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[Rhys Smith <Rhys.Smith AT jisc.ac.uk>]

Some feedback from me (I haven’t read any else’s comments yet, by the way, so 
may repeat):

MDRPS:

* A MDRPS identifier of "https://fed.omren.om” doesn’t allow for versioning, 
suggest each version of the MDRPS has a unique identifier to allow new 
versions to be created and managed.

* Section 5 - you probably want to get rid of “Example Wording”

* Section 5.1 - you might want to enumerate other ways when DNS WHOIS isn’t 
sufficient, e.g. demonstrating technical control of a domain.

* Section 5.1 - you mention checking DNS for use in entityIDs, but not in 
Scopes - you need to do the same checking for scopes.

* Section 6.1 - Communication of change happens via (e-mail, Federation 
registry tool etc.) - think you forgot to finish that one.


Policy:

* Section 3.1 has an unknown symbol in the doc, after "Address financing of 
the Federation”

* Section 3.2 mentions "OMAN KID”, this is defined nowhere. What is it?

* Section 3.2 mentions suspending Technology Profiles without any other bit 
of the documentation defining any technology profiles.

* Section 5.2, you might want to give a minimum notice period for yourself to 
withdraw the federation so as to give confidence to your participants.


Best,
Rhys.
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> On 26 Jul 2018, at 08:10, Brook Schofield <brook.schofield AT geant.org> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I present to you the application of Oman / OMREN Fed who has Signed the 
> eduGAIN Declaration, has a policy based on the policy template, is self 
> declaring their federation as a production service and is wanting to join 
> the global R&E federated environment.
> 
> You can find more detailed information about the federation under "eduGAIN 
> Candidates” at
>     https://technical.edugain.org/status.php
> which contains links to their policy and MRPS.
> 
> This application is from an organisation that is closely aligned with the 
> GÉANT community, is a subscriber to the Trusted Certificate Service and 
> affiliated with The Research Council of Oman (TRC) with slightly different 
> goals from the existing Omani federation (Oman KID). OMREN is developing a 
> range of services to support federated access and participation in eduGAIN 
> is an important step for them on this path.
> 
> So I ask the following federations to specifically review the submission by 
> OMREN Fed:
>  * Croatia/AAIEduHr
>  * Cyprus/CIF
>  * Czech Republic/eduID.cz
>  * Denmark/WAYF
>  * Ecuador/ColFIRE
> 
> All eduGAIN members can (and should) provide feedback on this but to share 
> the burden of review around, these five (5) federations have a specific 
> responsibility.
> 
> If you have any questions please contact the OMREN Fed team (Musallam and 
> Warda) that are subscribed to this mailing list as well as CC’d to this 
> message.
> 
> Formal components of the membership process will be via the eduGAIN 
> Steering Group mailing list.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brook Schofield
> eduGAIN Steering Group Chair
> GÉANT
> M: +31651553991 
> Skype: brookschofield
>