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This is the home of the InCommon/Quilt Federation space. If you would like editing access, please contact Steve Olshansky <steveo AT internet2 DOT edu>.

This wiki space is the companion to the Quilt / InCommon Federation Workshop* *held in California, February 2013.

Introduction

Limited resources and experience or skill sets often prevent smaller institutions from joining an Identity Federation.  This is especially true for K-12 school districts and smaller higher education institutions such as community or technical colleges.  R&E Network providers or "Regionals" (members of The Quilt) and InCommon are trying to bridge this gap by exploring how to extend federation services to these communities.

A workshop was held at the Winter Quilt Meeting in February 2013 to develop a framework for a distributed federation model.  This would leverage the Regionals to extend the InCommon Federation to these smaller educational institutions, as well as into other sectors. The framework addresses methods of providing these communities (starting with educational institutions) with Identity and Access Management and Federation Services, as well as Consulting and other forms of support.

At the conclusion of the workshop it was agreed that it would make sense to ask the participants of 
the workshop to continue the dialog by joining three working groups focused on the pilots:
InCommon - Quilt Pilot Definition Group - would define the requirements for the pilots 
and develop a call for participants and develop timelines
InCommon - Quilt Pilot Technical Group - that would further develop the federation 
models discussed during the workshop outlining the pros and cons for regionals to consider 
and coordinate with the InCommon TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) Interfederation 
group
InCommon - Quilt Pilot Admin/Policy Group - that will document the distributed 
administration tasks and roles outlined during the workshop and identity the key policy 
issues and business models that will need to be addressed in the pilots.
At the conclusion of the workshop, it was agreed that it would make sense to ask the participants to continue the dialog by joining three working groups focused on the pilots:

  • InCommon-Quilt Pilot Definition Working Group - This group would define the requirements for the pilots and develop a call for participants (CFP) and pilot timelines
  • InCommon-Quilt Technical Working Group - This group would further develop the federation models discussed during the workshop outlining the pros and cons for regionals to consider and coordinate with the InCommon TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) Interfederation group
  • InCommon-Quilt Admin/Policy Working Group - This group would document the distributed administration tasks and roles outlined during the workshop and identity the key policy issues and business models that would need to be addressed in the pilots as well as for ongoing federation.

InCommon/Quilt Federation Pilot Development Project 

(under development)

InCommon/Quilt Technical Working Group

InCommon Quilt Administrative & Policy Working Group

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