Un-Affiliated IdP Issues and Recommendations

The Challenges

• The REFEDs IOLR WG has developed a vetted list of requirements that an IdP would have to meet in order to qualify as an Un-Affiliated IdP
• The WG wants to define a standard process by which federations can assess candidate Un-Affiliated IdP providers and tag the approved Un-Affiliated IdPs.
• The WG wants to assure the long-term stability of identifiers issued by Un-Affiliated IdP providers.
• The WG wants to assure that a person always has the option to migrate from one Un-Affiliated IdP to another.
• The WG wants to assure that Un-Affiliated IdP services are continuously available as long as they are filling a need for the Research and Scholarship community.

An Approach for Discussion

• The REFEDS IOLR Working Group will draft and seek community evaluation of a REFEDS-level Un-Affiliated IdP entity category
• The entity category tag will be defined as self-asserted
• The trustworthiness of self-asserted Un-Affiliated IdP tags should be addressed by the community of Refeds R&S relying parties in dialogue with Un-Affiliated IdP operators
• People should be encouraged to establish accounts with more than one self-declared Un-Affiliated IdP