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By definition, a Research & Scholarship service enhances the research and scholarship activities of some subset of the InCommon community. See the REFEDS specification of the Research & Scholarship Entity Category for a precise definition:
Candidates for the Research and Scholarship (R&S) Category are Service Providers that support are operated for the purpose of supporting research and scholarship interaction, collaboration or management as an essential component, at least in part.
R&S Service Providers must meet the following technical requirements:
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