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Signet - Demo

The Signet-QuickStart is a pre-packaged demo version, loaded with two Subsystems, a subject population, and a set of initial assignments. When initially installed, it is set up with roles, as described below, and a good set of assignments to demonstrate a fully functional Signet. A running instance of the Signet demo system is currently available at http://signet-demo.stanford.edu/ (this instance starts out matching the QuickStart demo, but will change over time as people access it and try things out).

The demo system is for that fictitious institution of Higher Ed – the Kern Institute of Technology, Northam (KITN). The name came about through an early, joking design constraint on initial mockups – that there be no cute kittens on the page (the designer being a cat lover). She rose to the challenge with KITN as the acronym, and a cool wildcat logo that we are proud to keep. Originally "Kansas Institute of Technology, Nashville", we have given the name a more international spin for Signet v1.0.

The KITN logo

Plus 100+ other individuals (mostly "Professors" in random departments) to provide fodder for assignments. As a convenience, everyone in the demo population has a searchable attribute with the value "all", so that searching for the value "all" will bring up a list of everyone at KITN.

Login to the demo using any of the login IDs shown above, using a common password of "signet". You can also log into the demo as user demo, an alternate loginid for Jean Poole, for backward compatibility, and also in case you aren't good with names.

Users fdewey and jpoole have all privileges for their respective subsystems, so are good places to start exploring Signet from the typical well-privileged user's point of view. They each have privileges from the other's subsystem to make either role richer. A few assignments have been made to their subordinates to show assignments already in place.

Try logging into the roles of Signet System Administrator (kmart) or a subsystem owner (apage or dpetri) for a more specialized view where you can "act as Signet" in granting special powers within Signet. See the Signet Roles document for more information.

Notes about the sample subject population and searching:

• The demo version of Signet accesses subject information using a database reference version of a "Subject Source Adaptor" that implements the draft Internet2 Subjects Interface [ref. to draft specification]. Such source adaptors are designed to plug Signet into your enterprise source of subject information.
• The Demo uses its adaptor to search a local table of subject information. As noted below, specific behaviors were chosen in this implementation, but a site is free to implement any search behavior they wish through this interface. Signet will provide updated reference source adaptors as the I2 Subject spec is finalized.
• A name search can be for a last name only, or a last name plus first/middle names or initials. Name searching can be in either "first last" or "last, first" form. All these searches will work for Jean Poole:
  • Jean Poole
  • Poole, Jean
  • J Poole
  • Poole, J
  • Poole
• The population contains two groups – "Bio-X project team" and "Library Acquisitions Staff". Group searches are by keyword.
• The following entries exist in the subject population to expressly provide test material for the subject interface:
  • A name with an apostrophe – Chris O'Malley
  • A name with double quotes – RL "Bob" Morgan
  • A compound last name – Garner-Lewis, Stephanie
  • A common attribute of "all" to find and display all members of the population
  • Multiple entries with the last name "Cohen" to give a more realistic multiple search result
  • A multipart compound lastname – Temple-Nugent-Chandos-Brydges-Grenville, Lady Caroline Jemima
  • An absurdly long name, to see what happens – Laochamroonvorapongse, Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas