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

I assume that all of us know the eduGAIN map on
https://technical.edugain.org/status


Why is the eduGAIN map misleading?
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It shows which identity federations are already or soon participating in
eduGAIN. However, this map does not really make a statement about how
many of a federation's entity are already connected to eduGAIN. This is
because for many federations, only a subset of their entities have
opted-in to eduGAIN. So, if a country or federation is green, it doesn't
necessarily mean that for example all of its universities are connected
to eduGAIN.


Will the "real" eduGAIN coverage please stand up
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If you are interested in the *real eduGAIN coverage* of a federation,
you might want to have a look at the isFederated Check Service that
recently was extended by a feature to also show the coverage (how many
IdPs of that federation are also in eduGAIN).

The direct link to that page is:
https://technical.edugain.org/isFederatedCheck/Federations/

The eduGAIN coverage is of course also available via the REST/JSON API.


Nothing is prefect :-)
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The feature to show the eduGAIN coverage is new and it is not be 100%
accurate for all federations, still it's certainly more accurate than
the eduGAIN map alone when it comes to judge how many organisations -
and their users - of a federation are eduGAIN-ready and can actually
participate in eduGAIN.

Bug reports, suggestions and feedback are still welcome.


And what is the isFederated Check again doing?
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The main purpose of the eduGAIN isFederated Check Service (EIFCS) is to
answer the question "how many organisations represented by these email
addresses/domain names are already federated and in eduGAIN". Basically,
the EIFCS checks if a domain name shows up in metadata of one of the
(self-asserted) production federations worldwide as well as in eduGAIN.
The EIFCS is a great tool to quickly determine how many users for
example of a research community, have federated and eduGAIN-enabled
accounts.

The EIFCS was originally on wiki.edugain.org but was recently moved to
technical.edugain.org thanks to the eduGAIN OT.


Best Regards
Lukas


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