These are the proposed top-level areas for the 2023 workplan, drawn from proposals crowdsourced in late 2022 / early 2023. 



REF23-1: REFEDS Coordination and Management

Lead: Nicole Harris

Aims:

  • To progress REFEDS position as an important player within the access and identity management space internationally.  
  • To build on established relationships with GÉANT project and other federation-related activities around the world. 
WORK ITEMSDESCRIPTIONCOMMENTASSIGNED TOSTART DATEEND DATESTATUS                    
REF23-1AMaintain and develop the REFEDS blog, wiki and website.

As normal.

Nicole Harris 01/23 12/23


REF23-1BREFEDS annual meetings.TNC and one other meeting (TBD)Nicole Harris 01/23 10/23


REF23-1CImplement 2023 REFEDS Survey and present results of 2022 survey.Annual REFEDS Survey to go out in November 2023.Nicole Harris 09/23 12/23
REF23-1DManage REFEDS contracts with third parties.These are contracts with external parties that support REFEDS such as Spherical Cow Consulting.Nicole Harris 01/23 12/23


REF23-1EManage REFEDS Sponsorships.Current sponsor list.Nicole Harris 12/18 12/23

Ongoing

REF23-2: Specialist Working Groups

Lead: Heather Flanagan

Aim:

  • To provide infrastructure and support for evolving ideas and areas in the REFEDS community. 
WORK ITEMSDESCRIPTIONASSIGNED TOSTART DATEEND DATEGOALS                   STATUS
REF23-2A

FOG: Federation Operators Group

Peter Brand with support from Nicole Harris01/2312/23This is an ongoing discussion group and as such has no specific goals.
REF23-2BAssuranceKyle Lewis01/2312/23
  • Work on RAF v2
  • Revisit and modernize the specifications (formal review).
  • Ensure test facilities are in place to enable adoption.

REF23-2CEntity Category SupportHeather Flanagan01/2312/23

Consider whether a fourth Entity Category is necessary to handle more conditional use cases.


REF23-2DSPOG: SP Operators GroupLaura Paglione01/2312/23This is an ongoing discussion group and as such has no goals.
REF23-2EBrowser Changes and FederationJudith Bush, Zacharias Törnblom12/2212/23

Provide input to APIs under development by the browser community to implement new privacy controls managed by the browser. In FedCM ("A privacy preserving federated identity Web API" - quote from GitHub) several browser vendors are working to ensure users can still use buttons for "Sign in with <third party IdP vendor>..." even as the privacy-preserving practices around third-party cookies etc. are rolled out - privacy practices that would inevitably break the current login pattern. This baseline will enable us to continue offering our R&E community federated access as long as we take part in its development, and adapt our community's critical software stacks.


REF23-2FUpdate the MRPSTBD02/2312/23The current Metadata Registration Practice Statement is out of date but is still used by eduGAIN candidates.

REF23-3: Promotion and Communication

Lead: Nicole Harris

Aims:

  • To provide materials and support mechanisms to help federations promote effective approaches to IdPs and SPs.
  • To provide feedback on documents produced by other groups to support clarity of messages.
  • To reach out to target groups where specific messaging could be beneficial.
WORK ITEMSDESCRIPTIONASSIGNED TOSTART DATEEND DATESTATUS                    
REF23-3AContinue the monthly REFEDS Community chats. Topics for 2023 to include: REFEDS Survey results, working group updates, other topics as considered interesting by the community


Heather Flanagan01/2312/23
REF23-3BEstablish a liaison program between REFEDS Steering and FIM4R, FIM4L, and SeamlessAccess.REFEDS Steering02/2312/23

REF23-4: Standards and Specifications

Lead: Heather Flanagan

Aims:

  • To provide support for the development of standards and specifications under the REFEDS banner.
  • To pilot specification work to support implementation requirements.
  • To put in place structures to ensure specification and schema sustainability.
WORK ITEMSDESCRIPTIONASSIGNED TOSTART DATEEND DATESTATUS                    
REF23-4A

Schema management

Schema Editorial Board with support from Heather Flanagan01/2312/23

Work will focus on maintenance, considering updates as requested by the community

REF23-5: REFEDS Services

Lead: Nicole Harris

Aims:

  • To continue using MET and enhance where possible.
  • To support the basic REFEDS infrastructure needs (website, wiki, and mailing lists). 
WORK ITEMSDESCRIPTIONASSIGNED TOSTART DATEEND DATESTATUS                    
REF23-5A

MET maintenance - community to determine how best to maintain MET and whether it needs a different support model than the current ad hoc contract.

Nicole Harris 01/23 12/23




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