InCommon Federation Discussions About Online Student Services

[Ann West <>]

InC-Student: Notes from July 18
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- Andrea Beesing, Cornell
- Nancy Krogh, Idaho
- RL Bob Morgan, Washington
- Karen Schultz, Penn State
- Renee Shuey, Penn State
- Ann West, Internet2/EDUCAUSE (scribe)

Notes
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- We have two new members:
   Mark McConahay, Indiana University
   Jeff von Mukwitz-Smith, UConn/AACRAO

- After hearing the persistent plea for practice guidance at the AACRAO 
Tech Conference and the IdM Workshop, we discussed whether this group 
would be interested in assembling some early recommendations for Student 
Services. The participants on the call (see short notes to follow) were 
in very much in favor. Nancy pointed out that the IdM issues are vast 
and acute, but that we should focus on scoping this work to the 
federated space. She also added that we might include campus IdM 
practices that are prerequisites for federating. 

Possible topics include:
   - Attribute Release
   - Practices and Standards for Roles
   - Resource lists: What standard practices are out there already?
   - What's needed for different LoAs and InCommon Silver?
   - What do campuses need to do to prepare for federating?
   - Best practices for dealing with opportunities with federations
   - Loose Affiliates in the context of Levels of Assurance

We will discuss this in more detail on the next call Friday July 25.

- Internet2 and EDUCAUSE sponsor a series of IdM workshops called CAMPs 
(Campus Architecture and Middleware Planning). Our next one is Feb 4-6 
in Tempe AZ, and we've been talking with AACRAO about the topic of IdM 
and Student Services as a follow up to the IdM Workshop. Typically, 
CAMPS cover emerging or established practices in the IdM and related 
fields and feature case studies and discussion breakout sessions. 
Current thoughts all around are very positive, but we're still working 
through the details. Stay tuned.