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This online course is designed to introduce you to the various components of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure, their functionality, and the standards and specifications necessary to implement them.

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Authentication and Access Control Strategy

Description
 

The CGDI does not specify a single authentication or access control strategy. Instead, CGDI compliant services may be extended to support a variety of different approaches to user authentication and access control.

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Implementation Specification
 
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Status
 
2001.04.01 Proposed.
Other Info
 

Standard authentication service interfaces already exist in the IT industry and include JNI (Java Name Interface). One or more existing authentication services will be identified as suitable for use within the context of the CGDI .
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effective 2001.11.19