Federation Policy Mapping

This work is picking up on one of the recommendations from the barriers to service providers study to find common clause recommendations for federation policies. It:

• Maps existing policies against content blocks and elements that can appear within those content blocks;
• Provides a visual guide showing which elements are used by which federations;
• Makes recommendations for good practise in federation policy for R&E federations.

Scope:

• The study will only review federation policies that are available in English and that single document, or close to single document format (not including technical or assurance profiles).

Current Analysis:

Available here as an excel spreadsheet.

Content Blocks

The federation policy mapping work identifies "content blocks" that can be found in federation policy.  These blocks are:

A: STUCTURE. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOUR FEDERATION WORKS

1. RFC2119.
2. Definitions.
3. Background and Purpose.
4. Governance.
5. Eligibility.
6. How to Join.
7. How to Withdraw.

B: TERMS OF USE. WHAT EVERYONE IS ALLOWED AND NOT ALLOWED TO DO

1. Terms of Use (IdP).
2. Terms of Use (SP).
3. Termination / Dispute Resolution.
4. Logging. is this a TOUI/S?
5. Data Protection. is this a TOUI/S?
6. Audit. is this an operator right/ role?
7. Use of Attributes. is this a TOUI/S?
8. Operator Rights / Role.
9. Interfederation / Publish rights. is this an operator right/ role?

C: LEGAL. ALL THE LEGAL STUFF

1. Liability.
2. Jurisdiction and Legal.
3. Fee schedule.
4. Copyright.