I’ve updated the diagram of Identity Manager with the latest terminology but I’ll leave the original intact as it’s interesting to see the changes. Here’s the latest version:

I’ve got a meeting next week to discuss the replacement of the account creation system I developed about 6 years ago and which has been running continuously since then. The plan is to replace it with Novell Identity Manager and use DirXML to hook up the various systems that the current system provisions. At the moment the system links SITS to Novell NDS via LDAP (accounts) and NDAP (home directories) and Groupwise via COM. So how does all that translate into IdM lingo? The following diagram gives an overview of how IdM/DirXML interact with external systems: