[Building Sakai] Sakai LMS - SIS Integration (Sakora Project)

[Cris J Holdorph]

Jaco,

* In terms of versions, the 1.5 tag was created against Sakai 2.6.2 (see 
the pom file parent reference).  The 'trunk' pom appears to have last 
been updated for Sakai 2.7.0.  My advice would be to begin with trunk, 
but you might have to tweak a few things, like the top level pom.xml file.

* Those *files* are not required. EnrollmentSets are created behind the 
scenes, though, as part of handling sectionMembership.csv. I.e. it's 
true you need EnrollmentSet records in the db for correct functioning of 
the CM APIs, but the brokenness of enrollmentSets.csv handing *doesn't* 
mean you need to create them out of band.  I don't believe there's any 
code that creates implied SectionMeetings. I don't believe this *breaks* 
anything, but obviously the resulting Section Management UI is less 
informative than it could be.

* EID is used throughout the CM APIs as an abbreviation for "Enterprise 
ID". I.e. almost all the model classes in the CM API have a property of 
that name. Those fields have basically the same semantics as the User 
EID field, i.e. they serve as correlation IDs with the external system 
of record.

* If your users use LDAP to authenticate, you probably do not need 
people.csv.  You can use LDAP for authentication only (rather than 
authN+attribs or attribs-only) in which case you'd need to load users 
into Sakai through some other means, people.csv being one option. And 
obviously if there are users that LDAP doesn't know about you'd need to 
load those users into Sakai through these "other means". The main point 
to made is, I think, that sakora-csv doesn't require that users 
referenced by enrollment/membership records actually exist, either in 
the Sakai db or an external directory, when those records are uploaded.

---- Cris J H

On 06/19/2012 04:49 AM, Jaco Gillman wrote:
> Hi All
>
> We are busy setting up a Sakai instance and want to do integration with
> an existing SIS. I found the Sakora Project documentation online
> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/IMSES/Simple+Sakai+SIS+Services#SimpleSakaiSISServices-SAKORA.
>
>   * We have installed Sakai 2.8.2. Which svn checkout must I use for
>     this Sakai installation:
>
>     https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/unicon/sakora-csv/trunk
>     OR
>     https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/unicon/sakora-csv/tags/sakora-csv-1.5
>     OR any other?
>
>   * In the online documentation, Enrollment Sets and Section Meetings
>     processing was mentioned as broken. Aren't Enrollment Sets required
>     for CM setup?
>
>   * "Enterprise ID". (SIS-defined primary key)... Is this key in any way
>     related to the EID in SAKAI?
>
>   * People (File Name: people.csv): Documentation says: "Creates or
>     updates local Sakai accounts. Not necessary if sourcing user
>     attributes from an external provider, e.g. LDAP." We do use LDAP for
>     authentication, but for the initial import/creating of SIS users
>     into Sakai, I guess this file is necessary?
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Regards,
>
> *Jaco Gillman***
>
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