1. Chief Regulatory Adviser, JANET(UK)
eP(S)A Comparison
Andrew Cormack
Chief Regulatory Adviser, JANET(UK)

2. 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...

3. 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?
...

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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?