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[Gabriel Hurley <Gabriel.Hurley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Terminology:

Project == Tenant. They are equivalent in Keystone parlance. 

What you're referring to as a "tenant" in that last email is the role a "domain" might play going forward in Keystone.

All the best,

    - Gabriel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openstack-bounces+gabriel.hurley=nebula.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:openstack-
> bounces+gabriel.hurley=nebula.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Caitlin Bestler
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 11:47 AM
> To: Tim Bell; openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] Identity API v3 - Why allow multi-tenant users?
> 
> Tim Bell wrote:
> 
> ➢ In the research environment, we have frequent cases where a user is
> associated with multiple tenants.
> 
> >  For example, when you are finishing work on a previous project but are
> mainly working on the new one.
> 
> > As we move towards domain/tenant/user, we need to ensure that the
> tools support multi-tenant per user. Correct accounting is critical.
> 
> > This does require extra code but it is relevant given the use cases.
> 
> What you are describing strikes me as a single tenant with multiple projects.
> It is similar to a corporate environment with multiple departments.
> 
> I am seeing a major problem here when the tenants are truly separate and
> the only possible administrator in common is the service provider.
> 
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