Overview

The current Metadata Registration Practice Statement is out of date but is still used by eduGAIN candidates.

The eduGAIN Steering Group requests to pick this up as soon as possible.

Resources

See the Metadata Registration Practice statement on the Federation Best Practice home page

The following terms apply to all REFEDS Working Groups:

When a working group is agreed, REFEDS Participants will be asked if they wish to participate. Working Groups tend to be small, so consensus can be achieved quickly between participants.
A chair for the group is chosen from the REFEDS Participants.
GÉANT provides facilities for the working group, including meeting support, wiki space, mailing lists, and, where appropriate, funding.
An appropriate output from the group is produced. Currently, this is typically a draft white paper or a wiki page.
When the Working Group is in agreement, the chair shares the outputs with the wider REFEDS community with an open period for discussion and comment. This is typically a period of 4 weeks, but may be longer if appropriate.
After this period of time, the REFEDS Steering Committee signs off on the work item. Work is either written up as a formal white paper, left on the wiki but promoted as finished work or occasionally submitted as an Internet Draft.

(a Slack channel is also available on the eduGAIN slack instance)

Alex Stuart (JISC), supported by Heather Flanagan (REFEDS)