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titleMigrate to REFEDS R&S now!

If you are an IdP operator that supports Rthe Research & S, migrate Scholarship category, now is the time to start planning your migration strategy to REFEDS R&S now! (reference needed)

R&S IdPs that migrate to REFEDS R&S will be among the first IdPs exported to eduGAIN.

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titleExporting the R&S entity attribute

The legacy InCommon R&S entity attribute value

http://id.incommon.org/category/research-and-scholarship

is not exported to eduGAIN. Only the REFEDS R&S entity attribute value

http://refeds.org/category/research-and-scholarship

is exported to eduGAIN!

Decision Point for TAC

A dichotomy has been created Two concrete options are outlined for convenience but of course a range of options is possible.

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  • Existing R&S IdPs have two choices:
    1. Recognize the Migrate to REFEDS R&S entity attribute value (as described in the previous section)
    2. Do nothing
  • New R&S IdPs have two choices:
    1. Release attributes to all R&S SPs, including R&S SPs from other federations
    2. Release attributes to R&S SPs registered by InCommon only
  • Messaging:
    • R&S IdPs that migrate to REFEDS R&S will be among the first IdPs exported to eduGAIN.
    • Only the REFEDS R&S entity attribute value will be exported to eduGAIN; in particular, the legacy InCommon R&S entity attribute value will not be exported to eduGAIN.
    • The legacy InCommon R&S entity attribute value will remain in InCommon metadata indefinitely.

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  • Existing R&S IdPs have two choices:
    1. Recognize the Migrate to REFEDS R&S entity attribute value (as described in the previous section)
    2. Do nothing
  • New R&S IdPs have one choice:
    1. Release attributes to all R&S SPs, including R&S SPs from other federations
  • Messaging:
    • R&S IdPs that migrate to REFEDS R&S will be among the first IdPs exported to eduGAIN.
    • Only the REFEDS R&S entity attribute value will be exported to eduGAIN; in particular, the legacy InCommon R&S entity attribute value will not be exported to eduGAIN.
    • The legacy InCommon R&S entity attribute value will be completely removed from metadata at the end of June 2016.

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