The public version of LDAP will go into production by the end of July. A section on how to buy a recommended workstation from the UCSB Bookstore might be added to the document. Links to Housing's recommendations to residents might also be provided on the same page. About 20 common data elements are under consideration. The Portal Issue surfaced in discussions of making services more easily accessed by students.
Groups are at work trying to define the desired contents of student and auxiliary portals.
Single sign-on is highly desirable. Thus, the portal discussion raises authentication issues from the beginning. Some thought that the migration might take 20 years to accomplish. The Registrar's office was reported to be willing to increase the length of the PIN by two characters in the interim. The Wireless Scouting Party is drafting a document for distribution at the August ITPG meeting.