Please use this page to record ideas that you would like to include in the 2022 REFEDS workplan. Copy and paste the table below. Ideas don't need to be fully formed but the more scope we can get the easier it will be to assess whether idea should be taken forward. We look forward to all your ideas!
Template
| Title | <title of your proposal here> |
|---|---|
| Description | <description text here> |
| Proposer | <your name here> |
| Resource requirements | <money? effort? coordination? unicorns?> |
| +1's | <for others to voice their support - add your name here> |
Ideas
| Title | REFEDS Webinars + The REFEDS Bar |
|---|---|
| Description | Set up a monthly / bimonthly set of webinars for REFEDS to help communicate work on core topics (possibly 6 topics, 12 webinars, 2 different timezones per webinar?). This will help address the communication elements identified in the strategy. Support with a blogpost. Support with more social / chat sessions in the evenings for people to talk about their issues. Survey, CoCo, Entity Categories, Microsoft, REFEDS resources, maturity / baseline Last Thursday of every month. 27th Jan 2022 - 16:00 CET 24th February - APAN time. 31st March etc etc. |
| Proposer | Nicole Harris |
| Resource requirements | coordinator effort plus volunteers for content. |
| +1's | Alex Stuart (UKf) Pål Axelsson (SWAMID) |
| Title | Best Practices for Integrating with Microsoft Azure |
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| Description | Many federation operators have reported challenges with integrating with Microsoft Azure platforms. This group would establish a community of individuals specifically interested in supporting each other with these integrations and would document best practices as they are developed. ETA: start with organizing a community of interest, possibly target this as part of the webinar series |
| Proposer | Heather Flanagan |
| Resource requirements | volunteers |
| +1's | Matthew Slowe (UKf) |
| Title | Attribute Release Entity Categories |
|---|---|
| Description | Harmonize the text of the Anonymous Authorization, Pseudonymous Authorization, and Personalized Access entity categories (continuing work started in 2021) |
| Proposer | Heather Flanagan |
| Resource requirements | coordinator effort plus volunteers for content. |
| +1's | Pål Axelsson (SWAMID) Alex Stuart (UKf) |
| Title | Preparing for New Protocols |
|---|---|
| Description | A working group to look at existing specifications to determine if and how they can be changed to become more protocol agnostic. The goal is to allow enough flexibility to support SAML, OIDC, DIDs, and future undeveloped protocols. |
| Proposer | Albert Wu |
| Resource requirements | coordinator effort plus volunteer engagement |
| +1's | Pål Axelsson (SWAMID) Alex Stuart (UKf) Matthew Slowe (UKf) |