The State of Federations
Specimens Denmark Finland Switzerland Netherlands UK France US
The Current Kool-aid Campuses build consistent and sustainable middleware infrastructures Federating software and federations create effective inter-institutional collaboration infrastructure Federations peer internationally and across sectors to extend the value Virtual organizations leverage campus infrastructure and peered federations for user- centric enterprise-manageable teams
Discussion Points Name of federation Federated operator Scope and type of members What we sell How much does it cost Bootstrap identity providers
More discussion How do we manage the WAYF need What attributes do we use How much do we try to control semantics What LOA do we use Virtual organization support Change of contracts Dispute resolution Impact of international peering