3 Definitions of terms and abbreviations

24.5473GPPIdentity management - Service Enabler Architecture Layer for Verticals (SEAL)Protocol specificationRelease 17TS

3.1 Terms

For the purposes of the present document, the terms given in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. A term defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same term, if any, in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1].

Authorisation endpoint: A SEAL identity management server protocol endpoint used by the SEAL identity management client to obtain an authorisation grant, as specified in IETF RFC 6749 [9].

SEAL identity management client: An entity that provides the client side functionalities corresponding to the identity management SEAL service.

SEAL identity management server: An entity that provides the server side functionalities corresponding to the identity management SEAL service.

Token endpoint: A SEAL identity management server protocol endpoint used by the SEAL identity management client to exchange an authorisation grant for an access token, as specified in IETF RFC 6749 [9] for HTTP and Internet draft ACE-OAUTH [19] for CoAP.

For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions given in 3GPP TS 23.434 [2] apply:

SEAL client

SEAL server

SEAL service

VAL server

VAL service

VAL user

Vertical

Vertical application

3.2 Abbreviations

For the purposes of the present document, the abbreviations given in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1] and the following apply. An abbreviation defined in the present document takes precedence over the definition of the same abbreviation, if any, in 3GPP TR 21.905 [1].

ACE Authentication and Authorization for Constrained Environments

SEAL Service Enabler Architecture Layer for verticals

SIM-C SEAL Identity Management Client

SIM-S SEAL Identity Management Server

VAL Vertical Application Layer