The State of Federations

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The State of Federations

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Specimens

• Denmark
• Finland
• Switzerland
• Netherlands
• UK
• France
• US

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The Current Kool-aid

• Campuses build consistent and sustainable
  middleware infrastructures
• Federating software and federations create
  effective inter-institutional collaboration
  infrastructure
• Federations peer internationally and across
  sectors to extend the value
• Virtual organizations leverage campus
  infrastructure and peered federations for
  user-centric enterprise-manageable teams

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Discussion Points

• Name of federation
• Federated operator
• Scope and type of members
• What we sell
• How much does it cost
• Bootstrap identity providers

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More discussion

• How do we manage the WAYF need
• What attributes do we use
• How much do we try to control semantics
• What LOA do we use
• Virtual organization support
• Change of contracts
• Dispute resolution
• Impact of international peering