Spine terminology
Glossary of terms used in Spine and the Spine Directory Service.
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. A protocol for accessing directory services. |
| SDS | Spine Directory Service. A directory held in Spine containing accredited Spine system identifiers, endpoints, and other reference information; accessed by LDAP. |
| MHS | Message handling server. Middleware that handles messaging to/from Spine. See System topologies for more information. |
| MHS record | LDAP object of type nhsMhs in SDS, uniquely identified by party key, and representing a message handling server. |
| Party key | The unique identifier of an MHS record. |
| AS record | LDAP object of type nhsAs in SDS, uniquely identified by ASID, and representing a Spine connected system deployed at an organisation. |
| ASID | Accredited system identifier. A unique identifier allocated to a system at an organisation for connection to Spine. Uniquely identifies an AS record in SDS. |
| CMA type endpoint | A way of registering MHS and AS record for a system at a single organisation which creates a party key and ASID for use only at that organisation. |
| MHS type endpoint | An endpoint registered with Spine for use with multiple systems via an MHS. Each system has its own ASID. |
Last edited: 12 April 2023 3:38 pm