universally Unique Identifier. A 128-bit identifier used to uniquely identify information in computer systems. In SCIM, UUIDs are commonly used as resource IDs. For more information, see UUID - Wikipedia.