Chief Regulatory Adviser, JANET(UK) eP(S)A Comparison Andrew Cormack Chief Regulatory Adviser, JANET(UK) Andrew.Cormack@ja.net
History eduPerson specification Mikael points out UK/FI use differs Lists controlled vocabulary for affiliation But some values are not defined Mikael points out UK/FI use differs Check other federations on Refeds wiki And the news is...
Mostly Good Most values are used consistently Member, faculty, student Alum, affiliate, library-walk-in At least as consistent as the real world What is a student? Or a member? When is an alumnus? ...
Some Bad Staff Employee UK: anyone who works here Everyone else: a worker who is not faculty Employee UK: a worker who is not faculty Some others: anyone who works here Some others: anyone with a contract Some others: value not used
What to do? Add definitions, so it doesn’t get worse Make it better? Suggestions in paper, please discuss MACE-DIR looking at this Make it better? UK looking at whether we can fix staff Employee is probably broken Beware of these in inter-federation Watch out for other problems Document them when you find them, please
Does it Matter? Maybe less than it appears Many services only need member E.g. Site licences Some external services need enumerated lists So broken values don’t matter Use ePE (IdP enumerated) or ePPN (SP enumerated) Some internal services need internal categories So broken values don’t help And don’t matter, because per-fed they are consistent Do any cross-fed apps need staff & employee?