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[Lukas Hämmerle <lukas.haemmerle AT switch.ch>]

On 21.08.19 09:04, Terry Smith wrote:
> As the first formal act as eduGAIN Chair, I present to you the
> application of:
> 
>   * Malta/RiċerkaNET Identity Federation
> 
> who has Signed the eduGAIN Declaration, has a policy based on the
> federation template, is self-declaring their federation as a production
> service and is wanting to join the global R&E federated environment.

I had a quick look at the Identity Federation Policy and the Metadata
Registration Practice Statement, which both use the REFEDS-provided
templates. No comments there. I also had a look at RiċerkaNet's
Acceptable Use document, which is referenced in the Identity Federation
Policy. No comment on that either.

For being a (self-declared) production federation I find, however, there
is very little information available on the web page, which just
consists of the two above-mentioned documents. I'm aware that Malta is a
very small country and only few institutions will ever be part of the
federation but a simple web page with at least some contact information,
a pointer to metadata (and signing key information) is something I would
miss as a Service Provider (e.g. publisher) who wants to offer services
to Maltese higher education users.

Also I am wondering if the RiċerkaNET Identity Federation is a full mesh
federation, hub & spoke or central login federation.


Best Regards
Lukas


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