See: Description
| Interface | Description |
|---|---|
| Bin |
An inventory defines a collection of resources.
|
| BinAdminSession |
This session creates, updates, and deletes
Bins. |
| BinForm |
This is the form for creating and updating bins.
|
| BinHierarchyDesignSession |
This session defines methods for managing a hierarchy of
Bin
objects. |
| BinHierarchySession |
This session defines methods for traversing a hierarchy of
Bin
objects. |
| BinList |
Like all
OsidLists, BinList provides a
means for accessing Bin elements sequentially either one at
a time or many at a time. |
| BinLookupSession |
This session provides methods for retrieving
Bin
objects. |
| BinNode |
This interface is a container for a partial hierarchy retrieval.
|
| BinNodeList |
Like all
OsidLists, BinNodeList provides
a means for accessing BinNode elements sequentially either
one at a time or many at a time. |
| BinNotificationSession |
This session defines methods to receive notifications on adds/changes
to
Bin objects. |
| BinQuery |
This is the query for searching bins.
|
| BinQueryInspector |
This is the query inspector for examining bin queries.
|
| BinQuerySession |
This session provides methods for searching among
Bin
objects. |
| BinReceiver |
The bin receiver is the consumer supplied interface for receiving
notifications pertaining to new, updated or deleted
Bin
objects. |
| BinSearch |
The interface for governing bin searches.
|
| BinSearchOrder |
An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
|
| BinSearchResults |
This interface provides a means to capture results of a search.
|
| BinSearchSession |
This session provides methods for searching among
Bin
objects. |
| GroupAssignmentSession |
This session provides methods to re-assign
Resources to
group Resources. |
| GroupHierarchySession |
This session provides a hierarchical view of resource groups.
|
| GroupNotificationSession |
This session defines methods to receive notifications on adds/changes
to
Resource members. |
| GroupReceiver |
The resource group receiver is the consumer supplied interface for
receiving notifications pertaining to new or deleted members.
|
| GroupSession |
This session provides methods to retrieve
Resource to
Group mappings. |
| MembershipSession |
This session provides methods to query if a
Resource is
a member of another Resource. |
| Resource |
A
Resource represents an arbitrary entity. |
| ResourceAdminSession |
This session creates, updates, and deletes
Resources. |
| ResourceAgentAssignmentSession |
This session provides methods to re-assign
Resource to
Agents. |
| ResourceAgentSession |
This session provides methods to retrieve
Resource to
Agent mappings. |
| ResourceBinAssignmentSession |
This session provides methods to re-assign
Resources to
Bins. |
| ResourceBinSession |
This session provides methods to retrieve
Resource to
Bin mappings. |
| ResourceForm |
This is the form for creating and updating
Resources. |
| ResourceList |
Like all
OsidLists, ResourceList provides
a means for accessing Resource elements sequentially either
one at a time or many at a time. |
| ResourceLookupSession |
This session defines methods for retrieving resources.
|
| ResourceManager |
The resource manager provides access to resource lookup and creation
sessions and provides interoperability tests for various aspects of this
service.
|
| ResourceNode |
This interface is a container for a partial hierarchy retrieval.
|
| ResourceNodeList |
Like all
OsidLists, ResourceNodeList
provides a means for accessing ResourceNode elements
sequentially either one at a time or many at a time. |
| ResourceNotificationSession |
This session defines methods to receive notifications on adds/changes
to
Resource objects in this Bin. |
| ResourceProfile |
The resource profile describes interoperability among resource
services.
|
| ResourceProxyManager |
The resource manager provides access to resource lookup and creation
session and provides interoperability tests for various aspects of this
service.
|
| ResourceQuery |
This is the query for searching resources.
|
| ResourceQueryInspector |
This is the query inspector for examining resource queries.
|
| ResourceQuerySession |
This session provides methods for searching among
Resource
objects. |
| ResourceReceiver |
The resource receiver is the consumer supplied interface for receiving
notifications pertaining to new, updated or deleted
Resource
objects. |
| ResourceRelationship |
ResourceRelationship relates two resources. |
| ResourceRelationshipAdminSession |
This session creates, updates, and deletes
ResourceRelationships. |
| ResourceRelationshipBinAssignmentSession |
This session provides methods to re-assign
ResourceRelationships
to Bins. |
| ResourceRelationshipBinSession |
This session provides methods to retrieve
ResourceRelationship
to Bin mappings. |
| ResourceRelationshipForm |
This is the form for creating and updating
ResourceRelationships. |
| ResourceRelationshipList |
Like all
OsidLists, ResourceRelationshipList
provides a means for accessing ResourceRelationship
elements sequentially either one at a time or many at a time. |
| ResourceRelationshipLookupSession |
This session provides methods for examining resource relationships.
