The InCommon Discovery Service is now operational as a pre-production service!
Here is a projected timeline for deployment of the InCommon Discovery Service:
[Wed, Nov 17, 2010] Pre-production Discovery Service released
[Wed, Dec 15, 2010] New hot spare deployed in Indiana
[Wed, Jan 5, 2011] Production Discovery Service to be released
[Wed, Feb 2, 2011] InCommon WAYF to be taken out of service
Once a redirect from the WAYF to the Discovery Service is activated (on Feb 2), support for the InCommon WAYF will be discontinued. See the sections below for details how to configure your SP to use the InCommon Discovery Service instead of the InCommon WAYF.
Try out the new InCommon Discovery Service: https://service1.internet2.edu/test
Send comments, feedback and questions to: discovery@incommon.org
Visit the Discovery Service FAQ for more information about the InCommon Discovery Service.
Software and Metadata Considerations
Configuring metadata for discovery
TBD