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- SteveZ noted that the Internet2 Trust and Identity software projects are independent. There will be an effort in 2021 to come up with high level overview of goals/activities
- Keith Hazelton leads a software integration working group (meets twice per week) talking about interoperability of the TAP components. Dealing with much complexity from the four components. BillT sometimes attends that group.
- IAM is an integration exercise and there is a palette of tools
- The search for an “easy button” may be a search in vain
- Participants need to understand how things work, well enough to be accountable when running them.
- "I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you."
- Internet2 Trust and Identity can invest in technology or in training/education, but with limited resources cannot invest fully in both at the same time
- TIER started with prioritization of technology
- Later a shift was made to invest in training, thus the Collaboration Success Program
- There can be some conflict of opinion on how to package components
- Creation of containers with many choices
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- decorate containers with many knobs
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- deploy and maintain some number (like 3) patterns
- Creation of containers with many choices
- There are tradeoffs
- Component Architects prefer to maintain patterns that describe about 80% of cases,
- Supplement with proper training
- Grouper Deployment Guide provides patterns
- It may be helpful to have a smaller number of architectural patterns with better connectivity between practitioners
- Question whether the community has difficulty deploying the individual components
- Or overall architecture problem of “how do I implement IAM with the ITAP tools?"
- Commercial Service providers complexity causes challenge
- Asking major commercial service providers to change their patterns for identity control is generally an uphill battle,
- Tom: Suggestion for CACTI CACTI in 2021 : exercise leadership across the working groups on this issue of reference implementations
- SteveZ: CACTI members are welcome to join the working group calls where implementation patterns are discussed
- SteveZ: Sandbench concept is being developed.
- AI: Solicit topics from new members. Tee up on Dec. 22, 2020 CACTI call, continue into first meetings of 2021.
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- (From June 9, 2020 call) TomJ - Add as an agenda item for a future CACTI call: Operationalizing containers
- Representation/shared leadership across TAP groups such as component architects and software integration. (from Dec. 8 call)
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