The purpose of attribute schemas is to describe the structure and use of an attribute such that applications and services have standardized patterns to work with for each attribute. If there areRead More…
REFEDS has published its REFEDS-EOY-2021. Like many of our sister organisations, 2021 continued the pandemic-related challenges for REFEDS and cancellations of our normal activities. The community continued to step up, however, andRead More…
REFEDS work plans are developed by and for the community, changing as they need to and staying the same where appropriate. With a decade of work plans on record, the community continuesRead More…
Author: Jule Ziegler Regular REFEDS Assurance Working Group Calls have been picked up again! Around 1.5 years have passed now since the two REFEDS specifications, the REFEDS Assurance Framework (RAF) and theRead More…
If your institution runs an Identity Provider within a Research and Education Federation, please read this urgent message. The international science community has asked for your help in connecting your researchers andRead More…
With nearly 100 people in the room, the REFEDS 41 meeting in New Orleans provided another excellent opportunity to share knowledge, experience, and ideas with representatives from the global R&E FIM community.Read More…
The first REFEDS T&I Hackathon was a great success, thanks to the 30 participants to the event. We had participants from as far away as Uganda and Malaysia, as well as participantsRead More…
My first time at TNC19, and especially REFEDS 40, was quite an experience and I would like to categorically thank REFEDS and GÉANT for the opportunity and support and especially for theRead More…
I am one of the first recipients of the REFEDS Distinguished Engineer program, and attended the REFEDS meeting and TNC19 as part of that. I am working as Scientist B (Computer Science)Read More…
REFEDS 40, held on 16 June 2019 prior to TNC19 in Tallinn, Estonia, was the most well-attended REFEDS meeting ever. Over 100 people attended, bringing together long-time attendees and newcomers to discussRead More…