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Pal: Low turn up at meetings. Maybe create a liaison group with other constituencies.
Maarten: It should be a Federation of Federations, but to me it is more an Interfederation. An SG with a clear mandate. The constitution is weak, the baseline could help with that. Federation guidelines are needed. A central committee would be of vallue.
Peter: Totally agree. Raise the trust level.
Chris: Within the brand eduGAIN or feature set (good quality MD)?
Alan: Equicalency
Peter: Policy.
Koren: Would that also mean that the membership policies would be more alligned than today? Easier for SPs to federate with other eG members?
Alan: Related to opt-in/out.
Koren: Also we cannot know if federations adhere to the same standards.
Chris: Opt-in/out could be a significant change. This could be a recommendation.
Licia: Not main critical impact. Fundamental: lack of expectated behavior from IdP by SP. All posibilities are open. Minimal requirements would help.
Tomasz: What happens if federations are not up to that level? Are we (temporarily) kick members out?
Alan: Very much like the Web-model.
Alex: Baseline. The high level baseline was protocol agnostic. It can't be too strict to keep us from experimentation.
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Alan: Operations advisory group.
Davide: Couple of things. 1) Looking at new federations: limited number of entities. Setting up federation and joining eG at the same time. Learning as they go. 2) It takes a lot of time to pre-assess. 3) Assessment by SG takes a long time (2-3 weeks).
Licia: Process can be improved. Other part: resources. What do we do when technology is failing on new members.
Chris: Verification process.
| Recommendations |
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| Address the low attendance and low input at eduGAIN meetings by creating an eduGAIN Steering Committee (elected) and hold an annual assembly with all of the current SG |
| Improve participation in leadership from non-federation members |
| Have a consistent approach to how federations are expected to publish metadata downstream |
| Improve consistency of federation policies |
| Consider levels (max 3) that apply to all IdPs |
| Improve joining process for new entities |
| Support implementation of baseline expectations (see goal 1) |