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This article explains the Research and Scholarship (R&S) category in detail. To join the R&S category, see: For Identity Provider For Service Provider |
What is Research and Scholarship category?
The Research and Scholarship (R&S) entity category defines a a simple and scalable way to streamline federated research access. Identity providers (IdP) supporting R&S category agree to release basic, pre-defined person directory information to all service providers (SP) serving the Research and Scholarship community.
Institutions who configure their IdP to support R&S realize the following benefits:
- Convenience: faculty and researchers instantly access participating services using campus credentials without administrator involvement
- Collaboration on-demand: when a research project adds a service to the category, collaboration across participating campuses is immediate
- Vetted services: InCommon reviews each service application for adherence to the category definition and requirements
- Save time and resources: once enabled, there is no additional involvement of IT staff to provision new R&S services
InCommon has partnered with its peer R&E federations worldwide to create the REFEDS Research and Scholarship entity category.
Hundreds of InCommon IdPs and SPs are already a part of the R&S category.
How does Research and Scholarship work?
Research and Scholarship for service provider
For a SP, having the R&S entity attribute means "I meet the qualifying criteria to be part of the R&S category". The InCommon Federation operator reviews SP applications for R&S and assigns the entity attribute to qualified SPs.
Qualified SPs automatically receive the R&S person attribute bundle from federation IdPs supporting from all R&S-supporting IdPs in the federation. An SP operator significantly reduces its integration overhead by not having to individually negotiate information release with each institution it is working with.
Research and Scholarship for identity provider
For an IdP, the R&S entity attribute means "I support R&S". Specifically, the IdP agrees to release basic person information to all qualifying R&S SPs. It does so by making a one-time addition to its default attribute release policy to release R&S attribute bundle to all R&S SPs.
Once configured, an InCommon participant institution self-asserts support for R&S by asserting support for R&S through Federation Manager.
This one-time configuration enables faculty and researchers instantly access R&S services through federated single sign-on without further administrator involvement. When a research project adds a service to the category, collaboration across participating campuses is immediate.
Joining Research and Scholarship category
To join the R&S category, see:
For Identity Provider
Identity provider - support Research and Scholarship
For Service Provider
Service provider - apply for Research and Scholarship category
Further reading
Tagging an entity with Research and Scholarship entity attribute
REFEDS Research and Scholarship category specification
Research and Scholarship Deployment Considerations
Identity provider - support Research and Scholarship
Service provider - apply for Research and Scholarship category
Historical Legacy - InCommon-Only Research and Scholarship category
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