The IESG has received a request from the System for Cross-domain Identity Management WG (scim) to consider the following document: - 'System for Cross-Domain Identity Management: Protocol' <draft-ietf-scim-api-16.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2015-04-20. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract The System for Cross-Domain Identity Management (SCIM) specification is an HTTP based protocol that makes managing identities in multi- domain scenarios easier to support through a standardized services. Examples include but are not limited to enterprise to cloud service providers, and inter-cloud based scenarios. The specification suite seeks to build upon experience with existing schemas and deployments, placing specific emphasis on simplicity of development and integration, while applying existing authentication, authorization, and privacy models. SCIM's intent is to reduce the cost and complexity of user management operations by providing a common user schema and extension model and a service protocol defined by this document. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-scim-api/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-scim-api/ballot/ No IPR declarations have been submitted directly on this I-D.
