I've been silent on the blog ( a lot of us have ) for the past few weeks as we've been caught up in the Campus Card project and a lot of other work relating to the campus identity management system (IDMS) in support of these goings on.
The work that was done involved integrating CSGold system that is ran by Communications Services, the Identity Management sytem, and the two campus door access systems ran by Comm Services & Lenel. The Campus IDMS feeds identity information into the CSGold system, but also consumes ISO ID (Magstripe) and LIMS # assignments -- the Campus Card system assigns a new, unique ISO ID & LIMS ID whenever a new card is printed for an individual. It pushes identiy information and ISO ID changes out to the campus door access systems in near-real-time -- so, if you get a new card, you'll still be able to open all of the doors you were able to.
Since the campus IDMS is now the source of identity information for the ID Card production, some extensions had to be made to it's management tools so that various groups on campus could be extended the ability to assert affiliations, or, add identities to the system, for those individuals that need to receive these cards. We're currently in the process of documenting the procedures for the folks that administer these "affiliated programs" to manage their consituent's data in the IDMS. The goal is that when someone shows up at the Campus Card office, their data already exists in the system, and their card can just be printed.