Liferay/Concepts

MPDL,GAVO


 * Organization
 * hierarchical, strict hierarchy, an organization can not have more than one parent
 * the question is if this can be used as a project?
 * can have children organizations and locations
 * Deletion is allowed if children exist, no possibility to "inactivate" the organization by default
 * todo: check if this can be done with custom fields (can be defined with the organizations)
 * location
 * can only be part of one organization, can not be used as a project
 * can not have children
 * community
 * flat structure, can contain users from many different organizations
 * there are no classical mailing lists, instead message boards can be used. However, these can be configured to work with listsrv
 * user groups
 * a group of users, can have privileges, but is not related to any context
 * users
 * can be deactivated
 * can self-register
 * impersonate - one can test as another user without a need to sign in as that user (e.g. i am an admin, but i would like to see what can i do as user "Normal" )
 * can be added in a bulk via LDAP or SSO
 * authentication method can be different (configuration)
 * forgotten password functions (with local user management) - functions great