Abstract OGC User Management Interfaces for Earth Observation Services

OGC 07-118r9 6 Copyright © 2014 Open Geospatial Consortium

i. Abstract

This OGC Best Practice describes how user and identity management information may be included in the protocol specifications for OGC Services. The proposed approach is applicable to the orchestration of EO services, to system of systems and federation scenarios. The approach is meant to be independent from the specific OGC service. The use cases potentially addressed are very wide and in general may cover geospatial services and not only EO Earth Observation services. The use cases may range from web map, feature or coverage services, web processing services, to catalogue services. Examples of EO specific use cases are: ordering Ordering Services for Earth Observation Products [OGC 06-141r6] and feasibility analysis OpenGIS Sensor Planning Service Application Profile for EO Sensors [OGC 10-135]. The document was initially produced during the ESA HMA Heterogeneous Missions Accessibility initiative [OR1] and related projects. This document is not an OGC standard. This document describes how existing specifications from W3C and OASIS can be used in combination to pass identity information to OGC Web services. ii. Keywords The following are keywords to be used by search engines and document catalogues ogcdoc, Identity, STS, RST, Token, SSO, EO iii. Preface Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. The Open Geospatial Consortium shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Recipients of this document are requested to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent claims or other intellectual property rights of which they may be aware that might be infringed by any implementation of the standard set forth in this document, and to provide supporting documentation when possible. OGC 07-118r9 7 Copyright © 2014 Open Geospatial Consortium iv. Submitting organisations The following organisations will submit the original document or its revisions to the OGC Security Working Group. ฀ Spacebel s.a. ฀ ESA – European Space Agency ฀ Intecs ฀ STFC ฀ con terra ฀ Eumetsat The editors would like to acknowledge that this work is the result of collaboration and review of many organisations and would like to thank for the comments and contributions from: ฀ Astrium ฀ Spot Image ฀ ASI ฀ CNES ฀ DLR ฀ EUSC ฀ MDA ฀ Terradue ฀ Rhea System ฀ Oracle ฀ Siemens ฀ Logica CGI Note: this does not imply a complete endorsement by these organisations. OGC 07-118r9 8 Copyright © 2014 Open Geospatial Consortium

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