User-Managed Access (UMA) involves these entities:
Following is a condensed summary of the draft UMA protocol:
And here are swimlane diagrams showing step 1...
step 2...
and step 3 of the protocol:
The following materials explain UMA further. Be sure to read the documents in the Working Drafts area of this wiki for the official definition of UMA.
- User Experience page collecting wireframes exploring user interactions with UMA-enabled services
- A working lexicon
- Materials from UMA webinar held 29 Jan 2010:
- Flash file
- WMV file (for PC users only)
- ARF file (WebEx download - players for PC & Mac )
- mp3 file
- Overview slide deck (version with no builds, suitable for printing, here)
- Protocol deep-dive slide deck with swimlane diagrams (now out of date; stay tuned for updates)
- Wireframes illustrating how a simplified CV-sharing scenario might work
- Identity Matters podcast recorded 20 Jan 2010, explaining how the UMA group operates in the Kantara context
- Matrix comparing UMA and other technologies and exploring their synergies
- Historical materials explaining the original thinking behind UMA and its predecessor, ProtectServe
- User-managed access control writings by Maciej Machulak
- Writings on ProtectServe and UMA by Eve Maler