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Attribute sources and connectors


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AXIOMATICS / ATTRIBUTE SOURCES AND CONNECTORS

Follow the facts behind the decision

Dr Lee requests a record. The policy needs reliable information about the user and resource. Learn where that information comes from, how ADS retrieves it and why accuracy and freshness matter.

Your route: definitions, sources and connectors; choosing a connector family; lookup keys and mappings; chaining; cache freshness and ownership; troubleshooting the information path.

Format: five illustrated lessons with short the hospital scenarios, five practice questions and a ten-question checkpoint exam. 

Before you begin: complete the Axiomatics architecture/portfolio and Decision Services courses. No ALFA, SQL, connector configuration code, installation or live source connection is required. All training examples use fictional data.

Completion: follow the units in order and pass the practice and checkpoint at 80%. Practice may be repeated; failed checkpoint attempts may be retried. Next: Policy management and lifecycle, before policy design and ALFA authoring.

CURRENT FOCUS: Follow trusted facts through definitions, keys, mappings and freshness. A fact or successful lookup does not grant permission by itself.

PLAN YOUR TIME: 45–60 minutes. This is an initial planning allowance to validate in a learner pilot.

NEXT IN THE LEARNING PATH: Policy management and lifecycle.

Content
  • 01 — Where attributes come from
  • 02 — Choosing a connector for the source
  • Activity — choose the source and connector
  • 03 — Lookup keys, mappings and chained attributes
  • 04 — Caching, freshness and attribute ownership
  • Activity — trace dependencies and freshness
  • 05 — Investigating missing or incorrect attribute values
  • 06 — Practice: follow the attribute value
  • 07 — Attribute sources and connectors checkpoint exam
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed