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[Rhys Smith <Rhys.Smith AT jisc.ac.uk>]

Sorry for the delay in finding time to look at this!

Policy looks pretty good to me, no real comments…

Rhys.


> On 10 Sep 2019, at 00:15, Terry Smith <t.smith AT aaf.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> The Kyrgyz Republic / KIF - KRENA Identity Federation Federation policy 
> (https://www.kif.kg/images/doc/KIF_Identity_Federation_Policy_v2_en.pdf) is 
> now available and no longer 404s.
> 
> You can now continue your review of their federation documents and share 
> your feedback with these lists and the KIF team (Zarlyk "Zak" + Kadyrkul - 
> working email now provided)
> 
> Thanks,
> Terry.
> 
> Terry Smith | Technical Engagement and Support Manager | Australian Access 
> Federation Ltd
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> 
> 
> On Sat, Sep 7, 2019 at 1:15 AM Rhys Smith <Rhys.Smith AT jisc.ac.uk> wrote:
> A few things from me:
> 
> Policy:
> 
> Quite a big issue here, I can’t get to it. The link from 
> https://www.kif.kg/index.php/en/documents 404s. Once that’s fixed and the 
> doc is available, I can review.
> 
> 
> MDRPS:
> 
> * Section 4, example metadata. I know it’s a non-normative example, but you 
> should probably make the registrationAuthority value your real one, not 
> http://Federation.org. Just for clarity.
> 
> * Otherwise, seems fine.
> 
> 
> Tech Profile:
> 
> * Quite hard to read, you might want to sort the formatting out a bit. But 
> otherwise seems good.
> 
> 
> Rhys.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 28 Aug 2019, at 05:11, Terry Smith <t.smith AT aaf.edu.au> wrote:
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> As eduGAIN Chair, I present to you the application of:
>> 
>>     • Kyrgyz Republic / KIF - KRENA 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.
>> 
>> 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 and has been a flywheel in the Central Asian project CAREN 
>> which started in 2009 supporting the Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, 
>> Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan R&E Community. You might have seen Zak’s 2011 
>> Lightning Talk at TNC and he has been a driver of this work in the region 
>> (eduroam and identity federation) and it is hoped this will start the 
>> other CAREN members along this path.
>> 
>> So I ask the following federations to specifically review the submission 
>> by Kyrgyz Republic / KIF - KRENA Identity Federation:
>>     • United Kingdom / UK Federation
>>     •  Albania / RASH
>>     •  Algeria / ARNaai
>>     •  Argentina/MATE
>>     •  Armenia/AFIRE
>> 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 KIF team (Zarlyk "Zak" + 
>> Kadyrkul) that are subscribed to this mailing list.  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Formal components of the membership process will be via the eduGAIN 
>> Steering Group mailing list. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Terry. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Terry Smith
>> eduGAIN Steering Group Chair 
>> Australian Access Federation
>> M: +61414692424
>> E: t.smith AT aaf.edu.au
>

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