[glue-wg] modelling users

[Burke, S (Stephen)]

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> [mailto:glue-wg-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of Timo Baur said:
> Does anybody think it would make sense to introduce an additional or 
> specialized entity for users ?

This seems to come into the area of detailed accounting which glue is
not supposed to cover. If you try to put user information into the
schema it will get very big, and it may also be illegal under data
protection law unless access is very restricted. In LCG/EGEE we have a
specialised accounting application (APEL) which encrypts user
information, but it has still taken a long time to get a legal agreement
that allows us to use it, and I think some sites still opt out of
providing it.

Stephen