In this document the InCommon Federation presents recommendations for federation participants regarding many aspects of federation practice. Sites following these practices will find benefits not only to their own use of the federation but will enable other participants to more easily and completely take advantage of federated services.
The InCommon Federation supports a wide range of participant organizations, applications, and services. Not all of the recommended practices will apply to all sites, and in some cases there may be legitimate reasons for different approaches.
InCommon expects this set of recommendations will evolve as new capabilities are added to federation infrastructure, and as participants gain more experience with what practices work best.
A key part of creating online trust is accurately representing your organization to other federation participants, including organization identity management and security practices, and contact information.
Maintaining complete and accurate information in InCommon metadata is important so systems from other federation participants can best engage with your site's services.