UMA Frequently Asked Questions
We're holding our third UMA Twitter chat this Wednesday, April 25 between 9am and 10am Pacific time! Join us using the #umachat hashtag on Twitter (details are at http://tinyurl.com/umachat).
These are questions we have fielded while giving UMA presentations and demos. If you want us to answer one of the empty questions you see appearing here, or have other questions, tweet us!
For UMA information in other languages, see:
- Domenico Catalano's UMA introduction in Italian
- Cordny Nederkoorn's article on UMA in a Dutch publication
General Questions
What is UMA?
User-Managed Access (UMA, pronounced "OOH-mah" like the given name) is a protocol designed to give a web user a unified control point for authorizing who and what can get access to their online personal data (such as identity attributes), content (such as photos), and services (such as viewing and creating status updates), no matter where all those things live on the web.
UMA allows a user to make demands of the requesting side in order to test their suitability for receiving authorization. These demands can include requests for information (such as