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This article explains the Research and Scholarship (R&S) category in detail. To join the R&S category, see: For Identity Provider For Service Provider |
The Research and Scholarship (R&S) entity category defines a a simple and scalable way to streamline federated research access. Identity providers (IdP) supporting R&S category agree to release basic, pre-defined person directory information to all service providers (SP) serving the Research and Scholarship community.
Institutions who configure their IdP to support R&S realize the following benefits:
InCommon has partnered with its peer R&E federations worldwide to create the REFEDS Research and Scholarship entity category.
Hundreds of InCommon IdPs and SPs are already a part of the R&S category.
For a SP, having the R&S entity attribute means "I meet the qualifying criteria to be part of the R&S category". The InCommon Federation operator reviews SP applications for R&S and assigns the entity attribute to qualified SPs.
Qualified SPs automatically receive the R&S person attribute bundle from all R&S-supporting IdPs in the federation. An SP operator significantly reduces its integration overhead by not having to individually negotiate information release with each institution.
For an IdP, the R&S entity attribute means "I support R&S". Specifically, the IdP agrees to release basic person information to all qualifying R&S SPs. It does so by making a one-time addition to its default attribute release policy to release R&S attribute bundle to all R&S SPs.
Once configured, an InCommon participant institution self-asserts support for R&S by asserting support for R&S through Federation Manager.
This one-time configuration provides faculty and researchers instantly access R&S services through federated single sign-on without further administrator involvement. When future research projects qualifies for the R&S category, collaboration across participating campuses becomes immediate and seamless.
To join the R&S category, see:
For Identity Provider
Identity provider - support Research and Scholarship
For Service Provider
Service provider - apply for Research and Scholarship category
Tagging an entity with Research and Scholarship entity attribute
REFEDS Research and Scholarship category specification
Research and Scholarship Deployment Considerations
Identity provider - support Research and Scholarship
Service provider - apply for Research and Scholarship category
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