InCommon eduGain and release policies

[Tom Scavo]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Jeffrey Crawford <jeffreyc at ucsc.edu> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Tom Scavo <trscavo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> More generally, SAML2 Persistent NameID should be just fine. It can be
>> difficult to deploy but if you already have it deployed, by all means
>> use it. It has the best privacy preserving properties of any
>> well-known identifier.
>
> other than the fact some eduGain entities specifically have transient listed
> first but I think they request attributes as well but I only spot checked.

The only way we'll truly ever be able to rely on requested attributes
in metadata is by using meta-attributes:
https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/QgOVBQ

> Does REFEDS R&S have more attributes than InCommon does? I'm sure it's
> documented somewhere but I didn't find it quickly.

No, the attribute requirements are exactly the same.

Tom