User Management

This page describes user management in PODD.

A "user" represents any individual that accesses the PODD system as well as any individual that is referred to in PODD artifacts. Those with the ability to access PODD are categorized as "active" user while those who do not have access rights are "inactive" users.

A PODD user is uniquely identified using a URI that is internally generated. A unique email address, supplied at user creation time is used as the username for authenticating with PODD. A user can be created in two methods:

1. Via the user creation service (described below)
2. Generated by the PODD system when adding a PODD artifact

Associated web services:

• User creation service
• User listing service
• Authentication service
• Logout service