MACE-Dir Call 5-May-2008

**Attending**
Brendan Bellina, USC (chair)
Etan Weintraub, Johns Hopkins U.
Renee Frost, Internet2
Scott Cantor, The Ohio State U.
Tom Barton, U. Chicago
RL "Bob" Morgan, U. Washington
Steve Olshansky, Internet2 (scribe)

**New Action Items**
[AI] (Brendan) will update eduPerson to incorporate eduPersonAssurance and update references to deprecated RFCs.
[AI] (SteveO) will add named anchors to the published eduPerson spec to make navigation easier.
[AI] (RL "Bob) will announce eduPersonAssurance on the TF-EMC2 list

*Carryover Action Items*

[AI] {Bill Weems} will share a whitepaper addressing global Identity Management. [19-Nov-07]
[AI] {Tim Crouch} Craft a survey on eduCourse adoption and usage. [11-Mar-08]
[AI] {Bob Morgan} will craft a survey on use of the mail attribute and possible need for additional email attributes. [21-Apr-08]

**Discussion**
- eduPersonAssurance
Ref Brendan's update sent to the list before the call, which will be incorporated into the wiki: https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/macedir/eduPersonAssurance+Draft+Specification

Brendan reviewed his edits, and the group discussed various changes, all of which will be reflected in the wiki.

There was discussion about how this attribute would be published, whether incorporated into a new rev of eduPerson or as a separate document. Consensus was that this merits a rev of eduPerson.
[AI] (Brendan) will update eduPerson to incorporate eduPersonAssurance and update references to deprecated RFCs.
[AI] (SteveO will add named anchors to the published eduPerson spec to make navigation easier.
[AI] (Bob) will announce eduPersonAssurance on the TF-EMC2 list

It was noted that eduPersonAssurance could be released through SAML, and local values are encouraged.