Hi Arjan,
Please add my vote for "Caller".
Thanks,
Alex
On 7/10/15 7:02 AM, Darran Lofthouse wrote:
> Please add me as a vote for 'Caller' - generally my main priority
> would be to avoid a word that leads to an assumption the remote
> 'thing' is human.
>
> Regards,
> Darran Lofthouse.
>
>
> On 18/06/15 22:28, arjan tijms wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Another concept for which there are different terms in use is what we
>> often call using simple language the "logged-in user", and with some
>> more formal language sometimes the "authenticated/authentication
>> identity".
>>
>> Next to the logged-in/authentication user/identity, there's another
>> variant; the run-as user/identity.
>>
>> In Java EE there's one extra step even. Various API methods return a
>> single principal from the user/identity called the "user principal" or
>> the "caller principal".
>>
>> To put these terms somewhat in context, consider the following sentence
>> from the JASPIC spec, B.1:
>>
>> "When the authentication identity is provided to the container as a bag
>> of principals in a Subject, the container needs some way to recognize
>> which of the principals in the subject should be returned as the caller
>> or user Principal."
>>
>> Now it's this last term that's specifically problematic in Java EE
>> "caller or user principal".
>> https://java.net/jira/browse/JAVAEE_SECURITY_SPEC-2 shows that various
>> APIs in Java EE use either "caller" or "principal" now.
>>
>> For this issue I'd like to ask you again to vote for a term, or propose
>> a new term. Again, it's a non-binding vote of course and to establish a
>> working term. As the previous vote ran for a long time, I'd like to set
>> this vote to *2 weeks*.
>>
>> The list of terms is currently the following:
>>
>> 1. user (principal)
>> 2. caller (principal)
>> 3. ???
>>
>> Pedro already expressed a preference for "caller" in the issue, which is
>> my preference as well (but consistency is my top concern).
>>
>> So we now have
>>
>> 2 out of 14 voted:
>>
>> Pedro Igor: caller
>> Arjan Tijms: caller
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Arjan Tijms