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Per-Entity Metadata: A Pilot Study

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titleProject Update 2016-03-01

As of today, the Per-Entity Metadata Pilot has been extended for six additional months, until September 1, 2016. To find out how to participate in this effort, or to simply follow our progress in this emerging area, you are encouraged to subscribe to the metadata-support mailing list.

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In June 2013, the InCommon Technical Advisory Committee convened the Metadata Distribution Working Group. The output of that Working Group included an initial set of Phase 1 Recommendations (the implementation of which is now complete) and another set of Phase 2 Recommendations (whose implementation is a work-in-progress).

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Pilot Overview

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This beta instance of the Metadata Query Server has been in operation since Sep 2014

This Per-Entity Metadata Pilot Study will last for two (2) years. Here is a rough timeline:

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titleThis Metadata Query Server instance is temporary!

The endpoint locations of metadata served by this beta instance of the Metadata Query Server are not stable and should not be relied upon in a production setting. At the end of the Pilot Study period, this beta instance of the Metadata Query Server will be decommissioned. A production server may or may not continue in its place.

Pilot Goals

Goals and possible deliverables of this Per-Entity Metadata Pilot Study include:

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