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[Yaqoob Al Raisi <yaqoob.alraisi AT trc.gov.om>]

Nick

Both of the federation for a different target and education organizations. So 
both of them will continues as eduGAIN members 

Regards
Dr Yaqoob 

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> On Aug 7, 2018, at 5:36 PM, Nick Roy <nroy AT internet2.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>> 
>>