The Attributes for Collaboration and Federation Working Group has released its draft report, which is open for community feedback. The report includes the results of a survey conducted to help understand the slow uptake of the Research & Scholarship (R&S) Category of Service Providers. The working group was formed to examine the reasons for low participation in the R&S Category and develop some recommendations on how InCommon might substantially increase adoption.
The report and feedback submission form are on the wiki.
Links to all consultations can be found on the Trust and Identity Consultations page.
Three InCommon Working Group consultations are either in process or planned to open in the next week.
When a working group drafts a summary and recommendations as a result of its work, the community is invited to comment during a four-week consultation period. It so happens that three working groups have completed their work in a relatively close time frame.
- SAML V2.0 Interoperability Deployment Profile V1.0(also known as SAML2int) - The consultation period for this report opened on April 9 and will close next Monday, May 7. Deployment Profile Working Group Chair Keith Wessel provided a high-level summary of the proposed changes in a blog post. The working group report and feedback page are on the wiki.
- Streamlining Service Provider Onboarding Working Group - A four-week consultation on this working group's report opens Monday, April 30. This working group'scharter was to identity and document guidelines for service provider onboarding and operation in the InCommon Federation, to reduce variance in configuration and increase interoperability. Relevant documents and a link to the feedback page are on the wiki.
- Attributes for Collaboration and Federation Working Group - A four-week consultation on this group's report will open on Monday, May 7. This working group was created to explore the need for standard attribute release policies and some of the existing barriers to adoption. This working group will hold a feedback session at the Internet2 Global Summit on Monday, May 7 at noon.
Please review the information provided by these working groups and provide any comments on the consultation wiki pages. The Working Group chairs will keep you informed about the progress of these collaborations and provide reminders prior to the closing dates.
The Streamlining Service Provider Onboarding working group has completed its work and released a report for community feedback. The working group has produced a criteria document and a self-assessment questionnaire to help guide Service Providers along their path to becoming operational and interoperable members of the InCommon Federation. the consultation closes on May 28, 2018.
The working group was charged with identifying and documenting standards for Service Provider operation in the Federation. The group developed a criteria document to provide a set of consistent standards, as well as a self-assessment questionnaire that also provides guidance and recommendations.
Also, a reminder of other consultations:
- SAML2 Interoperabiity Profile (closing May 7)
- Attributes for Collaboration and Federation Working Group (opening May 7).
Links to all consultations can be found on the Trust and Identity Consultations page.