Integration/Interface

Interfaces allow users to access a certain facet of the system

Interfaces allow access to the system with preset values for

• Wrapper
• Stylesheet
• Template
• Language
• User context

When accessing the interface the user is redirceted to the main page with the correct parameters set. In case the user context is active, a session with a matching user profile is also created i process.

The following types of record operations are allowed

• Create new records
• Update an existing record

Create operations require no additional security information and can be used directly.

When updating an existing record a security token must be passed along to the interface:

• The right data is displayed for the user
• Bind user session to this piece of data

A security token contains

• a reference to the record
• a timestamp shen the token was issued
• a signature that guarantees that the server issued the token

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