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- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 15:46:32 -0500
InCommon News December 2, 2010 --------------- In This Issue: * Open Call for Steering Nominations – Dec. 6 Deadline * New Test Discovery Service Available * IAM Online December 9 – Federating Access to Virtual Organizations * New Documentation on X.509 Certificates in Metadata * InCommon Resources from Internet2 Member Meeting * New Participants --------------- Open Call for Steering Nominations InCommon is seeking nominations for three-year terms on the InCommon Steering Committee. The deadline is noon on Monday, Dec. 6 (EST). More information is at www.incommon.org/sc --------------- New Test Discovery Service Available InCommon has released a pre-production test version of a new Discovery Service, which will eventually replace the current WAYF. https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/5IIaAQ --------------- IAM Online December 9 – Federating Access to Virtual Organizations Increasingly, virtual organizations (VOs) of scientists are collaborating across organizational boundaries. This IAM Online will look at work being done to enable federated access to these services and infrastructures, and lower the barriers for such adoption. https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/UYAXAQ --------------- New Documentation for X.509 Certificates in Metadata Documentation regarding the use of X.509 certificates in federation metadata has been updated and expanded, particularly a new document on certificate migration. https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/zgEOAQ --------------- InCommon Resources from Internet2 Member Meeting A number of resources developed for the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting are available on the InCommon website and wiki, including the latest InCommon Update, notes from the InCommon Forums, and Netcasts of various sessions. http://www.incommon.org/2010FMM.html --------------- New Participants in November InCommon added eight participants in September and now has 261 participants. These are the participants that joined in November. Higher Education Sponsored Partners --------------- About Serials Solutions Serials Solutions is the global leader in E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) that serves more than 3,000 libraries of all sizes and types. Serials Solutions’ comprehensive suite of discovery tools and management services helps improve access to and use of collections, eases librarian workloads, and ultimately reduces operating costs. Solutions include: 360 Core E-Journal Portal, 360 Search, 360 Link and 360 Access Control all powered by KnowledgeWorks, the authoritative e-resource knowledgebase. For more information, please visit http://www.serialssolutions.com or call 1 (206) 545-9056. Serials Solutions is a business unit of ProQuest LLC. -------------------- InCommon News is published by the InCommon Federation (www.incommon.org) for its participants and other interested parties. InCommon is an LLC of Internet2. Send feedback or comments to . This newsletter is sent to . To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email to with one of these messages in the subject: subscribe incommon-announce or unsubscribe incommon-announce. You can also subscribe to the InCommon RSS news feed, which includes this newsletter, by visiting www.incommon.org/contacts.cfm. |
- [InCommon] InCommon News - December 2010, Dean Woodbeck, 12/02/2010
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