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[Nick Roy <nroy AT internet2.edu>]

Once OMREN is a member of eduGAIN and producing metadata, should OmanKID 
be removed?

Nick

On 8/7/18 6:17 AM, Musallam Al Farsi wrote:
> Hi Mikkel,
> 
> I apologize for this mistake. OmanKID was copied from the old policy. It 
> is not related to OMREN Federation current technical implementation 
> although both projects are under The Research Council umbrella. I will 
> remove it from the document. We consider OMREN Federation the one that 
> should join edugain not Oman KID, however OmanKID is was older. Because 
> of that it is already a member.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Musallam
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [eduGAIN-discuss] Assessment of Oman/OMREN Fed for eduGAIN 
> membership
> From: Mikkel Hald
> To: andria AT cynet.ac.cy
> CC: Brook Schofield ,edugain-discuss AT lists.geant.org,adfsService ,George 
> Konnis ,Musallam Al Farsi ,Warda al Habsi
> 
> Hi Andria,
> 
> Oman KID — as mentioned by Brook in his initial e-mail — is Oman’s other 
> identity federation, and already an eduGAIN member.  I think it would be 
> of great value if @Musallam and/or @Warda could clarify to us the 
> relationship between Oman KID and the OMREN Federation.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mikkel, WAYF/Denmark
> 
>> Den 6. aug. 2018 kl. 11.39 skrev Andria Dionysiou <andria AT cynet.ac.cy 
>> <mailto:andria AT cynet.ac.cy>>:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some comments from CIF:
>>
>> *_In MRPS document:_*
>>
>> _Section 4:_
>>
>> - MRPS document is missing from the website https://fed.omren.om/
>>
>> -Registration practices change over time, so is recommended editions 
>> of this document are distinguished by their dates of publication and 
>> by a compact URL derived from that date. MRPS identifier of 
>> "https://fed.omren.om <https://fed.omren.om/>” doesn’t allow for 
>> versioning.
>>
>> _Section 5_
>>
>> -You forgot “Example Wording”
>>
>> -5.1 “The right to use a domain name SHALL be established _in one of 
>> the following ways_:”, but there is only one way. You can rephrase it, 
>> or you can add also other ways.
>>
>> _Section 6_
>>
>> - 6.1 Communication of change happens via (e-mail, Federation registry 
>> tool etc.), need to be finished.
>>
>> *_In Policy:_*
>>
>> -Section 1, Digital Identity definition, is double you may want to 
>> merge cells.
>>
>> -Section 3.2 OMAN KID?, there is no definition.
>>
>> -Technology Profiles are missing.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Andria D.
>>
>> *From:*Brook Schofield [mailto:brook.schofield AT geant.org]
>> *Sent:* 26 July 2018 10:10
>> *To:* edugain-discuss AT lists.geant.org 
>> <mailto:edugain-discuss AT lists.geant.org>
>> *Cc:* info AT omren.om <mailto:info AT omren.om>; Musallam Al Farsi 
>> <Musallam AT omren.om <mailto:Musallam AT omren.om>>; Warda al Habsi 
>> <warda AT omren.om <mailto:warda AT omren.om>>
>> *Subject:* [eduGAIN-discuss] Assessment of Oman/OMREN Fed for eduGAIN 
>> membership
>>
>> 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 <http://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
>>
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