IdP of Last Resort Working Group
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The IdP of Last Resort Working Group finished its work in June 2015. The final report is here. |
Current Work Items
- IdPoLR Working Group Final Report
- Near-term Candidate Draft: Requirements for an IdP of Last Resort Service: UnitedId.org
Mission/Goals
SPs often find that the population they want to serve includes individuals who are not represented by campus-based or other institutional IdPs, or the campus IdPs refuse to release attributes necessary for the operation of the SP. Ideally in those cases such individuals could be directed to register with a participating IdP that offered no-cost, easy registration processes. Some services that once fit this description now require onerous charges to SPs for their use, so a second ideal characteristic is that such "IdPs of Last Resort" not charge SPs for their use.
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Membership in the Working Group is open to all interested parties. Members join the Working Group by subscribing to the mailing list, participating in the phone calls, and otherwise actively engaging in the work of the group. It is particularly important that the work group include schools, both large and small, that are perceiving hurdles to federating their institution. The goal is to make the process easier and that will require broad participationrepresentatives of the research community with knowledge of the challenges around helping everyone who should have access to online resources get that access.
The chair of the Working Group is appointed by the InCommon TAC and is responsible for keeping the TAC informed regarding Working Group status.
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The subcommittee is expected to complete all deliverables by October 31March 15, 2014.