|
| ResourceRelationshipNotificationSession |
This session defines methods to receive asynchronous notifications on
adds/changes to resource relationships.
|
| ResourceRelationshipQuery |
This is the query for searching resource relationships.
|
| ResourceRelationshipQueryInspector |
This is the query inspector for examining resource relationship
queries.
|
| ResourceRelationshipQuerySession |
This session provides methods for searching
ResourceRelationship
objects. |
| ResourceRelationshipReceiver |
The resource relationship receiver is the consumer supplied interface
for receiving notifications pertaining to new, updated or deleted
ResourceRelationships. |
| ResourceRelationshipSearch |
ResourceRelationshipSearch defines the interface for
specifying relationship search options. |
| ResourceRelationshipSearchOrder |
An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
|
| ResourceRelationshipSearchResults |
This interface provides a means to capture results of a search.
|
| ResourceRelationshipSearchSession |
This session provides methods for searching
ResourceRelationship
objects. |
| ResourceRelationshipSmartBinSession |
This session manages queries and sequencing to create "smart" dynamic
catalogs.
|
| ResourceSearch |
The search interface for governing resource searches.
|
| ResourceSearchOrder |
An interface for specifying the ordering of search results.
|
| ResourceSearchResults |
This interface provides a means to capture results of a search.
|
| ResourceSearchSession |
This session provides methods for searching among
Resource
objects. |
| ResourceSmartBinSession |
This session manages queries and sequencing to create "smart" dynamic
catalogs.
|
The Open Service Interface Definitions for the org.osid.resource service.
The Resource OSID defines a service to access and manage a directory of objects.
Resources may represent people, places or a set or
arbitrary entities that are used throughout the OSIDs as references to
indirect objects. In core OSID, Resources have no other
meaning other than to provide an identifier and a relation to an
authentication principal. Resource Types may
define extra data to define an employee, organizational unit or an
inventory item.
Resources are referenced throughout the OSIDs to and the
abstraction level of this service provides a consistent interface with
which to access and manage object references not directly pertinent to the
service in play. For example, a Repository OSID may reference
Resources as authors or a Course OSID may reference
Resources for students and instructors. Each of these OSIDs may
orchestrate a Resource OSID to provide management of the set of referenced
resources.
A Resource genus Type may be used to provide a label the
kind of resource. This service offers the flexibility that the producer of
a film may be a person, a production company, or a fire hydrant. While
genus Types may be used to constrain the kinds of
Resources that may be related to various OsidObjects
if necessary , OSID Consumers are expected to simply use the
Resource as a reference. If an OSID Consumer wishes to provide a mechanism
for updating a Resource referenced, the OSID Consumer should
use an orchestrated Resource OSID.
A Resource also provides the mapping between an
authentication Agent and the entity on whose behalf the
agent is acting. An Agent can only map to a single
Resource while a Resource can have multiple
Agents. An agent that represents the unix login of "vijay" on
server due.mit.edu can map to a Resource representing Vijay
Kumar, who may also have a campus agent of "vkumar@mit.edu."
When a Resource is referenced in another OSID, it is a
singular entity. To provide groupings of multiple people or things, a
Resource can also be defined as a hierarchical group of
other resources. Whether a resource is a single entity or a group is an
attribute of the Resource itself. If a Resource
is a group, then its membership can be queried or managed in one of
the group sessions. This overloading of the object definition serves to
keep the nature of the resource separate from the other OSIDs such that a
message to a "group", for example, is referenced as a single resource
receipient. Other OSIDs are blind to whether or not a referenced
Resource is a group or a singular entity..
For kicks, Resources may have arbitrrary relationships
to other Resources using the ResourceRelationship
interface. Resource relationships may also be used to provide a
place to describe in more detail, or hang data, on a member to group
relationship.
Resources may be mapped into hierarchial Bins
for the purpose of cataloging or federation.
The Resource OSID includes a Resource Demographic OSID for managing
dynamically generated populations of Resources and a
Resource Batch OSID for managing Resources in bulk.
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