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 Note: as of October 2018, stewardship and maintenance of eduPerson has been transferred from Internet2 to REFEDs  (https://refeds.org/). 


Draft list of MACE-Dir work items for the near term (2010 Q4, 2011 Q1)

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  1. Identifier best practices for Grid-like scenarios
    • eduPersonTargetedID has the desired properties of persistent linkage of a given value to a specific real world person and non-reassignability. If available, this is the recommended person identifier for Resource Providers in Grid-like scenarios.
    • eduPersonPrincipalName is currently used as the person identifier in many Grid and Grid-like scenarios. The potential reassignment problem can be addressed by urging IdPs to publish an ePPN Reassignment Hiatus Period in years. That is, the minimum number of years before a once-used identifier will ever be reassigned to a different real world person.
  1. Extensibility via new attributes vs extensibility via new values for existing attributes
    • If we have groups and entitlements, what more do we need?
    • If we have globally unique values, do we even need groups and entitlements? #.
  2. Standardized Group APIs #.
  3. Real World Attribute Creation, adoption Adoption and usageUsage #. Attributes supporting user consent
    #. Attribute assurance and provenance
  4. Attributes Supporting User Consent
  5. Attribute Assurance and Provenance