A Group management service is an abstraction 
of Course management, with 
applicability to groups other than units of learning.  This may be merged with Group 
management.
The key functions for a Group management 
service are:
- Support creating, reading, updating and deleting groups
 
- Support creating, reading, updating and deleting data regarding membership of 
groups
 
- Support creating, reading, updating and deleting people information
 
Specifications with applicability to this 
area are:
- IMS Enterprise
 
- IMS Enterprise Services (not yet available)
 
- OKI Group Management OSID (not yet available)
 
Related services are: