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[Nick Roy <nroy AT internet2.edu>]

Thank you for the clarification, Dr Yaqoob.

Best,

Nick

On 8/7/18 8:13 AM, Yaqoob Al Raisi wrote:
> Nick
> 
> Both of the federation for a different target and education organizations. 
> So both of them will continues as eduGAIN members 
> 
> Regards
> Dr Yaqoob 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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
>>>>
>>>
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