An open discussion list for topics related to the eduGAIN interfederation service.

[Lukas Hämmerle <lukas.haemmerle AT switch.ch>]

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Hi Hiels

There is no such official list that I know. I had the same problem
when creating the isFederatedCheck
(https://wiki.edugain.org/isFederatedCheck). There, you find now a
list of local metadata files or web pages where people can download
them (currently, you click on the "all known academic identity
federations") but I could make this relatively easy into a link.

Peter Schober once correctly noted that providing direct links to the
federation metadata files of national federations is not appreciated
by (some) federation operators because people should also be provided
with information how to validate the metadata files. Otherwise, they
are likely to just use the federation metadata unverified.

That's the reason isFederatedCheck offers in many cases not the direct
link to metadata files but to the web pages that provide further
information on how to get and validate metadata files.

Of course, one drawback of having nothing official is that someone has
to manually keep that list of metadata URLs up-to-date.


Best Regards
Lukas


On 12.01.15 13:36, Niels van Dijk wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm setting up 2 services for eduGAIN. As part of my documentation
> I would like to point the IdPs to the 'local' eduGAIN metadata feed
> of their national federation, which should at some point will
> contain the metadata of my services.
> 
> However, I note there does not seem to be a list of locations
> where this local metadata is published, it is everywhere and
> nowhere in local documentation oracles. Would creating such a list
> be something eduGAIN could pick up?
> 
> Cheers, Niels
> 
> 

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