UW Person Registry data is accessible via two programmatic interfaces:
- Whatami: provides access to all Person Registry data. Available for Windows and UNIX.
- UW.EDS.Person: provides access to the limited set of Person data that is published in the UW Person Directory.
Whatami Service Description (restricted) - helps you decide if this service is right for you.Whatami Developers' Documentation - describes the developer interfaces and the data available via whatami.
RegID Information - special notes on the RegID, the unique identifier for Person Registry objects.
UW.EDS.Person Service Description (restricted) - helps you decide if this service is right for you.
Access to Person Registry data is, in general, limited to the privileged Central Administrative applications developed and maintained by C&C.
To request access to the Person Registry data, via the whatami client or a batch feed, use the Person Registry Data Access Request form.
To request access to the Person Registry data, via the UW.EDS.Person component, use the UW.EDS.Person Access Request form.
Whatami COM
Whatami COM is for use on Windows 2000, 2003, XP. This distribution contains the whatami DLL, config file, installation procedure, developer documentation, release notes, and example/verification code in the form of a VBS script.
A separate key file (not included in the distribution for security reasons) is required for access to the Person Registry data. Email iam-support@u.washington.edu to arrange for secure key transfer.
Whatami COM Distribution (zip file) includes:
- Whatami COM Release Notes (click to view latest version number)
- whatami.dll
- Whatami COM cconfig file - (installs to C:\Mango\cconfig)
- Whatami COM Installation Instructions
- Whatami COM Developer Reference Page
- Whatami COM Sample VBS Script - assists in verifying correct installation of whatami.dll
Whatami UNIX
Whatami UNIX is available for the most recent versions of RHE Linux and AIX. There is no download for Whatami UNIX at this time.
- Whatami UNIX cconfig file - (installs to /usr/local/lib/mango/cconfig)
UW.EDS.Person
Software download available at the bottom of the UW.EDS.Person Developers' Documentation page.
