Scribing Template -Tues., Nov 12, 2013 at 1pm - Monterey Room
TOPIC: Account Linking, Part II
See also Account Linking Part I
CONVENER: Roland Hedberg
SCRIBE: Mark Scheible, Adele Guerzon
# of ATTENDEES:15
MAIN ISSUES DISCUSSED:
Users have multiple accounts, many passwords to remember
Use different credentials for access to different services, and could have multiple credentials accessing the same resource (user may not remember which credential they used) (e.g. University credential and a Social Identity) * Could present a big problem when the accounts have different LOAs
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- Applicant to university using social identity to apply (credential) and be given access to some lower risk applications
- Then after admission, is granted a university credential and might now use the university credential to access the same resources
- After graduation, user is migrated back to the social credential for accessing alumni resources
- Any life-cycle transitions of a University member, particularly when there are "gaps" in membership (maybe using a social identity)
Roland has money to fund research/development for 3 people for 3 years - exploring Account Linking in Europe
Possible use of ORCID (identity "outside" of University), however, they don't want to be used in this way (to link?)
Linking of accounts, however, individual identities would also likely be captured/linked
Linking service would need to know all the protocols (?)
Could be used to enrich a profile about an individual (capturing information about the user from different account sources)
If any of the accounts is compromised, access to resources used by all of the linked accounts may also be compromised (or at least accessible)
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Account linking for the service Roland has in mind would be voluntary (not a requirement)
ACTIVITIES GOING FORWARD / NEXT STEPS:
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