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[Dean Woodbeck <>]

InCommon Online Forum:
InCommon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Thursday, February 25, 2010
1 p.m. EST / Noon CST / 11 a.m. MST / 10 a.m. PST

A reminder that the InCommon TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) will host a 
one-hour online forum to discuss recent issues of importance to federation 
participants. We will use Adobe Connect for slide sharing and have a discussion 
about these topics. Audio if available either via Adobe Connect or via a a 
conference call bridge. If you use Adobe Connect, questions can be asked only by 
the chat function.

Please plan to join us.

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Agenda

1.    SAML 2 profiles/support

InCommon has added support for SAML 2.0 and continues to plan for additional 
features. This discussion will outline current InC support. Related to this, 
InCommon also encourages participants to upgrade to Shibboleth version 2.x. The 
Shibboleth Project has announced an end-of-life date of June 30, 2010, for 
version 1.3.x.

2.    uApprove

SWITCH, the Swiss federation, has developed uApprove, a mechanism to inform a 
user (and allow the user to approve/disapprove) about the release of attributes 
to a Service Provider (SP). This provides a tool to implement data protection 
laws by requiring to obtain user consent before his/her personal attributes are 
released. This discussion will provide an update of the adoption of uApprove in 
the U.S.

3.    Technical priorities

The InCommon TAC maintains a list of technical issues and priorities for the 
InCommon Federation. This discussion will provide information about the issues 
and ways for federation participants to provide input and feedback

4.    Your item here (as time permits)

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