Sign in process

CORE uses federated login to authenticate users. After a user is successfully authenticated CORE checks the local user database to see if the user exists.

• The user does not exist
  The user is inserted in the user table. The mapping of federated attributes to user database fields can be configured in application.ini

• The user exists
  Update lastlogin timestamp

User roles

The following user roles are defined.

• Guest (not authenticated)
• User (inherits from guest)
• Submitter (inherits from user)
• Presenter (inherits from user)
• Reviewer (inherits from user)
• Chair (inherits from user)
• Admin