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[higgins-dev] greetings from an uninitiated
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Hi all,
I've been aware of Higgins for some time now, and on the suggestion of one of the xri/xdi heads have now decided to take a closer look. The introductory documentation is very good. It gives a good insight into the problem space higgins is operating in, and its strategy for solving those problems. After enjoying the introductory docs and presentations, the documentation seems to fall down after this, and I've become a little lost. I decided to glean what I could from the source code, but this doesn't seem to be easy for the uninitiated. Many of the download links don't seem to be working for me.
I'm particularly interested in the IdAS components, so I wanted to take a look at the sample solution listed on the project page to get a feel for it. The solution page suggests that eclipse users use a provided Team Project Set. The problem with this set is that connections to the listed repositories be made over ssh, which requires unspecified credentials. By removing the ssh component of the protocol in the urls for the respositories I managed to overcome this hurdle.
My next challenge (as required by the solution) was to get an LDAP server started. The solution suggested a simple Java LDAP server. With associated terms like "simple" and "easy way", I figured this LDAP server was for me, but the link given again looks for an unspecified set of credentials. Is there a default anon/anon set that everyone else knows about that I should be putting in? At this point, I decided to look for someone to contact, and found this list.
I'm not the kind of wet-behind-the-ears developer who (usually in his ignorance) gets on the mailing list or forum demanding to know or complaining about why something is not as he expects it to be. I appreciate all the hard work and dedication that goes into projects like these, and the emerging standards that they implement, and I'm willing to help if/where I can. Perhaps this little piece of feedback is a start.
I look forward to any replies on this,
Merry Christmas,
Eamonn.
