This is the home of the InCommon/Quilt Technical Working Group
The content below was developed as a follow-on to discussions held in the Technical Breakout Sessions of the InCommon/Quilt Federation Workshop held February 7-8, 2013.
Terminology
Project Terminology used in documents below to describe federation models and scenarios
Tech WG Documents
- InC-Quilt Technical Options DRAFT.pdf
Table listing different support options Regionals might provide to K-12 and Community Colleges depending on which federation scenario is followed, and the recommended resources and skill sets needed
- Regional Federation Models.pdf
Simple set of slides depicting the different federation scenarios that Regionals might support in working with K-12 and Community Colleges; includes a table that lists appropriate technical federation tools appropriate for each scenario
- Proxy IdP-SP Slides.pdf
PowerPoint slides diagramming the process flow for federated access of a user to an external resource (SP) through a Proxy IdP configuration
- MDA Scenarios - v2.pdf
PowerPoint slides with diagrams showing different federation scenarios and how the Metadata Aggregator tool might be used to create different exports of InCommon and Regional federation metadata
- Proxy IdP versus MDA v2.pdf
Comparison of the Pros and Cons of the two primary tools which could be used to interfederate a regional or state federation with InCommon – the SimpleSAMLphp Proxy IdP and the Shibboleth Metadata Aggregator
- MDA Write-Up - Chris Giordano-Ian Young.pdf
Excellent first-hand account by Chris Giordano of MOREnet, on installing and configuring the Shibboleth Metadata Aggregator (MDA) tool. Additional comments and information/pointers provided by Ian Young of the UKfederation, who leads the Shibboleth MDA project.
Tech WG Meeting Notes