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We have no definite plans to remove the legacy incommon.org R&S tag from SP metadata. We will monitor the progress of the Research & Scholarship category in the InCommon Federation and make a determination at a later time. In the meantime, it is RECOMMENDED that all IdPs remove all references to the legacy incommon.org R&S tag from their configurations.
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The legacy incommon.org R&S entity attribute value
in SP metadata is not exported to eduGAIN. Only the refeds.org R&S entity attribute value
in SP metadata is exported to eduGAIN! That is, R&S SPs exported to eduGAIN have a single-valued R&S entity attribute in metadata (since backwards compatibility is not an issue outside of the InCommon Federation). |
When will the incommon.org R&S tag be removed from IdP metadata?
The legacy incommon.org R&S entity attribute value
http://id.incommon.org/category/research-and-scholarship
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As long as there are IdPs that want to restrict attribute release to R&S SPs registered by InCommon, the legacy incommon.org R&S tag will remain in IdP metadata. Be aware, however, that the incommon.org R&S tag will not be exported outside the InCommon Federation. If and when your IdP metadata is exported to eduGAIN, it will not contain an R&S entity attribute at all. Note well: From a global perspective, you do not support R&S unless you recognize the refeds.org R&S entity attribute value in SP metadata.
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http://refeds.org/category/research-and-scholarship
is exported to eduGAIN!
When should I migrate to global R&S, that is, when should I reconfigure my IdP to release attributes to all R&S SPs globally?
You can reconfigure your IdP whenever you’re ready. Today there are no global R&S SPs in InCommon metadata but soon there will be. If you are certain you want to support global R&S, then by all means reconfigure your IdP now.
If I reconfigure my IdP to recognize the refeds.org R&S tag, will my IdP start releasing attributes to SPs outside InCommon?
At this moment, all the entities in the InCommon metadata aggregate are registered by InCommon, so the only R&S SPs in the aggregate are R&S SPs registered by InCommon. Within the next few months, however, InCommon will begin importing R&S SPs from other federations via eduGAIN. When that happens, if If your IdP recognizes the refeds.org R&S tag in SP metadata, it will automatically release attributes to all R&S SPs, including R&S SPs from other federations. That’s precisely what it means to support global R&S.
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