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…
Hanging out with the VAMPS
We held the annual Fall Meeting for REFEDS on the 5th of September in Utrecht, in conjunction with the TERENA / Internet2 / Surfnet VAMP meeting looking at challenges for virtual organisations. Read More…
Same Same, but Different
Nicole Harris reports back on the REFEDS BOF at APAN33, Feburary 2012. Back in February, Licia and I were lucky enough to be invited to present a REFEDS BOF at APAN33. APANRead 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…
Update on COmanage
Image with thanks to Gera Pronk. At the VAMP2013 meeting this week, Heather Flanagan and Ben Oshrin gave an update on COmanage. Heather starting by explaining the COmanage project intended to provideRead More…
Remembering Milan
A couple of people have asked, so here is a copy of the speech I gave at TNC2013, remembering Milan. It’s an honour to be asked to stand here today and talkRead More…