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An API was developed in support of the above registration flow, which was implemented in to into the [Gabriels TA]
eduGAIN Interfederation
The eduGAIN interfederation has a Trust Anchor and registers the national federations as Intermediates. eduGAIN interfederation has no Leafs. The TA developed as part of the testbed by Roland Hedberg will be used and operated by the eduGAIN Pilot team. Registration of participating Intermediates is manual.
eduGAIN may operate will provide at least one and may offer possibly more Trust Mark issuers
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