Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

...


Line Number / ReferenceProposed Change or QueryProposer / AffiliationAction / Decision (please leave blank)
01general

As an editorial comment I'd suggest avoiding all the "For the purposes
of this document" re-definitions or existing terms and instead
referencing existing glossaries where possible. (No need to define
what attributes, users, affiliations, etc. are here, IMO.)

Supported in google doc comments

Peter Schober, ACOnet.



Nicole Harris, GÉANT


02general note that none of the 3 specs mentions NameIDs which are not
attributes (and so do not fall under the local -- and somewhat circual
-- definition of "user attributes": "a user attribute is *an*
*attribute* that [...]"; my emphasis) but are personal data and
suitable to identify the subject, in cooperation with the IDP, or even
without, depending on the NameID format, nonetheless.
So that seems like a significant omission
Peter Schober, ACOnet.
03lines 61, 62, generalAs mentioned also with "Authentication Only" comment 04, I do not see the added value of bringing in bilateral agreements. It only weakens the spec, and there is no need because bilateral agreements can always be made.Niels van Dijk, SURF
04line 92Why is the thing now called "Organizational identifier" as compared to the Anonymous Authorization specification where it is called "Organization". I would suggest to harmonize concepts between specficationsNiels van Dijk, SURF
05line 91 -93"Organisation identifier", especially if provided in the form of eduPersonScopedAffiliation, is in many cases already a very usefull and likely enough to manage authorization. What if the service has no need for additional roles/groups being provided via the currently required entitlement(s)?
I would suggest to state either Organizational or Entitlement MUST be provided, where both MAY be provided
Niels van Dijk, SURF
06line 105-106It is bad practice to send empty attribute statements, so how to combine the mandatory entitlement as per line 91 with the statement in these lines where it might be that no entitlement data is relevant to the SP? Also see (05)Niels van Dijk, SURF
07line 96.3Which schema does the memberOf attribute come from?Niels van Dijk, SURF
08line 111Given the aforementioned lack of support for pairwise user identifier, I would word this as "

Identity Providers are advised to add support for to the new pairwise identifiers as soon as practicable."

As that is much easier then waiting until all your connected SPs have migrated



09line 116Why not (very strongly) suggest  using edupersonentitlements for the purpose of metrics? While the value of ePTID needs to be commonly agreed upon by SP and IdP to be meaningful, now at least we can get away from inventing new attributes for metrics.Niels van Dijk, SURF
08line 130"when supported by their federation assert this in metadata" is that a MUST also? or perhaps a SHOULD?Niels van Dijk, SURF
09line 174Using normative wording in implementation guide conflics with normative wording in core document. I would suggest to remove RFC2119 wording from the implementation guide so it is clear that is not normative, but informative.Niels van Dijk, SURF
10line 253I am missing any wording on ePPN here. Is that on purpose?
eduPersonUniqueID has teh same propperties as the pairwise id.  Perhaps explain why that is not reccomended?
Niels van Dijk, SURF