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[Andi Malaj <amalaj AT rash.al>]

Hi Marco,

They are online now.

Thank you

Andi Malaj on Mobile

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From: Marco Fargetta <Marco.Fargetta AT ct.infn.it>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 4:28:14 PM
To: Andi Malaj
Cc: Rhys Smith; edugain-discuss AT lists.geant.org; Dr. Arjan Xhelaj; Brook Schofield
Subject: Re: [eduGAIN-discuss] Assessment of Albania/RASH for eduGAIN membership

 

Hi Andi,

I cannot find the documents in your site. Have you removed them for the
update or there is a problem? Could you let me know when they will be
accessible?

Cheers,
Marco

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 08:51:20AM +0000, Andi Malaj wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for all points notified.We will correct them ASAP.
> Apologies for the mess about the name. We started calling it 'eduGAIN Albania', then we passed in 'eduID Albania' to be aligned with other federations.
> We are updating all documentation.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhys Smith <Rhys.Smith AT jisc.ac.uk>
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 12:43 PM
> To: Brook Schofield <brook.schofield AT geant.org>
> Cc: edugain-discuss AT lists.geant.org; Andi Malaj <amalaj AT rash.al>; Dr. Arjan Xhelaj <arjanxhelaj AT rash.al>
> Subject: Re: [eduGAIN-discuss] Assessment of Albania/RASH for eduGAIN membership
>
> Overall comments:
>
> * Is the federation called eduGain Albania, eduID Albania, or RaSH? All of the documents and the website confuse the two in several places (see below).
>
> * Website is lacking a lot of stuff, e.g. the Participants tab is entirely empty.
>
>
> MRPS:
>
> * Section 3 suggests the membership procedures are at “edugain.rash.al” - this domain doesn’t exist. Should be eduid.rash.il? If so, then at least eduid.rash.il resolves, but it has no such documents.
>
> * Section 5 - same as above, reference to edugain.rash.al
>
> * Section 5 suggests you check domain ownership for EntityIDs, but does not mention checking it for scopes. See https://github.com/REFEDS/MRPS/pull/5 for suggested wording.
>
>
> Federation Policy:
>
> * Section 1 - You define a “Service Provider” as “An organization that […]” - but Service Provider is a role that an organisation can play, not an organization in of itself. Your definition of “Federation Member” even makes that clear.
>
> * Section 2 - you talk about “EduGAIN Albania” but have a url of eduID.rash.al
>
> * Section 3.1 - "MB is authorized to accept new Federation documents” - what’s a federation document? That isn’t mentioned anywhere else.
>
> * Section 3.1 and 4.1 - "Members and Partners” - what’s a partner? I can’t see that defined anywhere.
>
> * Section 3.2 and 3.3 - you can suspend individual Technology Profiles and members must comply with them - where are your technology profiles documented?
>
> * Section 3.3 - appendix Fees - no such appendix.
>
> * Section 3.3 - Transfer of personal data - do you define personal data anywhere? Do you define what you mean by consent anywhere?
>
> * Section 6 - “*governing body*” is used twice, but is not defined anywhere. Should be Member’s Board?
>
> * Section 6.1 - how interfederation works is "described in appropriate Technology Profiles.” - Where are these?
>
> * Nothing on how you would terminate the federation; members may want reassurance of how much notice you’d give them before doing such a thing.
>
> Best,
> Rhys.
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