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+**Title**: FM Message Schema
+
+**Status**: Implementer’s Draft (I-D)
+
+**Version**: 1.1
+
+**Date**: 2020-07-29
+
+**Prepared by**: Nic Roy, Internet2 Trust and Identity Services
+
+**Contributors**: Nic Roy, David Shafer, Keith Hazelton, Shannon Roddy
+
+=== Notes:
+
+*   ? == nullable field. Field must not contain null values if not prepended with “?”
+
+*   Null fields are represented in the JSON-standard way, with a non-quoted literal value of null.
+
+*   All values are strings unless otherwise specified in [ ] after the value
+
+*   “read” actions are in here specifically for situations where an object instance is included within a message for a different object type
+
+*   All eventTypes determine the behavior in the source system and do not dictate what the clients should do with them  
+
+== Object type: FMperson (person)
+
+=== Attributes:
+
+resourceTypeVersion: { string literal: “1.0.0” }
+
+resourceType: { string literal: “FMperson” }
+
+schemas: { collection of schema references for the message format(s) }
+
+eventType: {create, read, update, delete}
+
+sorID: ? {COmanage user identifier (COmanage-generated ePPN- this will be null at first, then we will start flowing it into FM user models from COmanage. Need to add this as an attribute on FM user model/database now)} Format should be according to: https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json[https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json] and “source” should be “icp-comanage” for COmanage-sourced identifiers. The FM primary int32 user record key should also be included as a “source” of “fm-user-pk”
+
+lastModified: ?  { ISO 8601 date time stamp of object most recent modification }
+
+email: ? { email address formatted according to https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json[https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json]} “emailType” should be “fm-user-email”
+
+ePPN: ? { eduPersonPrincipalName/”username”}
+
+name: ? { name element formatted according to https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json[https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json], including all properties that exist for this person in the FM database }
+
+phone: ? { phone number(s) formatted according to https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json[https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json] containing zero or more phoneNumber/phoneType elements } 
+
+fmIsIdentityProofed: ? {if LOA < 1, should be “false”; if LOA > 1, should be “true”} [bool]
+
+== Object type: FMrole (role)
+
+=== Attributes:
+
+resourceTypeVersion: { string literal: “1.0.0” }
+
+resourceType: { string literal: “FMrole” }
+
+schemas: { collection of schema references for the message format(s) }
+
+lastModified: ?&nbsp; { ISO 8601 date time stamp of object most recent modification }
+
+eventType: {create, read, update, delete, personadd, personremove }
+
+sorID: ? { FM role primary key [int32] } Format should be according to: https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json[https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json] and “source” should be “fm-role-pk”
+
+roleName: {Name of role: {exec, site-admin, delegated-admin, registration-authority-admin, cert-rao, etc.}
+
+FMorg: {embedded FMorg object that this role applies to, see below. Action should be “read” in the embedded FMorg in this case} [FMorg]
+
+FMperson: ? {If message action is personadd or personremove, this value MUST NOT be null, and this attribute should contain a collection of one or more embedded FMperson objects that the change applies to, see above. Action should be “read” in the embedded FMperson in this case} [FMperson]
+
+== Object type: FMorg (organization)
+
+=== Attributes:
+
+resourceTypeVersion: { string literal: “1.0.0” }
+
+resourceType: { string literal: “FMorg” }
+
+schemas: { collection of schema references for the message format(s) }
+
+lastModified: ?&nbsp; { ISO 8601 date time stamp of object most recent modification }
+
+eventType: {create, read, update, delete}
+
+sorID: ? { FM role primary key [int32] } Format should be according to: https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json[https://github.internet2.edu/api-schema/person/blob/master/schema/minimalRegistryPerson.json] and “source” should be “fm-org-pk”; Also include SalesForce org identifier with a “source” set to “fm-sf-id”
+
+orgName: ? {FM organization name NOTE: These can include punctuation and other special characters that Grouper doesn’t like. Will need to post-normalize them in message consumers }
+
+orgDisplayName: ? {FM organization display name}
+
+orgURL: ? {FM organization URL}
+
+== Object type: FederationMetadata
+
+(CURRENTLY OUT OF SCOPE)
+**  
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