From e978384d4b2862b3f9219dd25f5e4420fdb3b982 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Max Dor Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2017 14:09:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update mxisd project description --- supporting-docs/projects/2017-01-23-mxisd.md | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/supporting-docs/projects/2017-01-23-mxisd.md b/supporting-docs/projects/2017-01-23-mxisd.md index c0a06719..1ccacf3e 100644 --- a/supporting-docs/projects/2017-01-23-mxisd.md +++ b/supporting-docs/projects/2017-01-23-mxisd.md @@ -4,13 +4,22 @@ title: mxisd categories: projects other description: A Matrix Identity Server implementation author: Kamax.io -maturity: Alpha +maturity: Beta --- # {{ page.title }} -mxisd is a federated Matrix Identity Server following a cascading lookup model, using LDAP (optional) then other identity servers, including the central Matrix servers. -It is targeted to people/organisation that run their own Homeserver for a specific domain and want to publish 3PID mapping without having to rely on central servers. +mxisd is a federated Matrix Identity Server for self-hosted Matrix servers. -Is is an implementation of the [Identity Service API](http://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/unstable.html) which aims to provide an alternative to [sydent](https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent). +It provides the following features for your Matrix Homeserver: +- Link to an already existing Identity store - No more duplication of data that would already be in your AD/LDAP, forums, CRM, etc. +- Link to the central Matrix Identity servers (vector.im & matrix.org) to provide native experience +- Search people by name (or anything else!), looking in your Identity store and your homeserver (integration with Directory API) +- Invite people by e-mail, phone number, etc. instead of Matrix IDs +- Show who's using Matrix and their ID on your smartphone when looking to invite people to a Direct chat or Group chat +- Allow people to link identifiers (e-mail, phone number) to their Matrix account to be locally or globally searchable +- Provide an all-in-one authentication backend for synapse using the [REST auth module](https://github.com/kamax-io/matrix-synapse-rest-auth) +mxisd is is an implementation of the [Identity Service API](http://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/unstable.html) which aims to provide an alternative to [sydent](https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent) with much added values and features. + +Come talk to us on Matrix at [#mxisd:kamax.io](https://matrix.to/#/#mxisd:kamax.io) or have a [peek view](https://view.matrix.org/room/!NPRUEisLjcaMtHIzDr:kamax.io/) Follow the progress and grab the code from [GitHub](https://github.com/kamax-io/mxisd).