In the summer of 2014, TERENA (now GEANT Association) commissioned work (to Heather Flanagan) to revitalise the SCHAC schema in response to the demand from the community to have a well-structured andRead More…
News on the Identity and Trust Technologies Research Activity
Being this the REFEDS blog you would expect to only read about REFEDS related topics. However, I think it is worth sharing the work done by the Identity & Trust Technologies ResearchRead More…
Discussing Identity Problems in Indianapolis
It’s been one month now from the REFEDS gathering in Indianapolis. I was impressed to see so many people attending the meeting on a sunny and warm Sunday morning. REFEDS meeting wasRead More…
The Interfederation Problem
The Interfederation Problem Interfederation – the processing of sharing entity metadata between different federations – is intended to both make management of metadata easier for Identity Providers (IdPs) and Service Providers (SPs)Read More…
Can We Rest Assured?
At the recent TERENA AAI Workshop, I led a small group in discussing how we can practically address the assurance requirements for our user communities. It is one of the most oftenRead More…
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
Or in this case, the bleeding hearts? It would be very difficult today to miss out on the news of the heartbleed OpenSSL vulnerability. Heartbleed is a serious vulnerability in the popularRead More…
Seasonal Greetings from REFEDS!
Licia and I would like to say a very Merry Christmas to everyone who has been involved in REFEDS work in 2013. It’s been a very busy year and we wouldn’t haveRead More…
REFEDS by the Bay
It’s been 18 months since REFEDS last held a meeting on the other side of the pond, so joining up with Internet2 and InCommon for “Identity Week” was a great opportunity toRead More…
eResearch Engagement
As we begin to draw towards the end of another REFEDS working year, it is time to start reviewing where we are with our work-areas. Following on from the FIM4R meetings, REFEDSRead More…
Collaborative Pixie Dust?
At the VAMP2013 and FIM4R meeting this week, one of the things we are hearing a lot from the research groups is “we have this specific requirement for our group and identityRead More…