Interface Specification

Each System of Record has a set of profiles that define a tuple of Endpoint, Inbound Specification, and Outbound Specification. A System of Record can have more than one profile. Each specification can define a messaging queues its interested in, as well as how activation notifications should be sent to new people.

Profile

Inbound

• All required fields for that System of Record
• All disallowed fields
• Additional Limits/Validations on the fields (i.e. can only send one address)
• Allowed values for enumerations (i.e. can only give addresses of type CAMPUS, HOME)
• Data Format for Input (LDIF, XML, JSON, etc.)

Outbound

• Fields that need to be sent back
• Transformers (i.e. CAPITALIZE)
• Export Format (LDIF, XML, JSON, etc.)

Messaging Queue

• Messages that we're interested in

Activation

• Notification Scheme (EMAIL, TEXT, MAIL, etc.)