Overview

The goal of this working group is to develop high-level statements regarding the common expectations for IdPs, SPs, and Federation Operators. More specific operational guidance will happen within eduGAIN; REFEDS will promote the high-level guidance for these expectations.

Terms

The following terms apply to all REFEDS Working Groups:

  1. When a working group is agreed, REFEDS Participants will be asked if they wish to participate. Working Groups tend to be small, so consensus can be achieved quickly between participants.
  2. A chair for the group is chosen from the REFEDS Participants.
  3. GÉANT provides facilities for the working group, including meeting support, wiki space, mailing lists and, where appropriate, funding.
  4. An appropriate output from the group is produced. Currently, this is typically a draft white paper or a wiki page.
  5. When the Working Group is in agreement, the chair shares the outputs with the wider REFEDS community with an open period for discussion and comment. This is typically a period of 4 weeks, but may be longer if appropriate.
  6. After this period of time, the REFEDS Steering Committee signs off on the work item. Work is either written up as a formal white paper, left on the wiki but promoted as finished work or occasionally submitted as an Internet Draft.


Mailing list

https://lists.refeds.org/sympa/info/federation-baseline

Chairs

Alan Buxey (myUniDays), Pål Axelsson (HKR) (SUNET)

Work Items

Work items for the group:

  1. High-level statement for IdPs
  2. High-level statement for SPs
  3. High-level statement for Federation Operators
  4. (Potentially) example implementation plans

Calls

Resources