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InCommon Federation: Federating Relationships. Topics. Administration Library Research Student Services Personal and Collaborative Applications Federal Government InCommon membership levels. Administration: Registrar Community. IT and Registrar Group
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Topics • Administration • Library • Research • Student Services • Personal and Collaborative Applications • Federal Government • InCommon membership levels
Administration: Registrar Community • IT and Registrar Group • Partnership with American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) • Approaching Student Services Vendors/organizations • National Student Clearinghouse • Financial Aid • Enrollment verification • Student Universe • E-Academy
Library Pilot • IT and Librarians • Working through issues about incorporating Shibboleth into existing access control infrastructure • User experience • Management • Walk-ins • One campus to be in production this fall
Thank You to the UK • 641 school have to convert from Athens to Shibboleth in a year • European federations prioritize list of content providers • Jane Charlton leading the way • Incentives to support Shibboleth • US will piggyback
Research: TeraGrid Pilot • Campus access to TeraGrid • Local credentials to access Grid • GridShib • Will require membership of InCommon • Current IdM practice is sufficient
Microsoft Development Network Academic Alliance (MSDN-AA) • Provides free MS development software to students • At Brown, loan CDs to students • MS operates Shib-enabled server • Production in Switzerland
Personal and Collaborative Applications: Google Apps for Education • Support SAML 2.0 • Committed to supporting Shibboleth (version 1.3) and SAML 1.1 • Will be joining InCommon • Giving financial support to Shibboleth project
Federal Government: National Institutes of Health • Peering with InCommon • Working out first applications for test • Current IdM practices sufficient • But grants management is level 2
Federal Government: E-Authentication Initiative • Working on interoperability agreement with InCommon • NSF Fastlane demo • Dept of Education apps • Financial aid officers • Soon thereafter - Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
InCommon Membership Levels Levels of membership in InCommon due to federal E-Auth • Bronze will be equivalent to Federal LoA 1 • Silver will be equivalent to Federal LoA 2
www.incommonfederation.org • John Krienke • jcwk@internet2.edu • Ann West • awest@internet2.edu • awest@educause.edu