The intended purpose of the Subject Tags metadata item is to facilitate searching for and classification of documents in the Trust and Identity repository. While the initial repository platform does not fully enable automation of this functionality, Subject Tags will be maintained in a manner that can be leveraged in the future at such a time that a platform with more support for searching and classification is in place.
The classification of documents is coordinated across the repository by the Repository Librarian. See Subject Tags for the current classifications, and Administering the Tags, below, for how new classifications are added to the vocabulary.
The current subject tags are defined in the following table. In general, meanings of subject tags should be interpreted broadly; if a document addresses issues related to a subject tag, that tag should be added to the document.
| Subject Tag | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accessmanagement | The document addresses issues of access management, access control, authorization, etc. |
| assurance | The document addresses issues of the quality or trustworthiness of identity assertions. |
| cacti | The document is related to the Community Architecture Committee for Trust and Identity (CACTI). |
| charter | The document is related to a charter for a Trust and Identity committee or working group. |
| ctab | The document is related to the Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB). |
| eduroam | The document is related to the eduroam service. |
| federation | The document is related to identity federation. |
| grouper | The document is related to the Grouper system. |
| incommon | The document is related to InCommon. |
| federationmetadata | The document is related to federation metadata. |
| middlewarerescue | The document was among those "rescued" from the old middleware.internet2.edu server and other legacy repositories. |
| policy | The document is related to policy issues. |
| service | The document is related to some service. |
| steward | The document is related to the Steward Program. |
| tier | The document is related to Trusted Identity in Education and Research (TIER). |
| trust | The document is related to issues of trust. |
Subject Tags are administered by the Repository Librarian in an incremental fashion. When it appears that there are, or will be, a reasonable number of documents that are related to a common topic, a tag is created for them. What constitutes a "reasonable number" will be subjective, depending on the topic, but would generally be expected to be at least a 3-5.
In order to facilitate migration to potential future repository platforms, the syntax of Subject Tags will be kept simple:
Please contact the Repository Librarian (ti-librarian@internet2.edu) if you see the need for a new Subject Tag.