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

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On 04-08-14 12:36, Tomasz Wolniewicz wrote:
> Hi Niels, Whenever it comes to displaing information about
> individuals, I'm always reluctant, especially in a format that is
> easily harvested. Also in some cases federation administrators
> explicitly asked that their mails not be included on the status
> page.
> 

For now I would only ask for publishing via the JSON interface
whatever you also publish on the HTML page. That is simple another
representation of what you already publish anyway.


> I would say that for any automated notification system you should
> only use the official federation contact, which is provided in my
> output. If you need more then you would have to do this manually
> (i.e. use the status page) and with a proper consideration. If I
> have an official matter to a federation operator I *always* use the
> generic contact email, only if this does not get replied to, I
> could use an individual SG representative mail.
> 

I understand your point. For my usecase that is however not usable as
I cannot bind people (and thus logins) to that. However I think I can
come up with a way of using the official email to bootstrap this.



> Membership status - this is always "member". I do not inform about 
> non-members, I do not see any reason why I should. They are not 
> providing matadata to eduGAIN, therefore cannot be a part to any
> eduGAIN related problem.
> 

Clear, thanks

Regards,
Niels

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