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2020
April 30, 2020 The InCommon Community Trust and Assurance Board (CTAB) has scheduled an open office hour to discuss the proposed new Baseline Expectations for Trust in Federation. The session will take place Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at 1 pm ET (Noon CT, 11 am MT, 10 am PT). Zoom…
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April 29, 2020 Making things simpler for students, faculty, staff, and researchers has become even more important over the last several weeks. But “simplifying” can mean different things to people in different roles on campus. And it may mean something different for the publishers of scholarly content, too. A group…
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April 23, 2020 Registration has opened for the Virtual BaseCAMP 2020, a five half-day workshop providing an introduction to identity and access management, the InCommon Federation, and the InCommon Trusted Access Platform suite of software and services. The BaseCAMP website includes the detailed program and registration details.
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April 15, 2020 By Chris Hyzer, University of Pennsylvania There have been exciting advancements in the Grouper project recently, most notably with the release of Grouper v.2.5. Grouper is the enterprise group and access management system that is part of the InCommon Trusted Access Platform. If you haven’t yet…
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2020
April 16, 2020 We talk about the InCommon Trusted Access Platform as “community developed.” That development happens through working groups. And working groups need people to participate, and also people to contribute and collaborate on best practices and integration patterns. In this case, the Software Integration Working Group helps to…
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2020
April 16, 2020 Do you have Identity and Access Management challenges that would benefit from dedicated expertise and community collaboration? Consider joining the 2021 version of the InCommon Collaboration Success Program (CSP). The 2021 CSP program will target four common challenges: using groups to manage access and for quick…
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Apr.
2020
April 16, 2020 By Albert Wu In Fall 2019, the InCommon Federation launched a new consolidated Federation documentation wiki. This new wiki re-organizes materials developed over the years to make things easier to find and navigate. This is an integral part of our continued effort to make the InCommon…
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Apr.
2020
In light of the current circumstances related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, InCommon has moved all training online for the balance of 2020 to best support community members who are largely working from their homes. Classes will still feature the same great faculty who will facilitate a mix of lecture,…
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Apr.
2020
April 15, 2020 By Nicholas Roy Everyone in the InCommon Participant community has been affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic. One of the best things about this community is how it responds to shared challenges, divides up the problem space, and offers solutions rapidly. A recent example is quickly changing…
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Apr.
2020
April 15, 2020 Just three weeks ago, the international science community asked for help. Schools and research organizations could make it easier for researchers and scientists to join global collaborations formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a matter of an identity provider releasing a few pieces of…
