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[Niels van Dijk <niels.vandijk AT surfnet.nl>]

> 
> I agree with almost everything here (lots of work for everyone
> ahead!), except maybe for the last part: ECs actually make
> interfederation /participation/ as well as federation /participation/
> easier in the medium term (maybe even short term).
> 

Sure! But if you are new to the game, it may all be overwhelming

> If you look at our IDP interfederation docs
> https://wiki.univie.ac.at/display/federation/Preparing+an+IDP+for+Interfederation
> actually only the "Attribute Release" part suggests any change for
> IDPs (and that documentation may not be specific to interfederation
> participants at some point).  And while my current documentation for
> ECs/attribute release is not as short and sweet as I'd like it to be 
> https://wiki.univie.ac.at/display/federation/Service+Categories
> it actually gives you just 2 rules copy&pasting of which will make
> your IDP "work" with a lot of SPs, out of the box (and more, as we get
> more SPs into those categories). A couple of sysadmins running their
> IDP with manual rules before were amazed.

Handy stuff!

Cheers,
Niels