A Design for Inter-Operable Secure Object Stores (ISOS)

Abstract

We describe a distributed object-based design for repositories in a digital library infrastructure. This design for Inter-operable Secure Object Stores, ISOS, defines the interfaces to secure repositories that inter-operate with each other, clients, and other services in the infrastructure. We define the interfaces to ISOS as class definitions in a distributed object system. We also define an extension to CORBA security that is used by repositories to secure access to themselves and their contained objects.