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Re: [eduGAIN-discuss] Who is the registrar for R&S in eduGAIN?


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  • From: Tom Scavo <trscavo AT internet2.edu>
  • To: Ian Young <ian AT iay.org.uk>
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  • Subject: Re: [eduGAIN-discuss] Who is the registrar for R&S in eduGAIN?
  • Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 05:29:24 -0400
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On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Ian Young <ian AT iay.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 3 Jul 2015, at 10:03, Tom Scavo <trscavo AT internet2.edu> wrote:
>>
>> ... how will eduGAIN itself be able to sign the eduGAIN
>> participation agreement? How could that possibly have any meaning?
>
> It's a declaration, not an agreement, so that's actually less of a problem.
> Who would be making the declaration would be more of a problem, as eduGAIN
> doesn't itself have legal personality as things stand.

I would feel uncomfortable if the entity I trusted to aggregate
federation metadata was also injecting its own metadata into the
aggregate. That seems like a slippery slope to me.

Tom



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