**MACE Call 25-April-2011**
**Attending**
RL "Bob" Morgan, U. Washington (chair)
Ken Klingenstein, Internet2
Renee Shuey, Penn State U.
Leif Johansson, SUNET/NORDUnet
Tom Barton, U. Chicago
Scott Cantor, The Ohio State U.
Michael Gettes, CMU
Keith Hazelton, U. Wisc. - Madison
Steven Carmody, Brown U.
Nate Klingenstein, Internet2
Ann West, Internet2
David Wasley, independent
Steve Olshansky, Internet2 (scribe)
NEXT CALL: 9-May-2011
theme - TBD
**New Action Items**
[AI] (All) send seedcorn suggestions to Ken.
*Carryover Action Items*
[AI] (Ken) will distribute the CRU taxonomy of SPs
[AI] (Ken) will send out a link to relevant GENI IdM information.
[AI] (Keith) will write up the current state of the identifier discussion and apparent consensus, and associated explanatory material, for use by REFEDs.
[AI] (Ken) will coordinate a small working group with Heather to look into access control and IdM layer requirements for shared file services, calendaring, and web-conferencing in a federation-centric context.
[AI] (All) with suggestions for other foundations that the Shib Consortium could eventually be embedded in are encouraged to discuss them on the list.
[AI] (Ken) will convene a small subgroup of MACE to consider the seed corn issues in more depth and report back on a forthcoming call, soon.
[AI] (Ken) will invite Mike Conlin (U. Florida), the VIVO PI, to a forthcoming MACE call.
[AI] (Keith) will maintain an issues list to inform a potential new charter for MACE-DirNG, syncing it with the FedApps charter.
[AI] (RLBob, Scott, and SteveO) will proceed with the process of formalizing the FedApps working group, including setting up a list/wiki/website, and advertise it in the appropriate venues.
[AI] (Ken) will draft a one-pager about what MACE does and what questions it has, for review by MACE, as a discussion guide with Internet2 leadership.
[AI] (Ken) will distribute a draft requirements framework for VO support engagement
[AI] (David) will contact GSA for an update on the approval process for InCommon Silver.
[AI] (ReneeS) will revisit the list of potential new MACE members on the list.
[AI] (Ken) will revise the mission statement based upon feedback received on the call.
[AI] (Ken) will send out info on DHS secure online transactions
[AI] (Ken) will follow up on a MACE/AMSAC call.
[AI] (Ken) will follow up with Kuali/Rice about I2MI collaboration.
[AI] (Ken) will draft a catalyst doc, covering the key items to be addressed in advising VOs how to use our infrastructure.
[AI] (Leif) will contact Ken/Steven/Tom about potential overlaps between the SDCI proposal and projects in the EU.
[AI] (Jens) will speak to an Eduroam rep about communicating with Educause.
[AI] (Ken) will draft and circulate a letter to Rice leadership, requesting input to roadmaps and use cases, and to ensure our projects with Kuali projects are aligned with their high-level strategic direction.
[AI] (Nate) will distribute information to the list about upcoming tactical issues facing MACE
[AI] (All) send Bamboo IAM comments to Tom ASAP for coordination.
[AI] (All) interested in participating in the international collaboration activity contact RL "Bob."
[AI] (RL "Bob") will contact a representative of Kuali Rice about coordinating a call.
[AI] (Ken and Mark) will distribute some information on trust anchors in the context of dynamic network configuration in GENI testbed, as well as for general access control.
[AI] (Ken) will circulate some meeting notes from the last TERENA/ REFEDS meetings.
**Recent meetings**
- IETF 80 - Prague, Czech Republic
March 27 - April 1, 2011
HTTP's dominance was noted, and Javascript in the browser as well. The implications of these factors were main topic...
The relative merits of TLSA v. CAA was also discussed.
It was noted that identity is a bigger factor at IETF than it used to be, e.g. ABFAB and OAUTH.
- IDTrust
http://middleware.internet2.edu/idtrust/2011/
Apr 6-7, 2011, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsorship for future meetings is being discussed. More info as it is available.
- Spring 2011 Internet2 Member Meeting
April 18-20, 2011, Arlington, VA
http://events.internet2.edu/2011/spring-mm/
The prospect of OIX as a federation exchange point between EU federations and the US government seems to be gaining traction/attention.
The Moonshot session/demo was very well attended.
**Upcoming Meetings**
https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/MACECalendar/MACE+Calendar
- Jasig/ACAMP 2011
May 25-27, 2011 in Westminster, CO
https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/ACAMPIdSummit2011/Home
ACAMP will be adjacent to the JASIG conference in Denver, and will be similar to past ACAMPs. This will be at the end of May, unlike in past years and branded InCommon. There will be an InC-Silver session.
Registration is about on par with previous years. Presenters are being invited...
- InCommon CAMP
June 21-23, 2011, Cincinnati OH
https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/CAMPJune2011/Home
- IIW
May 3-5, 2011, Mountain View, CA
http://iiw.idcommons.net/
RL "Bob" will be attending.
- TERENA NC/REFEDs
May 16-19, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic
https://tnc2011.terena.org/
A collaboration BoF is planned, as well as one focused on a generalized infrastructure for IdM.
REFEDs meeting will be at the beginning...
- W3C Workshop on Identity in the Browser
May 24-25, 2011, Mountain View, CA
http://www.w3.org/2011/identity-ws/
MACE representation at this is uncertain, if it takes place, given the overlap with ACAMP.
**Discussion**
- I2 middleware and InCommon
If/as there are opportunities for external engagement with senior management about prioritization, that info will be discussed with MACE. There is a growing emphasis on higher levels of the stack...
- Seed corn followup
Good meetings were held with seedcorn at the I2MM, and they will be invited to future theme calls.
[AI] (All) send seedcorn suggestions to Ken.
- SocialID group status?
This group holds well-attended calls biweekly, and is making progress on clarifying the space. The question arose of a Social2SAML gateway for US higher ed, and where it might be homed. Standardization of methods of asserting social attributes, and discovery mechanisms, arose as areas of particular interest.
This topic area seems to be gaining interest, as more organizations seek to tackle issues in this arena.