2015 REFEDS Workplan

These are the final top level areas for the 2015 workplan.

REF15-1: REFEDS Coordination and Management

Lead: Licia Florio / 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, ISOC and Kantara.

WORKITEMS	DESCRIPTION	COMMENT	ASSIGNED TO	START DATE	END DATE	STATUS
REF15-1A	REFEDS BOFS at appropriate meetings throughout the year.		Nicole Harris / Licia Florio	01/2015	12/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-1B	Replace refeds.org website.		Nicole Harris / Licia Florio	03/2015	06/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-1C	Maintain and develop the REFEDS blog.		Nicole Harris / Licia Florio	02/2015	12/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-1D	REFEDS annual meetings.		Nicole Harris / Licia Florio	02/2015	12/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-1E	Implement 2015 REFEDS Survey.		Nicole Harris / Licia Florio	02/2105	03/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-1F	Manage REFEDS contracts with third parties.	1 x contract with Ian Young. 2 x contract with Heather Flanagan. 1 x contract with Yaco.	Nicole Harris / Licia Florio	01/2015	03/2015	IN PROGRESS

Lead: Nicole Harris

Aim:

To complete work on metadata registration, publication and federation key management documentation and to feed in for dissemination and use within the GÉANT project (GN4) harmonisation task.
To maintain and monitor use of existing entity categories.
To shepherd proposals for 2-3 new entity categories (library / affiliation and academic) through to conclusion.
To carry out a lightweight review of contacts in metadata.
To liaise and work with projects focusing on assurance profiles

WORKITEMS	DESCRIPTION	ASSIGNED TO	START DATE	END DATE	STATUS
REF15-2A	Documentation for 3 federation operator practice statements.	Nicole Harris	01/2015	12/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-2B	Report on uptake of R&S and Hide from Discovery Entity Categories.	Nicole Harris	10/2015	12/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-2C	Develop supporting material for Entity Categories focused on risk assessment.	Nicole Harris	04/2015	06/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-2D	Consultations for new Entity Categories.	Nicole Harris	04/2015	09/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-2E	Complete survey / review on how contacts in metadata are being used / implemented.	Nicole Harris	07/2105	08/2015	NOT STARTED

Lead: Licia Florio

Aim:

To provide supporting material for organisations carrying out a needs assessment for VO / group management usage.
To support the standardisation of namespace usage by VOs / attribute authorities.

WORKITEMS	DESCRIPTION	ASSIGNED TO	START DATE	END DATE	STATUS
REF15-3A	Update of VO / group management needs assessment documents.	Heather Flanagan	04/2015	12/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-3B	VO / Groups Problem Statement Document	Heather Flanagan	04/2015	12/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-3C	Value Proposition of federations for VOs document.	Heather Flanagan	04/2015	12/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-3D	3 x conference call to discuss namespace requirements.	Licia Florio	04/2015	12/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-3E	Draft proposal on standardising namespace for groups.	Licia Florio	04/2105	12/2015	NOT STARTED

Lead: Licia Florio

Aim:

To provide support for existing REFEDS pilots as well as for the new ones
To define a lightweight process for federation operators to work together on incident response management

WORKITEMS	DESCRIPTION	ASSIGNED TO	START DATE	END DATE	STATUS
REF15-4A	REEP Operations.	Licia Florio	01/2015	12/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-4B	Operational version of MET.	Nicole Harris	02/2015	06/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-4C	Liaison work with Fed Lab.	Licia Florio	04/2015	12/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-4D	Incident Response Framework.	???	04/2015	12/2015	NOT STARTED

Lead: Nicole Harris

Aim:

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 Items / Milestones:

Federation at scale: work to pilot the Metadata Query Protocol within multiple federations and report on readiness to manage more complex metadata management.
Federation at scale: review of further work needed to support large-scale metadata management, including discovery.
SAML Entity Categories: finalising RFC for core documentation.
SCHAC development and sustainability.

WORKITEMS	DESCRIPTION	ASSIGNED TO	START DATE	END DATE	STATUS
REF15-5A	Federation at scale: work to pilot the Metadata Query Protocol within multiple federations and report on readiness to manage more complex metadata management.	Ian Young	02/2015	12/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-5B	Federation at scale: review of further work needed to support large-scale metadata management, including discovery.	Nicole Harris	02/2015	06/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-5C	SAML Entity Categories: finalising RFC for core documentation.	Ian Young	04/2015	12/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-5D	SCHAC development and sustainability.	Heather Flanagan	01/2015	06/2015	NOT STARTED

Lead: According to WG Chair

Aim:

To provide infrastructure and support for evolving ideas and areas in the REFEDS community.

WORKITEMS	DESCRIPTION	ASSIGNED TO	START DATE	END DATE	STATUS
REF15-6A	FOG: Federation Operators Group	Peter Schober	01/2015	12/2015	IN PROGRESS
REF15-6B	MARI: Manging Attribute Release in Interfederation use cases.	Ken Klingenstein	01/2015	12/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-6C	OIDC(re): OpenID Connect for Research and Education	Roland Hedberg	04/2015	12/2015	NOT STARTED
REF15-6D	SIRTFI	Nicole Harris	04/2015	12/2015	IN PROGRESS