Glossary

Term Description
SCIM 2.0 protocol

SCIM is an open API specification for ID management.

  • External SP and IdP: SCIM provisioning for IIJ ID supports SCIM 2.0.
  • IIJ ID: SCIM provisioning for external SP supports SCIM 1.0.
SCIM server In this document, the SCIM server is the IIJ ID Service equipment that will be an access point when Directory Sync executes synchronization.
Directory Sync A synchronization module for synchronizing OpenLDAP users and groups

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

A protocol for accessing the directory service
Microsoft 365 A subscription service for Microsoft Office product lines provided by Microsoft
OpenLDAP A type of open-source software that implements LDAP
UTF-8 One of the most common character code types
YAML One of the formats for describing structured data. It is used to describe configuration files for Directory Sync.